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

National Coverage

Kids' ER Concussion Visits Up 60 Pct Over Decade
The Associated Press
The number of athletic children going to hospitals with concussions is up 60 percent in the past decade, a finding that is likely due to parents and coaches being more careful about treating head injuries, according to a new federal study. "It's a good increase, if that makes any sense," said Steve Marshall, interim director of the University of North Carolina's Injury Prevention and Research Center.
Related Link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44804129/ns/health-childrens_health/#.To8Wduwyef4

State and Local Coverage

Jobs is gone, but man's 1985 Apple Mac lives on (Blog)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-CH computer science professor Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. met a young and personable Steve Jobs brimming with self confidence even back in 1985. The two were in Washington, D.C. to receive National Medals of Technology.
Related Link:
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10230791/

Small businesses see perks they like in Obama job plan
The Triangle Business Journal
Provisions in the American Jobs Act touted by President Barack Obama could provide some relief to small businesses and startups squeezed by a lack of available credit, but consumer confidence remains a key issue. Jason Jolley, research director at the Center for Competitive Economies at UNC-Chapel Hill, says consumer confidence is a significant obstacle to growth.

Falling home prices spawn perilous ripple
The Triangle Business Journal
...“Historically, property tax revenues have grown even in bad economic times,” says UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government professor Chris McLaughlin, who recently blogged on the state tax study and its possible consequences. “But the lasting effect of the Great Recession ... may put an end to the property tax’s slow and steady growth.”

Get This: Schools of Law Now Shrinking
The Triangle Business Journal
Law schools are looking at reducing the size of incoming classes, concerned that a sluggish legal industry and an increasing number of new schools are dooming too many graduates to unemployment. ...UNC-Chapel Hill has kept its annual target at 250 for about five years, Assistant Dean Michael States says. It may be time for a revision, he adds. “I would imagine that that conversation is going to happen this year,” States says.

It may take $50 just to apply at Kenan-Flagler
The Triangle Business Journal
Free rides might be at an end for students who want to major in business at Kenan-Flagler in Chapel Hill. School officials are considering implementing a $50 fee for anyone who wishes to apply for admission. The fee would be used to cover the cost of application readers and interviewers.

Doctors for a Day
The Herald Weekly (Huntersville)
On Thursday, Sept. 29, a group of Lake Norman Charter High School biology students boarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s mobile Destiny Lab. ...Destiny Lab is the UNC-Chapel Hill Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s formal science education initiative. The lab travels to schools throughout the state, promoting student interest in science by making scientific concepts relevant to everyday life.

Former UNC chancellor: 'I would dismantle the NCAA'
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
When University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp fired coach Butch Davis in July, he said it was because what started as an athletic problem spilled over into academics. The school is amid a year-long NCAA investigation. But many are questioning the association's power, including former UNC Chancellor James Moeser.

Issues and Trends

New UNC system president Ross: 'This is our time'
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Tom Ross was sworn in Thursday as UNC system president, during a ceremony of pomp and music tempered with the awareness that the higher education landscape has shifted. At an inauguration at N.C. A&T State University in Ross' hometown of Greensboro, the new president struck a determined and optimistic tone, despite the reality of dwindling public dollars and bigger challenges for education as the world catches up to the United States.
Related Links:
http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2011/oct/07/wsmet05-ross-sworn-in-as-unc-
system-president-ar-1472737/
http://www.news-record.com/content/2011/10/06/article/ross_inaugurated_as_unc_president

UNC System president makes it official
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
UNC System President Tom Ross paid tribute to the university system’s storied past Thursday, but said it’s time to redefine it to meet the challenges of the present and the future. Ross made his comments shortly after taking the oath of office in a ceremony held on the campus of N.C. A&T University.

UNC System officially swears in 17th president
News 14 Carolina
Nearly a year after taking the reins, Tom Ross was formally sworn in as the University of North Carolina system's 17th President. The ceremony took place Thursday morning in his hometown of Greensboro. Ross says even with the challenges they face the university will work to overcome them. “It is humbling and frankly intimidating to stand before you today as the 17th President of the University of North Carolina,” said Ross.
Related Links:
http://www.wxii12.com/news/29404958/detail.html
http://www.chapelboro.com/New-UNC-System-President-Tom-Ross-Inaugurated/11119436

UNC Board of Governors to address 'unprecedented challenges'
News 14 Carolina
The UNC Board of Governors meets Friday, one day after Tom Ross was formally sworn in as the 17th president of the UNC System. He said the system is facing unprecedented challenges including increased costs and decreased spending.

State for Sale
The New Yorker
...That day in Raleigh, though, (Ed) Gillespie had lunch with an ideal ally: James Arthur (Art) Pope, the chairman and C.E.O. of Variety Wholesalers, a discount-store conglomerate. The Raleigh News and Observer had called Pope, a conservative multimillionaire, the Knight of the Right. ...Pope, who graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1978, with a degree in political science, and who has a law degree from Duke University, relishes debate and conflict with his opponents.