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Monday, May 05, 2008
International Coverage

Learned this week
The Vancouver Sun (Canada)
... Now, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown that blood from sickle cell patients also contains clumps, or aggregates, of red and white blood cells that may contribute to the blockages.
UNC News Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/
clumps-of-red-and-white-blood-cells-may-contribute-to-sickle-cell-disease.html

The face behind a famous poster
Sunday Star Times (New Zealand)
... University of North Carolina masters student Michelle Rubino featured it in her 2007 thesis "The art of war", describing D'Audney thus: "She is extremely pretty with bright red lips, well-defined eyebrows, flushed cheeks and hair swept up away from her face. She is smiling up into the face of the person who is placing the cap on her head, as if it was a pageant crown."

National Coverage

Autistic Kids More Likely to Have Parents With Mental Illness
HealthDay News
Parents of children with autism have double the odds of having been hospitalized for a psychiatric condition than parents of children without autism, according to a comprehensive review of Swedish medical registries. ..."This study might help us pinpoint some more genetic ties to more cases [of autism]," added study lead author Julie Daniels, assistant professor of epidemiology and maternal and child health at the University of North Carolina, in Chapel Hill.
Related Links:
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/05/05/
mental-disorders-in-parents-linked-to-autism-in-kids/?mod=WSJBlog
http://www.scientistlive.com/lab/?/Medical/2008/05/05/20319/
Parents_of_children_with_autism/
UNC News Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/
mental-disorders-in-parents-linked-to-autism-in-children.html

Back and Forth From IN to NC
ABC News Now's "Politics Live"
Ferrel Guillory was interviewed today by ABC News’ Sam Donaldson regarding Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and their ability to appeal to voters before primary day. The live interview was conducted in the Carolina News Studio.
UNC Tip Sheet: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/government-and-law/
unc-experts-can-help-reporters-covering-nc-primary.html

Bill Clinton: Small-town ambassador
NBC News
... Ferrel Guillory, a University of North Carolina political analyst and an expert on southern politics, notes the extraordinary pace and reach of Clinton's stumping on his wife's behalf in America's small communities.  "It clearly extends the reach of the campaign," he says, echoing Darland's observation that the former president's mere presence reaps plenty of fresh ears that might otherwise be uninvolved.
UNC Tip Sheet: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/government-and-law/
unc-experts-can-help-reporters-covering-nc-primary.html

How Stay-at-Home Moms Are Filling an Executive Niche
The Wall Street Journal
... The University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School was able to muster an "incredibly talented" team with eight at-home mothers -- including a Stanford University Ph.D. in neuroscience, a University of Virginia M.B.A., an attorney and a former news executive -- by tapping female staffers' neighborhood networks, says Mindy Storrie, Kenan-Flagler's director of leadership.

Race on Campus: Beyond Obama, The Unity Stops
The Wall Street Journal
... The Obama campaign has created another opportunity for blacks and whites on campuses to interact. At the University of North Carolina in nearby Chapel Hill, "seeing someone wearing an Obama pin is a reason for a connection," says Tessa Bialek, a white junior. "It's a reason to wave to someone on the way to class."

Regional Coverage

State programs to learn if they're making grade
The Baltimore Sun
Dozens of schools face a day of reckoning when the NCAA releases academic progress scores Tuesday under its increasingly tough policy of punishing institutions that fail to keep their athletes on track to graduate. ... University of North Carolina public policy professor Hodding Carter III said he expects "howls" of protest from sanctioned schools.

Orrtanna chef discusses over-eating on 'Today'
The Evening Sun (Hanover, Pa.)
Amey Cramer says she fills out a lot of online surveys, but one she participated in last year pulled her into the national spotlight. ... She received a call two weeks ago inviting her to appear on "Today" two days later with Lucy Danziger, editor-in-chief of Self magazine, and Cynthia Bulik, an expert from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, to discuss the results of the magazine's survey.

Enact a strong lending reform (Editorial)
The Cincinnati Enquirer
... Data from North Carolina, which closed payday lending stores in 2006, shows otherwise. A University of North Carolina study of former users, low-and middle-income residents, found: The absence of payday lending had "no significant impact" on the availability of credit. ...

State and Local Coverage

General: withdrawals in Afghanistan might be 3 years away
The Associated Press (North Carolina)
An American general leading NATO forces in Afghanistan says troop withdrawals could start in about three years. General Dan McNeill told an Army leadership conference at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill on Sunday the number of insurgent attacks could increase again this year.

Mixed reaction to proposed gang legislation
The Associated Press (North Carolina)
A bill to address gang violence is getting mixed reaction from some North Carolina legislative candidates. ... Durham County District Court Judge Craig Brown urged lawmakers in March to take action after the shooting death of University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson.

