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

International Coverage

Hurricane strands Calgary flight
The Calgary Herald (Alberta, Canada)
...Although hurricanes do form frequently over the Pacific Ocean, they rarely make landfall, according to Charles Konrad, an associate professor of geography at the University of North Carolina. "The vast majority (of hurricanes) from the Eastern Pacific will move off in to the west or the northwest," he said. "Instead, this one is heading north and northeast."

National Coverage

The Mets' Coaching Carousel
The Wall Street Journal
...Hudgens, then, used his technical expertise to help the Mets' hitters—one of three ways that a manager or coach can effect improvement, according to Benson Rosen, a professor of organizational behavior at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The other two are a bit less defined: interpersonal and leadership skills. Those factors would seem the province of Collins and his next bench coach, whoever that may turn out to be.

Regional Coverage

TV ads put Northside woman at center of SB 5 fight
The Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio)
...William P. Marshall, a former Ohio Solicitor General and law professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, disagreed. “Deliberate falsity is not protected by the First Amendment,” he said. “I have never seen a political ad that so clearly distorts and presents a falsity that this one did.”

Our view: All should help raise awareness on concussions (Editorial)
The Observer-Dispatch (Utica, N.Y.)
...“These injuries were always there. It’s not that there are more injuries now,” Steven Marshall, interim director of the University of North Carolina’s Injury Prevention and Research Center, told the Associated Press last week. “It’s just that now people are getting treatment that they weren’t getting before.”

State and Local Coverage

University Day: UNC Turns 218
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
Hundreds of faculty, staff, students and alumni gathered in UNC’s Memorial Hall Wednesday to celebrate University Day. “Today is a day to be proud,” says UNC System President Tom Ross. “Today is a great day to be a Tar Heel.” He and many others gathered as UNC turned 218 years old, marking the anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Old East back on October 12, 1793.
Related Link:
http://www.chapelboro.com/UNC-System-President-Thomas-Ross-To-Speak-At-Chape/11157785

Songs from the mouths of babes
The Chapel Hill News
...Putting names and faces on a syndrome that has killed and debilitated so many is powerful, said Irving Hoffman, associate professor of infectious disease at UNC Medical School and international director of Project-Malawi, a research, care and training program created to reduce the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Disease in remission, UNC's Adams hoping to play again
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
North Carolina receiver Joshua Adams zipped down the sideline, pulled in a short pass, and grinned as if he had caught a game-winning touchdown. It was only practice, a drill he had performed hundreds of times. But nine months ago, after being diagnosed with ANCA vasculitis, a rare autoimmune disorder that attacked his kidneys, he wondered if he would ever leave his hospital bed, much less put on his pads and return to the football field.

Botanical Garden presents sculpture awards
The Chapel Hill News
Awards were presented to North Carolina artists whose work appears in the 23rd annual fall sculpture exhibition at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. ...Honorary chairpersons for this year's exhibition were Lex and Ann Alexander of Chapel Hill. The 53 sculptures remain on display through Nov. 19.

We're making progress in our diet and health (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
It's good to reflect from time to time on the progress we've made in matters of diet and health. The big world of food and nutrition is a challenging mix of pleasure and puzzle. Like me, you probably love to eat but have to work at understanding how your choices affect your health, as well as the environment and animal welfare. (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical associate professor in the department of health policy and administration in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.)

Braided loaves build community
The Charlotte Observer
The achiever: Shayna Bernstein, 20, of Charlotte, is a junior anthropology major at UNC Chapel Hill. The achievement: Bernstein helped start her school’s chapter of Challah for Hunger, an international nonprofit which utilizes volunteers to bake and sell challah bread to raise money and awareness for hunger relief.

Adults with disabilities work it out
The Chapel Hill News
...The center's major donors, Steve and Iris Weiss, have a son, Daniel, 30, who lives in RSI housing. "We thought it was a good idea because it serves the entire RSI community," said Steve Weiss, a retired UNC computer science professor. "It gives the residents a place to work out and other activities, and sometimes the local gyms and things are not always appropriate for people with special needs."

ESPN All-Access to feature UNC football
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
ESPN All-Access will feature a look into the North Carolina football team Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU. The show features behind-the-scenes footage of the Tar Heels' meetings, workouts and practice. ...ESPN followed interim head coach Everett Withers to a meeting with the Multicultural and Diversity Affairs staff in the South Building, sat in on UNC's position meetings and conducted interviews with several Carolina players.

Media coalition sues Butch Davis for his phone records
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A coalition of media outlets led by The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer has subpoenaed former University of North Carolina football coach Butch Davis in an effort to obtain his phone records. On Oct. 7, a law firm representing the media coalition sent Davis a certified letter and subpoena at his home address in Chapel Hill.

Issues and Trends

Where it hurts (Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
...Millions of dollars of cuts in financial aid grants for North Carolina students have seen higher numbers of dropouts, as The N&O's Jane Stancill reported Sunday. This is a sad situation indeed, because the state's public university system long has been regarded as a jewel in the crown, its very existence a sacred promise that if you are a suitably qualified young person in North Carolina and you want to go to college, you can go.

History makers to speak from beyond the grave
The Chapel Hill Herald
...From Oct. 20 to 22, people will have an opportunity to tour the graveyard and hear the words of some of the people buried there on the Voices from the Grave Haunted Cemetery Tour, presented by the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill. ...(Valerie) Yow also wrote monologues for Horace Williams and his wife, Bertha, in whom she found a source of unintentional comedy, and Edward Kidder Graham, whose vision as one of the presidents of UNC ended when he died in his early 40s during the flu epidemic that swept through the country after World War I.