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

National Coverage

A Speedier Timetable for the College Job Hunt
Bloomberg Businessweek

…“They are trying to get the best and brightest, get there first, have the offers made and accepted with everything etched in stone,” says O. Ray Angle, director of university career services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Emily Carr, a senior business major at the University of North Carolina‘s Kenan-Flagler Business School, spent the past summer tweaking her résumé before starting to interview with companies in September. She landed a job offer with Bank of America’s (BAC) treasury department by early October and accepted it a few weeks later.

Christie Rival Taps Obama Political Tactic
The Wall Street Journal

…Using targeted advertising could help introduce her to key audiences and increase her name recognition, but only in a race that was already competitive, said Daniel Kreiss, assistant professor of political communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who has written on the Democratic Party's targeting of voters. This approach to advertising—often called "microtargeting"—typically increases turnout by a maximum of 5%, he said.

It's Time For The U.S. To End Its Senseless Embargo Of Cuba (Opinion-Editorial Column)
Forbes Magazine

For the first time in more than fifty years, Cuban citizens can travel abroad without permission from their government. The move, part of a broader reform package being phased in by Raul Castro, underscores the irrationality of America’s continuation of a five-decade old embargo. (Daniel Hanson is an economist at the American Enterprise Institute. Dayne Batten is affiliated with the University of North Carolina Department of Public Policy. Harrison Ealey is a financial analyst.)

Regional Coverage

Lecture series opens with look at 'Meaning of Country Music'
The Daily News (Rochester, N.Y.)

…Jocelyn Neal, associate professor of music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and director of the UNC Center for the Study of the American South, investigates images of gender and class in country and western music, exploring how the characteristic portrayals of men and women in many songs suggests a larger social commentary. The lecture is cosponsored by the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Rochester.

State and Local Coverage

UNC to offer dual degree with Chinese university (Blog)
The Triangle Business Journal

UNC-Chapel Hill will offer a dual degree together with Tsinghua University in China. The degree is a combination of business and engineering with North Carolina’s flagship university teaching the business discipline and the Chinese university covering the engineering. Graduates will receive an MBA from UNC and a master of engineering management (MEM) from Tsinghua.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5811/67/

NAACP, others call on anti-poverty focus in NC
The Associated Press

North Carolina civil rights leaders on Tuesday urged Republicans now in charge of state government to make reducing poverty their top priority, saying legislators and Gov. Pat McCrory have moral and constitutional obligations to do so. …“The scourge of debilitating poverty is the largest crisis we face in North Carolina, even if our political leaders ignore it or declare with astonishing ignorance that it does not exist,” said Gene Nichol, director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at UNC Chapel Hill.
Related Link:
http://triangle.news14.com/content/682343/nc-naacp-calls-on-
lawmakers-to-address-poverty-concerns

Raleigh City Council looking at anti-speeding campaign
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)

The Raleigh City Council is considering a measure to implement a campaign to slow drivers throughout the city after a recent study found that speeding is a problem and among the top complaints of residents. Council members on Tuesday heard a presentation from a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill public relations class that conducted the survey of speeding patterns around the city. …"It's got to reach all the way down to the driver's education and the school system," said Scott Misner, an adjunct public relations professor at UNC who led the study.

Chapel Hill accepting applications for downtown business incubator
The Chapel Hill News

Entrepreneurs and startup ventures can apply now through Jan. 28 for admission to LAUNCH Chapel Hill, a “venture lab” opening this spring at 321 W. Rosemary St. …The program will be managed by UNC’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Morrison opens CMS panels to the public
The Charlotte Observer

…Two experts from the UNC Chapel Hill Institute of Government said the task force meetings fall under the N.C. Open Meetings law, which requires that meetings be announced and open to the public. That law covers not just elected officials but appointed bodies that have an “advisory function” to public bodies such as “school administrative units.”

Local cops crack the books on sweepstakes changes
The Times News (Burlington)

Local law enforcement agencies are taking a look at the Internet sweepstakes industry’s new software programming, to see what they’ll be up against when – or if – they start enforcing the ban on machines with “entertaining displays.” …In the meantime, Williams and Verdeck plan to take part in the University of North Carolina’s School of Government’s webinar on the Internet sweepstakes statute Wednesday, to learn more about legal challenges and the approaches other jurisdictions are taking.

Roses and Raspberries (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News

Roses from reader Tina Shaban to Chapel Hill’s FRANK Gallery for sponsoring an art supply collection during the month of December. …FRANK member artists joined community friends and loaded a trunk full of art supplies for healing arts projects at the N.C. Cancer Hospital. ArtHeels, a UNC student volunteer artist organization, Cecilia Minden and Pat’s Art Cart, and HeART Heels, the Patient and Family Resource Center specialty art programs, will use this generous donation to support art programs such as the weekly Friday Family Coffee and Craft or one-one sessions with cancer patients and caregivers.

Dieting? How to keep weight off (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)

Forget fad diets. They don’t have staying power. If you want to keep off the weight you lose this year, cut calories on a diet you can sustain indefinitely. After all, isn’t that how long you want the weight to stay off? (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical associate professor in the department of health policy and administration in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

Judge dismisses convicted UNC professor's lawsuit
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)

A Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by a professor serving out a drug sentence in Argentina. Paul Frampton, a physics and astronomy professor, is under house arrest in Argentina. He was convicted in November after authorities there found drugs in his suitcase.

Court of Appeals ends case by former football player against UNC
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)

The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that Michael McAdoo had no standing to sue the University of North Carolina and the NCAA over his dismissal in 2010 from the Tar Heel football team. McAdoo's lawyers argued that, by ruling him ineligible to play, the university and NCAA had caused his drop in the NFL draft and cost him money.
Related Links:
http://www.heraldsun.com/chherald/x1374986799/Court-of-Appeals-rules-against-McAdoo
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/01/16/2608820/appeals-court-sides-with-unc-ncaa.html

Issues and Trends

State cuts Columbia Street closing in half
The Chapel Hill News

The N.C. Department of Transportation will close South Columbia Street for only three months this summer – good news for local drivers and Chapel Hill Transit. Bad news for neighbors – the construction crews may work on the road 24 hours a day. The 0.8-mile project started in December and will add a center turn lane, bicycle lanes and sidewalks from Manning Drive to Purefoy Road.

UNC Turning To "Competency-Based" Approach
WCHL-FM (Chapel Hill)

As the UNC system reexamines its strategic goals for the next five years, university officials have turned to employers and business leaders to identify key needs—and the result of that will be a new focus on a novel academic approach called “competency-based learning.” That’s according to UNC president Tom Ross, who says today’s business leaders want people who can think and communicate effectively for themselves.

Testing, job readiness key in draft UNC plan
The Watauga Democrat (Boone)

More North Carolinians with college degrees, standardized assessments and a greater emphasis on job readiness are among the goals and strategies outlined for the University of North Carolina system in a draft plan released last week. The new UNC Strategic Plan will set priorities for the 17-campus system from 2013 to 2018.

Study highlights spending gaps in NCAA
The Associated Press

Annual spending on sports by public universities in six big-time conferences like the SEC and Big 12 has passed $100,000 per athlete – about six to 12 times the amount those universities are spending per student on academics, according to a study released Wednesday to greet college presidents arriving at the NCAA's annual meeting in Texas.

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