Race for your vote
The Charlotte Observer
Candidates up and down the ballot started revving up their voter-turnout efforts Sunday, setting the stage for a bigger-than-ever N.C. primary finish. ..."I'd tell Clinton and Obama to hold on tight," said Ferrel Guillory, founder and director of the Program on Public Life at UNC Chapel Hill.
UNC Tip Sheet: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/government-and-law/
unc-experts-can-help-reporters-covering-nc-primary.html

All eyes on N.C.
The Charlotte Observer
Glance back at Sen. Hillary Clinton's schedule over the weekend, and six of her eight locations were small cities or distant suburbs, like Gastonia and Mooresville. ...Similarly, Obama can't cede the countryside to Clinton, said Ferrel Guillory, founder and director of the Program on Public Life at UNC Chapel Hill.
UNC Tip Sheet: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/government-and-law/
unc-experts-can-help-reporters-covering-nc-primary.html

Clinton stumps in North Carolina; Obama spends day in Indiana
The Winston-Salem Journal
Hillary Clinton made an impassioned pitch to suburban North Carolinians yesterday, hoping to pare down Barack Obama's lead in the state before Tuesday's primary. ...Ferrel Guillory, an expert on Southern politics at UNC Chapel Hill, said that it made sense for Clinton to spend the final Saturday before the primary in North Carolina, where she is trailing, just as it made sense for Obama to spend one of the last campaigning days in Indiana, where he is trailing.
UNC Tip Sheet: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/government-and-law/
unc-experts-can-help-reporters-covering-nc-primary.html

N.C. finds itself with a crucial role in presidential primaries
The Winston-Salem Journal
Bill Clinton called it "critical." Hillary Clinton called it a "game changer." ..."If the Clinton campaign's rationale is, 'Take a second look at Hillary Clinton because she's won more actual voters than Obama,' then she can't afford to pass up North Carolina," said Ferrel Guillory, an expert on Southern politics at UNC Chapel Hill.
UNC Tip Sheet: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/government-and-law/
unc-experts-can-help-reporters-covering-nc-primary.html

5 arrested at UNC-CH sit-in
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Hours before five students were arrested in his office, Chancellor James Moeser said the university needs more time to figure out the best way to improve conditions for workers making clothing bearing its name. Moeser has reservations about the Designated Suppliers Program, which the students say would guarantee workers a living wage and collective bargaining.

The books have won (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Sometimes on a Saturday afternoon, my husband would ask, "Want to go to the bookstore?" My answer was, "Does an alcoholic want to go the liquor store?" Of course. I'd leap up from what I was reading, grab the charge card and be out the door in a flash. (Ruth Moose teaches writing at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

Issues and Trends

North Carolina transformation has winners, losers
The Chicago Tribune
... This is the first phase of the North Carolina Research Campus, a $1.5 billion plan to transform a small town outside Charlotte in the same way the state overhauled its economy: by building knowledge-driven industries amid the shuttered factories.

Youthful political interest surges
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Tilden Hagan spends his days cruising college campuses trying to pick up students. His line: Let me tell you about my mom. ...Young voters, from age 18 through their 20s, are politically awake this year and headed to the polls in droves. They've been energized by heated presidential primary contests, and North Carolina political candidates want to tap that energy, too.

Should parents cover grad school?
The Charlotte Observer
When Jim McGehee went straight from college to graduate school in 1991, his parents said they would loan -- but not give him -- the money. ...Kris says he got grants from UNC Chapel Hill to pay his MBA tuition. He also borrowed about $15,000 from the federal Stafford loan program for living expenses. He advises parents and children to explore the many sources of financial aid for grad students.

3 Carolinas senators pitch GI bill update
The Charlotte Observer
3 Carolinas senators pitch GI bill update GOP trio breaks from earlier bipartisan plan co-sponsored by 57 Momentum is gathering for an update to the Montgomery GI bill. ...He said the benefit would be about $5,200 to go to school in North Carolina, based on tuition at UNC Chapel Hill, but it would be more than $10,000 to go to school in Michigan, a figure determined by an art and design program.

College towns rank high on 'recession-proof' list
The Associated Press (National)
The catering business isn't what economists would call "recession-proof." Luckily for J.W. Walton, most of his biggest clients are. About 70 percent of the Catering Company of Chapel Hill's business comes from the Triangle's three big research universities—Duke down the road in Durham, North Carolina State in Raleigh and, of course, the University of North Carolina's flagship campus in Chapel Hill.

Blue University
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Blue Cross introduced Blue University in September 2001 to give employees the opportunity to complete or continue their educations and take advantage of career development opportunities on company premises. ...Students can also receive an online master's degree in health administration or public health through UNC-Chapel Hill or an online master's of project management through Western Carolina University.

Mixed reaction to proposed gang legislation
The Charlotte Observer
A bill to address gang violence is getting mixed reaction from some North Carolina legislative candidates. ...Durham County District Court Judge Craig Brown urged lawmakers in March to take action after the shooting death of University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson.