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

International Coverage

Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre – review
The Guardian (United Kingdom)
...Before long, however, John Buse, a doctor from the University of North Carolina became concerned that instead of reducing heart problems, the drug was actually increasing them. His head of department was rung by GlaxoSmithKline, the company who made the drug; a US Senate Committee later released a report saying Buse had been subject to intimidation.

China is the hottest place to take an executive MBA
Financial Times
...This fragmentation of the market also means a single business school can run multiple programs. Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, for example, runs four programs: two domestic executive MBAs, the online MBA@UNC and the OneMBA.

‘Blue-Dog’ Democrat McIntyre Fights to Keep House Seat
Bloomberg Businessweek
...The depletion of the Blue Dog ranks “eliminates those voices from the Democratic caucus” who are willing to break from the party line, said Ferrel Guillory, who teaches journalism at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. It also undercuts centrist views on the other side of the political aisle, he said, because “Rouzer and those like him are not moderate Republicans.”

National Coverage

When competition is intense, viruses spill over into new hosts (Blog)
Discover Magazine
When you think about viruses, you might wonder how they infect, how they spread, and how they kill. ...In a new study, Lisa Bono from the University of North Carolina has shown that competition between viruses can drive them to spill over into new hosts, imperilling creatures that they never used to infect.

State and Local Coverage

Friday summoned best from our state (Editorial)
The Daily News (Jacksonville)
William C. “Bill” Friday was born in Virginia, but he was North Carolinian through and through. That simple truth really only scratches the surface of a vast legacy left by one of the giants in education not only in our state, but in the nation.

Bill Friday's legacy will endure (Editorial)
The Sun Journal (New Burn)
William C. “Bill” Friday was born in Virginia, but he was North Carolina through and through. But that simple truth really only scratches the surface of a vast legacy left by one of the towering giants in education not only in our state, but in the nation.

Memorial this morning for Bill Friday
The Charlotte Observer
A memorial service for the man who directed North Carolina’s state university system for three decades is scheduled for Wednesday morning on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus. The service for Bill Friday will take place at 10 a.m. at Memorial Hall and will be televised live across the state.
Related Link:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=8850303

Bill Friday's final resting place is among friends
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
On a sweltering July day in 1997, I ran into Bill Friday in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. He was there, alone, making sure everything was just right for the burial of his old friend, CBS newsman Charles Kuralt. I was there to learn about “the college graveyard,” as it was once called, the final resting place of university presidents, professors, townsfolk and slaves.

A coach reflects on treasured connections with Friday (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
fter hearing the sad news of University of North Carolina President Emeritus William Friday’s death last Friday, University Day, I found the following tribute I began writing two years ago on the top of my desk. I write this for two reasons (maybe three). First, I recently attended a 90th birthday party on July 13, 2010, for William C. Friday. (Sylvia Rhyne Hatchell is head women’s basketball coach at the University of North Carolina.)
Related Link:
http://projects.newsobserver.com/node/26064

Remembering UNC chief Friday (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Citizen-Times (Asheville)
My earliest connection with Bill Friday, the renowned former UNC system president who passed away several days ago at age 92, was when he delivered the commencement address at my 1957 Greensboro High School graduation ceremonies. He was only 35 years of age and completing his first year as president of the old, three-campus Consolidated UNC, as it was called. (Doug Orr is president emeritus of Warren Wilson College.)

A luminary (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill News
I am deeply saddened by the death of President William (Bill) Friday. My heart goes out to the Friday Family during this difficult time. Bill Friday was an exceptional and revered leader in the Tar Heel State. Neither Chapel Hill nor the University of North Carolina would be where it is today without his leadership. (Mark Kleinschmidt, Mayor, Chapel Hill)
Related Links:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/10/16/2416024/william-s-nichols-the-time-friday.html
http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2012/10/16/213511/your-letters-oct-17.html

Do debates matter? Experts say no
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
It may have been compelling theater. It might have made good television. As usual, it got the pundits, the spinners and the talking heads all roiled up. ...In fact, a study by James Stimson, a UNC Chapel Hill professor of political science, found few noticeable changes in polling after any debate. Columbia University’s Robert Erikson makes essentially the same point in his book “The Timeline of Presidential Elections: How Campaigns Do (and Do Not) Matter.”

