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Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:

National Coverage

Some Analysts Doubt Dire Predictions on Tax Increase Fallout
New York Times

… Douglas A. Shackelford, an economist who has examined the 2003 legislation that lowered the tax rates on capital gains and dividends, said that when those changes were being put in place “people thought this would be revolutionary,”… In the end, “it made a difference, but it certainly was not revolutionary,” said Mr. Shackelford, a professor of taxation at the University of North Carolina’s business school.

Federal Housing Authority Financial Problems
C-SPAN

Panelist Roberto Quercia, director of the UNC Center for Community Capital, joins in a discussion on the fiscal health of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA).

Study: New cases of CTE in players
ESPN

…"The vast majority of the neuroscience community does not believe that research has yet identified a causal relationship linking repetitive head trauma in football and CTE; I include myself in that," said [Kevin] Guskiewicz, co-director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Institute at the University of North Carolina.

Who's Afraid of Black Sexuality?
The Chronicle of Higher Education

…In 2000, frustrated by what he saw as silence about race in queer studies, Northwestern's E. Patrick Johnson organized the first black queer academic conference, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with Mae G. Henderson, who is straight.

State and Local Coverage

ER doctors look for ways to relate, quickly, to patients
Chapel Hill News

Dr. Nikki Waller treats most of her patients in the emergency room with a common treatment: a rub to the shoulder, and often, a smile. … Waller, who is trained in emergency medicine, treats patients and teaches resident physicians as the assistant director of the UNC Hospitals Emergency Medicine residency program. She serves as an example for her residents. But when asked about why she rubs her patients’ shoulders, she laughed. “Did I do that?”

Congo Beats: A hip-hop mission from UNC sends musical marketing lessons to Africa
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

…One of the best examples of the new paradigm is the “Beat Making Lab,” an arts-entrepreneurship class at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. It’s a program that’s being taken far beyond campus, all the way to Africa. This past summer, UNC professors Pierce Freelon (frontman for the hip-hop/jazz ensemble The Beast) and Stephen Levitin (known professionally as deejay/drummer/producer Apple Juice Kid) traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo on a mission.

Gorges State Park to be featured on UNC-TV series
Blue Ridge Now

Gorges State Park in Transylvania County will be featured in part one of a three-part series on North Carolina state parks produced by UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication students.

Hanson – Gun laws are needed to protect soldiers (Opinion-Editorial)
The Fayetteville Observer

Fort Bragg has received its fair share of news coverage this year, much of it for a very disheartening reason. To date this year, Fort Bragg has seen 13 suicides, which places it alone at the top of all Army institutions in terms of suicides. (Phillip Hanson is a graduate student in the Health Behavior Department at UNC Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health. He's studying military suicide prevention.)

Is environment making us fat? (Opinion-Editorial)
The Robesonian

Robeson County, population 134,000, is not only one of the largest rural counties in North Carolina but also tops the list as the biggest county within the state, BMI-wise. According to 2009 data from the CDC National Diabetes Surveillance System, nearly 40 percent of adult Robeson residents are obese compared with the national average of 25 percent. (Mieka Sanderson is a masters of Public Health candidate at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Public Health in the Health Behavior Department)

How student athletes get in to UNC (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Charlotte Observer

During my eight years as admissions director at UNC Chapel Hill, I have worked closely with the faculty of the university to develop and implement guidelines for the admission of student-athletes. I hope the following description will help readers understand what we do, how we do it and why. (Stephen M. Farmer is vice provost for enrollment and undergraduate admissions at UNC-Chapel Hill.)
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/11/30/2516606/jay-strong-exceptional-talent.html

Reflections on a college football season (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

It was an eventful year for the college football teams in our region. … North Carolina, in coach Larry Fedora’s first season, finished with a record of 8-4, 5-3 in the ACC. The ACC title game was played Saturday night between Florida State and Georgia Tech. North Carolina would have appeared in that game last weekend, as winners of the league’s Coastal Division, but did not, because the Tar Heels were banned from postseason appearances this year because of NCAA penalties.

Will UNC become a hotbed of hot beds? (Commentary)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

In the musical “Oklahoma,” cowboy Will Parker returns from Kansas City, marveling over such “modrun” miracles as “You c’n walk to the privies in the rain and never wet your feet! They’ve gone about as fur as they can go!” That’s what I keep thinking about my Chapel Hill alma mater: They’ve gone about as fur as they can go! But I’m constantly being proved wrong.

Colleges should require diversity training (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill News

Kudos to the trustees of UNC for supporting gender neutral housing to protect students from bullying – particularly LGBTQ students.

Cancer-free new year (Letter to the Editor)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

Happy New Year! Too early? For many Triangle residents, the holiday season began before Thanksgiving. Nov. 14 brought in the New Year for people all around the world, particularly for those of Hindu and Islamic faiths. (Amy Patel First-year MPH student in Health Behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public)

Issues and Trends

State education boards need reform (Opinion-Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)

… The UNC Board of Governors has 32 voting members. They include 16 members elected by the House and 16 members elected by the Senate. These members serve four-year terms, staggered in such a way that the House and Senate each get to elect eight new members to the UNC board every two years.

Roadwork to snarl Chapel Hill traffic
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

A road project expected to cause major delays around UNC-Chapel Hill this spring could also cost nearly $2 million more to maintain existing bus service. Triangle Grading & Paving Inc. of Burlington started installing signs and removing trees Tuesday from South Columbia Street. The $4.6 million project will add bike lanes, sidewalks, a center-turn lane and bus pull-offs to a busy 0.8-mile stretch between Purefoy Road and Manning Drive. The two-lane corridor, located just south of the UNC-CH campus, is one of the busiest transit routes in the region, if not the state, Chapel Hill Transit Interim Director Brian Litchfield said.
Related Link: http://www.chapelhillnews.com/2012/12/03/73994/chapel-hill-road-work-costs-rising.html

'Jacked up' Doeren says he'll give N.C. State his best
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

When Dave Doeren walked out of his first press conference at N.C. State on Sunday, he learned his former team was headed to a major bowl. Without a hint of regret, Doeren, who led Northern Illinois to a 12-1 record and spot in the Bowl Championship Series this season, said he took the N.C. State job for a reason.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/11/28/2510764/nc-state-trustees-expected-to.html

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