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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 Few Cookies a Day to Keep the Pounds Away?
The New York Times
Cookies? On a diet? Apparently so. ...“For weight loss to stick, you have to be able to settle into an eating pattern that you can adhere to over time,” said Suzanne Havala Hobbs, a clinical associate professor at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. “That eating pattern needs to provide you with all the nutrients you need while holding calories in balance with the number you expend.

Because we just can't get enough HPV vaccine studies (Blog)
The Los Angeles Times
Wondering how much the HPV vaccine hurts? No? Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were. They studied it by quizzing parents whose daughters had received the shots. Apparently the injections -- meant to protect against some strains of the virus that causes genital warts and cervical cancer -- feel about like other shots. Seriously.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3026/71/

Regional Coverage

The Hodding Carters opened doors for equality (Editorial)
The Desoto Times Tribune (Hernando, Miss.)
Mention the Hodding Carters of Greenville and the name brings to mind one of the legendary families of Southern journalism. Fortunately, Hodding III, who left news-papering to become a nationally known TV commentator, columnist and educator, Friday will find his way back to Mississippi to speak at Common Cause/Mississippi’s annual dinner. ...Since 2006 he has been member of the faculty at the University of North Carolina.

Football needs to make sport safer (Editorial)
The San Jose Mercury News (California)
Every parent of a child who plays tackle football should look carefully at new research on the effects of repeated head injuries in games and at practice. ...That was followed by an eye-opening Oct. 10 New Yorker article by Malcolm Gladwell that highlights a University of North Carolina program measuring the force and location of every blow every UNC player receives to the head during practices.

State and Local Coverage

Rare diseases research wins $6.2 million grant
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
UNC Chapel Hill has been awarded a five-year, $6.2 million renewal grant to continue its work as part of the National Institutes of Health's Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network. "This additional funding will let us continue our discovery of rare disease-causing gene mutations, which has already culminated in a clinical genetic test, but which needs to be expanded and improved," said Michael Knowles, a professor in the UNC School of Medicine's Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and principal investigator for the research network.
UNC Release:
http://www.unchealthcare.org/site/newsroom/news/2009/October/rarediseases

Kresge Foundation $43.7M aids groups helping poor
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
...The National Advising Corps at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill gets $1 million to place college graduates in underserved high schools and community colleges. The foundation has $2.8 billion in assets and made 342 grants totaling $181 million last year.

Thursday night lights (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
This will be a Thursday night unlike most others in our area. At 8 p.m. today, Florida State University and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels will kick off a football game in UNC's Kenan Stadium -- the first-ever Thursday night college game in Chapel Hill. It will be a moment of rare national exposure for Butch Davis's team, striving for a win that would galvanize a season. And for UNC and Chapel Hill citizens, it means an evening of dodging traffic jams and congestion that could be monumental.

Tar Heels, Seminoles meet Thursday night
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
Entering the season, this seemed like the perfect setup for North Carolina and Florida State: a nationally televised game, the first Thursday night home date in Tar Heels' history and a matchup of contenders in the Atlantic Coast Conference division races.
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Local labyrinths' paths cross boundaries of faith and tradition
The Star News (Wilmington)
...A pilot study on labyrinths that appeared in the Journal of Holistic Nursing showed that those who walked the paths for 20 minutes showed differences in pulse and respiratory rates though no real change in blood pressure. One reason more hospitals and health facilities are considering labyrinths is they cross religious and cultural boundaries, said Patricia Cadle, oncology chaplain at the N.C. Cancer Center, part of UNC Health Care. "This is a way of meeting a variety of needs for a variety of people and traditions," she said.

"We Shall Not Be Moved" Exhibit
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
The newest exhibit at UNC’s Wilson Library is entitled “We Shall Not Be Moved”... Holly Smith, Overholser Archival Fellow for African-American studies at UNC, says the exhibit was designed for everyone to enjoy. The exhibit is part of an initiative by the Southern Historical Collection, “Documenting the African American Southern Experience.” The Southern Historical Collection, established in 1930, contains over 24 million items.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2935/107/

Biggest Production in Playmakers History
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
To Joseph Haj, the producing director of PlayMakers Repertory Company and co-director of “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby”, the phrase ‘go big’ refers to their current project. The Tony Award-winning play was adapted by David Edgar, who consulted on the project and spent time at the theater during early rehearsals.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3010/66/

Rapist may face charge in 1990 case
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
An 18-year-old allegation of a sexual assault on a child may keep an inmate scheduled to be freed this month in prison longer. Steven Wilson may face new charges related to an incident in 1990 while he was working at a Hardee's in Nashville while on release as a prisoner at Nash Correctional Institute. Wilson, 52, is one of 20 inmates to be freed next Thursday after the state Court of Appeals agreed that he and dozens of other criminals punished with life sentences have served their time. ...Studies show that sexual offenders relapse into crime at lower rates than criminals in general. Overall, about 12 percent of sexual criminals will reoffend within five years of release from prison, said Elliot Cramer, a retired UNC-Chapel Hill professor who has studied recidivism rates for sex offenders.

Charter school fights bullying
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Central Park School for Children is like many elementary schools: Kids accidentally eat glue, love recess and perform all over the map on state exams. But the school is doing something a little different this year: fighting school bullies. ...The pilot program is funded by the N.C. Psychoanalytic Foundation, which will host an anti-bullying conference Saturday at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Aldermen hone in on procedural rules
The Macon County News
The Town of Franklin Board of Aldermen held a called meeting Monday evening to discuss proposed board room rules of procedure first presented at October’s regular town meeting. ...The rules of procedure are adapted from rules outlined by the University of North Carolina School of Government at Chapel Hill, said Assistant Town Manager Mike Decker, and include reasons to hold meetings, types of meetings, how items get on the meeting agenda and procedural motions.

UNC question use of symbol on rifle stock
The Associated Press
Some University of North Carolina officials are up in arms about a rifle featuring the school's symbol on its stock. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that the Fort Collins, Colo.-based Historical Armory is advertising a .22-caliber rifle as a special "Historic Orange County" edition with UNC's Old Well engraved in the stock. The Old Well — a dome with white columns — is one of the federally registered trademarks of the university.
Related Link:
http://durhamcounty.mync.com/site/durhamcounty/news|Sports|Lifestyles
/story/43484/rifle-design-features-old-well

Fennebresque & Co. adds service with Seneca Financial
The Charlotte Business Journal
Charlotte-based investment bank Fennebresque & Co. is teaming up with a former Lehman Brothers executive to expand its portfolio. ...(James) Harris, who has a home in North Carolina and teaches part time at UNC Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, will split time between his Seneca office in New York and Fennebresque’s uptown Charlotte office. The firms will work together to serve clients but remain completely independent.

Issues and Trends

Emergency call boxes near UNC operational
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
After a few false starts, three emergency call boxes installed in neighborhoods near the UNC campus are finally operational. Town officials issued a press release this week to announce that the call boxes at 407 Merritt Mill Road, the corner of Church and Short streets and Mallette Street at Colony Court are now working. ...The boxes are a gift from the UNC student body to improve safety and to honor the memory of Eve Carson, the former UNC student body president who was kidnapped and murdered in 2008.

Kannapolis gets Southeast's first USDA Human Nutrition Center
The Salisbury Post (Kannapolis)
The N.C. Research Campus has landed a USDA Human Nutrition Center, the first of its kind in the Southeast. ...The University of North Carolina Nutrition Research Institute and the N.C. State University Plants for Human Health Institute will collaborate with the USDA to develop the center.