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Below is a brief sampling of the international, national, regional and local coverage of these tributes to Eve and her contributions to Carolina and the lives of so many in Chapel Hill.

Photos Examined in N.C. Student's Death
The Associated Press
Detectives investigating the killing of the student president at the University of North Carolina are trying to enhance two photos that show a possible suspect, officials said Monday.

UNC Student Remembered as Force for Campus Unity
Chabad.org
Grief-stricken students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill united last week in pledging good deeds to honor the life of slain student body president Eve Carson. Speaking at the March 6 service, Rabbi Zalman Bluming, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Chapel Hill and its campus-based Chabad House serving UNC and neighboring Duke University, challenged the collegians to "translate [your] emotion into action."

Morehead-Cain staff saddened by loss of its 'beloved big sister'
The Salisbury Post
The staff of the Morehead-Cain Foundation are among the mourners of UNC student body president Eve Carson. Carson, a senior at UNC, was killed last week. She was a Morehead-Cain Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. To the foundation, she was more. "Eve was the Morehead-Cain family's beloved big sister," Executive Director Chuck Lovelace said Friday afternoon. "Everybody in the program knew her."
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Eve Carson Murder Investigation
"WUNC News" WUNC-FM
The Chapel Hill Town Council paid tribute to Eve Carson before a regularly scheduled meeting last night. The student body president at UNC was found shot to death in Chapel Hill last week. Mayor Kevin Foy said he and the council are deeply saddened by her passing.

Carson case photos multiply
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Police think the same man who used Eve Carson's ATM card at a local bank tried to use it again at a local convenience store machine. ...Investigators have received more than 200 calls from tipsters, most of them since police released the bank surveillance photos. "Prior to the release of the photos, the tips were kind of trickling in," Curran said.
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A mere tool (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Regarding the March 8 letter "The scourge of guns": Eve Carson's death was very tragic, but don't blame me or the NRA. As a gun owner, a shooting sports enthusiast and an NRA member, I never condone anything but the most responsible and safe use of firearms. (John Grimes, Raleigh)

Wake up call (Letter to the Editor)
The Diamondback (University of Maryland student paper)
...The recent and tragic murder of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's student body president occurred in a surrounding suburb off of their campus and is thought to have been a random crime. As the number of students being forced to live off the campus here increases, this distressful story from Chapel Hill should be a major wake-up call to the administration at this university. Unless it increases the efficacy of its on- and off-campus security, the university administration is doing nothing to prevent similar devastation to the one that occurred in Chapel Hill from afflicting a student in College Park. (Isaac Hof, Senior, Government and politics)

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

National Coverage

New Ways To Manage Health Data
The Washington Post
You already bank online and use computer software to do your taxes. So why don't you trust technology to help you manage your health? Microsoft, Google and more than 100 Web sites offering personal health records know the answer, but they're betting they can quell your fears about posting your most private information online and get you to sign on soon. ...But other experts say the benefits of online PHRs far outweigh the risks. University of North Carolina researcher Gary Marchioni, who has studied online PHRs, says fears about the risks on secure sites are overblown.

Regional Coverage

Drugs in your drinking water? No one knows
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Two of the Atlanta region's biggest water suppliers say they don't know if there are drugs in the drinking water they serve the public because the federal government does not require such testing. ...Preliminary findings from the University of North Carolina study show some pharmaceuticals and "personal care products" were in the lake in January but not in the county's treated drinking water, said Neal Spivey, the county's director of water production.

Jacoby envisions Ford plant as start of mini-city
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The proposed redevelopment of the former Ford Motor Co. plant in Hapeville could be the beginning of an "aerotropolis" — a citylike area built around an airport. The term was coined by John Kasarda, a University of North Carolina business professor. Its local proponent is Jim Jacoby, the developer who started the pioneering Atlantic Station mixed-use project in Midtown.

State and Local Coverage

UNC-Duke program hits goal
The Chapel Hill Herald
When the UNC School of Information and Library Science began its dual degree program with Duke University's School of Medicine two years ago, representatives from both organizations were optimistic. ...Peggy Schaeffer, the program's project coordinator, said she was thrilled with the enrollment of the three new students and the success of the dual degree program. "I think that this demonstrates that we can attract medical students to the program," she said.

Minority buying power in state tallied
The Fayetteville Observer
Blacks and Hispanics represent at least $41 billion in buying power in North Carolina, and communities need to better understand how to tap into those consumers. That’s according to the authors of a study, based on 2004 data, by the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. ...Study co-author James H. Johnson Jr., a UNC management professor, discussed the statistics and challenges with about 100 community leaders during a luncheon Monday at Docks at the Capitol.

Local group promotes exploration of Burke's ancient past
The Charlotte Observer
A 12-acre plot of land just north of Morganton called the "Berry site" has caught the attention of archaeologists and history buffs from across the nation, as well as the interest of many Burke County residents. ...Teams from the University of Oklahoma, Tulane University, UNC Chapel Hill, Southern Illinois University and other colleges come to Morganton to continue excavation.

Wake program aims to push participants to middle class
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
In less than a month, Wake County will launch a test program designed to help those dependent on public assistance get better educations and jobs; it's the overture for a larger overhaul of the county's social services system. ...According to one expert, the theory behind Rojano's brand of unified human services department is sound. But the difficulty lies in the bureaucratic strings attached to federal and state money that pays for social services, said Dennis K. Orthner, a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Social Work who helped retool North Carolina's welfare system during the federal reforms of the mid-1990s.

UNC to delay notification test
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC has decided to postpone the launch of Alert Carolina, a safety-awareness campaign, with a test of new sirens that warn of a life-threatening situation. The test had been scheduled for March 19, but in an e-mail message to members of the university community, Carolina Chancellor James Moeser said the sirens would be tested later this month "on a date yet to be determined." He added that the community would be given "plenty of advance notice."
UNC Launch Update:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/campus-and-community/unc-to-launch-alert-
carolina-campaign-with-siren-test.html

Prof wrong: Having Down syndrome doesn't devalue a person's life
(Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City)
As word of a UNC medical professor's recent comments regarding abortion of fetuses with Down syndrome reaches us here in eastern North Carolina, I am hardly able to contain my sense of rage. (Tanya Holland is a resident of Grandy)

Issues and Trends

Trustees ask for input on name change
The Winston-Salem Journal
The trustees at N.C. School of the Arts will vote in April on whether to recommend changing the school’s name. John Mauceri, NCSA’s chancellor, has said that he wants NCSA to become the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, saying that the new name would clear up confusion about the school, make it better known and raise its stock among donors.

UNC ministry floats site ideas
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The response was mixed when UNC Wesley Foundation asked for Town Council members' reaction Monday night to several alternatives proposed for the construction of a large-scale Methodist residence at UNC-Chapel Hill. ..."We provide a safe and secure religious center," said Nick Didow, a Wesley Foundation board member and faculty member at the Kenan-Flagler Business School.
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