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

International Coverage

Argentina debt battle puts NY law firm in spotlight
Reuters (Wire Service)
When nations can't pay their creditors, the phones start ringing at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York. ..."The firms that have the most experience in planning your restructuring will still be in demand," said Mark Weidemaier, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law and an expert in sovereign debt.

National Coverage

Michele Bachmann wins: How the anti-Muslim fringe hacked the media
Salon
...Part of it is that anti-Muslim fringe groups have learned how to essentially hack the media by taking advantage of the fact that reporters are drawn to highly visible displays of emotion and fear, argues Christopher Bail, a sociologist who studies the media at the University of North Carolina and University of Michigan.
Related Link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/05/michele-bachmann-
_n_2247197.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

State and Local Coverage

UNC coach Larry Fedora convinces recruit that he will remain Tar Heels coach
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
North Carolina football coach Larry Fedora has declined publicly to dispel speculation about whether he might be interested in the coaching vacancy at Tennessee, but a recent conversation with him left one of his recruits convinced he’ll remain the Tar Heels coach. Jordan Fieulleteau, a wide receiver at Wakefield High in Raleigh, told The News & Observer he spoke with Fedora for about 10 minutes Wednesday. Fieulleteau had been concerned, he said, amid speculation that Fedora might interview for Tennessee job.
Related Link:
http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/x583709319/Cunningham-
won-t-address-rumors-about-jobs

UNC Fall Sports Season Ends. (It Was Pretty Successful.)
WCHL-FM (Chapel Hill)
UNC’s fall athletic season ended with great successes as the women’s soccer team won the NCAA title, the football team improved to 8-4 overall, the field hockey team was NCAA runner-up, and the volleyball and men’s soccer teams advanced into the NCAAs as well. Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham says that speaks well for Carolina athletics.

UNC students call university's sexual assault policy 'unjust'
WNCN-TV (NBC/Raleigh)
Sexual assault victims at UNC-Chapel Hill are upset with how the university handled their cases. Three students are filing a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, saying UNC's sexual assault policy is "unjust."

Issues Coverage

Will state colleges become federal universities? (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Get public-university presidents together, and they start complaining about the diminishing amount of subsidy support from their state governments. A review of historical data shows that from the early 1980s until the year before the recent financial crisis, inflation- adjusted state funding per student was essentially unchanged. Over the last generation, an academic arms race has considerably increased total spending per student, so as a percentage of university budgets, state appropriations have sharply fallen. (Richard Vedder directs the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and teaches economics at Ohio University.)

Faded campus bargains (Letter to the Editor)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Your Nov. 21 editorial “The campus cost balloon” repeated the often cited premise that “UNC schools remain a relative bargain.” While statistics can be used in a variety of ways, the efficiencies, or lack thereof, in our state institutions are highlighted in the data gathered by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, which crunches numbers for the National Center for Education Statistics. (Mike Sigmon, NCSU ’83, UNC-CH ’86, Raleigh)