Racial preferences' endpoint (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
...In its brief supporting UT, UNC-Chapel Hill said part of its mission is “to turn a diverse community of students into the next generation of leaders” and flatly stated that it uses race as one of 40 factors for admission. However, as the U.S. and North Carolina become more diverse, race is an increasingly inaccurate measure. I’d bet low-income white students from rural North Carolina would add much more to the cultural, political and religious diversity of UNC-Chapel Hill than upper-income minority students from Wake or Mecklenburg counties.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5478/70/

$32M deck to improve UNC parking
The Triangle Business Journal
It’s always been posh to complain about parking on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus, but after a $32 million project to add between 600 and 900 parking spaces at the Craige parking deck, it might not hold quite as much water. To be sure, parking will likely still be a topic of much conversation, especially during athletic events, but the addition to the deck, which sits near the Dean Smith Center, aims to help.

UNC, Wake forge mental health deal
The Triangle Business Journal
The UNC Health Care system will manage Wake County’s WakeBrook campus beginning Jan. 1. Part of Wake County Human Services, the center provides substance-abuse services to the residents of Wake County. UNC will assume management of Crisis and Assessment Services and The Recovery Center, a voluntary inpatient substance abuse program at WakeBrook Campus. UNC will also operate a new 16-bed inpatient psychiatric program.

UNC, WakeMed, Vidant vie for contract
The Triangle Business Journal
Johnston Health has narrowed a search for potential partners and will schedule meetings with various health systems to seek out an affiliation. The hospital system in Johnston County asked UNC Health Care, Vidant Health (formerly University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina) and WakeMed Health & Hospitals to give proposals for a joint partnership.

Shapiro headlines poetry festival
The Chapel Hill News
Alan Shapiro had done a lot of poetry readings, but he was especially excited about this one. ...“The Northeastern School of the Arts is a commuter school, and after people scatter at the end of the day,they don’t go back in the evening,” said Shapiro, who is on the English and Comparative Literature faculty at UNC.

Martin's probe at UNC focuses on no-show classes
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A typical suggestion for college students looking for easy classes is to go visit a fraternity. Former Gov. Jim Martin did just that recently as part of a probe he’s leading into academic irregularities at UNC-Chapel Hill, except he wanted to know if the fraternity brothers had been aware of classes that didn’t meet.

Caterer dishes up 10,500 meatballs, 6,300 cookies to UNC's Rams Club
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The UNC-Virginia Tech game is just about to start. As 54,000 fans take their seats at Kenan Stadium and turn their attention to the field, crisis strikes the kitchen of the stadium’s exclusive Blue Zone. “We’re going to have a hot dog issue,” head chef Mike Bickel tells his boss, Dean Ogan. Ogan, 44, owns Rocky Top Hospitality, which caters for UNC’s Blue Zone, premium seating for about 4,100 Rams Club members, as well as another 500 in private boxes scattered around the stadium.

Read labels when you shop (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Look before you eat. There’s new evidence that reading food labels is good for you. A paper published last month in the journal Agricultural Economics reported that people who read food labels when they shop weigh less than those who do not. (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.)

Issues and Trends

First lady speaks to UNC-Chapel Hill students
News 14 Carolina
Two days before early voting begins, the First Lady of the United States made a visit to the Tar Heel State. Michelle Obama addressed a packed house at UNC Chapel Hill's Carmichael Arena, urging the crowd to make their voices heard in the upcoming election.
Related Link:
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/20512486/article-First-Lady-stumps-for-president-at-UNC
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/10/16/2416013/first-lady-urges-unc-crowd-to.html

More faculty input (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As members of the Progressive Faculty Network, we are glad that pressures from students and resolutions by faculty councils at East Carolina University, UNC-Pembroke and UNC-Chapel Hill – asking for representation on the Advisory Committee on Strategic Directions – led to some, yet not enough progress. (Mar’a DeGuzman, Professor, Department of English, UNC-Chapel Hill and Karen Booth, Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill)
Related Link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/10/16/2416022/june-atkinson-ready-for-college.html

NCCU chancellor search draws interest (Editorial)
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
They are coming from within the University of North Carolina system and from other historically black colleges and universities. There are applications from those in industry, government and academia.