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National Coverage

Applying a Balm to the Years
The New York Times
Keeping skin healthy as decades pass can be as easy as remembering this adage: Accept the things you cannot change. ...Dr. Anne Lachiewicz, lead author and a medical graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said that after controlling for age, sex, tumor thickness and ulceration, the study found that 14 percent of people who developed scalp and neck melanoma died from them, compared with 6 percent of those with melanoma on their extremities, “where they might be more likely to notice a new and changing lesion.”

Tar Heel Stock-Picking: National Oilwell Varco, Atwood Oceanics
TheStreet.com
While the Tar Heels may be a best known college basketball program, there's another team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that's worth looking at. UNC's Applied Investment Management (AIM) program enables the school's best and brightest MBAs to mange over $1 million in real capital.

State and Local Coverage

Classmates to remember (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
On a rainy, soggy Mother's Day, UNC's graduating students embraced the joy of having achieved one of their life's big dreams. But they also could not escape the pain of having lost beloved classmate Eve Carson, who was killed in March in a senseless act of violence.

Project in works for TransPark
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
An aviation company is poised to invest as much as $600 million in the Global TransPark, breathing life into a business park long criticized as a boondoggle. ...If the state can land a $600 million investment, "it would be a tremendous boost and one that would be important not just for the Global TransPark but the entire Eastern region," said John D. Kasarda, director of UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, who came up with the concept for the business park.

UNC to get ABC bureau
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
ABC News has chosen The UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication as one of five university programs in the U.S. that will open a mini-bureau for ABC News on Campus in September.

Mexican border photos exhibited
The Chapel Hill Herald
In 2007, artist Susan Harbage Page explored the U.S.-Mexican border, photographing possessions left behind by people who attempted to cross into Texas from Mexico. An exhibition of her photographs, "Longing: Personal Effects from the Border," is on view through May 28 at UNC.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/arts/exhibition-depicts-latino-immigrants-journeys.html

UNC Director Starts Statewide Run For Cancer
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
When the going gets tough on his 18 day run to fund cancer research, Director of Information and Technology Services for the School of Information and Library Science at UNC, Scott Adams, said he’ll be thinking about one thing. Adams’ run kicks off at 7 A.M. in Murphy, North Carolina and he’ll run across to entire state, 740 miles to Manteo, along Bike Route Number 2.

Chancellor choice (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Congratulations to the UNC system for hiring Holden Thorp as UNC-Chapel Hill's 10th chancellor. He certainly seems like an excellent choice. (Matt Smith, N.C. State Class of 1994, Apex )

Issues and Trends

Admissions Control
Inside Higher Ed
Last week, the North Carolina attorney general’s office released an advisory letter suggesting that, in light of federal law, the state’s community colleges should return to a former systemwide policy barring students who are undocumented immigrants from college-level courses.

Easley proposes $21.5 billion budget
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Gov. Mike Easley proposed a $21.5 billion budget Monday that would raise taxes on cigarettes and alcohol to help pay for teacher raises and mental health reform. ...The budget calls for an additional $34.6 million for enrollment increases at UNC campuses, nearly doubling the estimate from last year.
Related Links:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1070381.html
http://www.lelandtribune.com/opinion.asp?dismode=article&artid=1165

Hotels already filling for 2009
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
When guests at Chapel Hill's hotels checked out on Monday morning following the weekend's UNC commencement, many of their rooms were already booked for next year's ceremonies. For local hotels, graduation weekend is one of the busiest every year, and traditionally most have seen 100 percent occupancy.