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National Coverage

Does 'experience' count
The Chicago Tribune
...Experience has emerged as a big issue in the Democratic presidential primary, with Sen. Hillary Clinton citing her 35 years' experience and "action, not just talk," and Sen. Barack Obama touting his 20 years of providing "real solutions to the American people." ..."There's really no experience that's going to help anyone be president. Everything a president does is on-the-job training," said Terry Sullivan, a political scientist at the University of North Carolina.

State and Local Coverage

Moeser honored with $1.1M gift to UNC
The Triangle Business Journal
A gift honoring outgoing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser will create an endowed fund for the arts at the school. William McCoy, who served as interim UNC chancellor before Moeser took office in 2000, and his wife, Sara, are giving the gift. It consists of an immediate commitment of $100,000 and $1 million from the couple's estate, UNC says.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/campus-and-community/william-and-sara-mccoy-
honor-outgoing-unc-chancellor-james-moeser-with-lead-gifts-to-the-arts.html

UNC, Duke will host youngsters
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
UNC Chapel Hill's Destiny traveling science laboratories will be open to some Durham middle school students from noon-1 p.m. Saturday in Duke University's Bryan Center parking lot, 120 Science Drive, on West Campus.
UNC Media Advisory:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/destiny-science-bus/uncs-destiny-science-
bus-visits-durham-middle-school-students.html

UNC-CH's list stands at 20
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Members of a UNC-Chapel Hill search committee have interviewed about 20 candidates for the university's top job. "We're very pleased with that pool, and I think it bodes well for the rest of the process," said Nelson Schwab, the search committee's chairman, Thursday in brief remarks before the committee went behind closed doors to discuss those candidates.
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Leap Day more than a fountain of youth
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A 100-year-old woman born on this date could accurately claim to be celebrating her 25th birthday ... not too shabby. ..."The Earth spins on its axis and that gives us the day," said Charles R. Evans, a professor of physics and astronomy at UNC.
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http://www.enctoday.com/news/year_44744_kfpress__article.html/day_leap.html
UNC Tip Sheet:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/science-and-technology/unc-professor-can-
explain-reason-for-leap-years.html

Duke cancer therapy keeps prostate on the job
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
...Focused prostate therapy, much like lumpectomy for breast cancer, aims only at the part of the gland that has cancer, avoiding nerve damage and trauma that can cause impotence and incontinence. ..."Before there's a bandwagon to them, I think they need to be studied," said Dr. Raj Pruthi, director of urologic oncology at UNC Hospitals' Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Rigor in high school equals success in college
The Charlotte Observer
A growing number of students nationwide are taking -- and passing -- advanced placement tests in high school. ...Herb Davis, associate director for undergraduate admissions at UNC Chapel Hill, confirms that."Students [who take AP exams] are more prepared in general for the rigors of college," he said. "Even those students who make 1's and 2's" on the tests.

UNC expert to address health care spending
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad
Dr. Jonathan Oberlander from UNC-Chapel Hill will discuss health care spending in Greensboro as the first topic of the "Your Health, Your Money, Your Vote" series. ...Oberlander is associate professor of health policy and of social medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill. He has written a lead article on the factors affecting the demand of health care for the New England Journal of Medicine and is a recurring guest on National Public Radio's program "Fresh Air."

Minority Health Conference draws students, experts, providers to Friday Center
WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill)
The impact of poverty, culture and environment on minority health is the topic of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s 29th annual Minority Health Conference, which is being held today (Feb. 29) at the William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center. Organizer and public health student Eboni Taylor speaks with Rose Hoban about the conference.
Note: This story aired during morning drive time Friday (Feb. 29) but is not available online.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/conference-to-explore-impact-
of-poverty-environment-on-minority-health.html

UNC Center for Civil Rights helps Moore County community secure $1.1 million
WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill)
The 50-year-old Waynor Road community, surrounded by an affluent area of Moore County, will finally receive much needed municipal water and sewer service thanks to nearly 1½ years of organizing and petitioning coordinated by the Center for Civil Rights at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.
Note: This story aired during local cutaways of "All Things Considered" on Thursday (Feb. 28) but is not available online.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/government-and-law/unc-center-for-civil-rights-
helps-moore-county-community-secure-1.1-million.html

Judge doesn't halt Wright's hearing
The Charlotte Observer
A Wake County judge on Thursday put N.C. Rep. Thomas Wright, already under criminal indictment, on course to make more inglorious history next week. ...Legislators view each other as the choice of the people in their districts, but also appropriately see themselves as inheritors and preservers of their institution, said Ferrel Guillory, founder of the Program on Public Life at UNC Chapel Hill. "Whether it's Thomas Wright or any other legislator who comes before them for some kind of judgment about their ability to continue to serve," Guillory said, "it puts legislators in this cross-pressure between respecting the vote of the people and protecting the integrity of their branch of government."

San Francisco Jazz Collective to take stage at UNC
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The 31st Carolina Jazz Festival, which started Wednesday, continues today and Saturday and includes a Saturday performance by the San Francisco Jazz Collective.

Jazz PIcks
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Carolina Jazz Festival continues this weekend at UNC-Chapel Hill: The UNC Jazz Band directed by Jim Ketch performs tonight at Memorial Hall with guest artists Greg Gisbert (trumpet), Victor Goines (tenor saxophone and clarinet) and Herlin Riley (drums).

Issues and Trends

Cheating Scandals Rock Three Top-Tier High Schools
ABC News
...An estimated two-thirds of all high school students admit to "serious" academic cheating, according to a national survey by Rutgers' Management Education Center in New Jersey. ...This month at Chapel Hill High School in North Carolina — described as ruthlessly competitive with faculty children from nearby Duke University and the University of North Carolina — four students were suspended in two cheating incidents.
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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/orange/story/973381.html

Downtown rental prices are decried
The Chapel Hill Herald
Johnny Morris remembers when the UNC community depended upon downtown for most services, especially food. As a freshman in 1965, Morris recalls two "mediocre" cafeterias and barely remembers anything about the student union.