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

National Coverage

There's No Such Thing as Everlasting Love (According to Science)
The Atlantic
In her new book Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become, the psychologist Barbara Fredrickson offers a radically new conception of love. Fredrickson, a leading researcher of positive emotions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, presents scientific evidence to argue that love is not what we think it is. It is not a long-lasting, continually present emotion that sustains a marriage; it is not the yearning and passion that characterizes young love; and it is not the blood-tie of kinship.

In Vegas, MBAs in Search of a Career Jackpot
Bloomberg Businessweek
MBAs who have an affinity for poker got to indulge that passion last weekend at the Planet Hollywood casino in Las Vegas, where several hundred students showed up for Caesars Entertainment’s (CZR) annual MBA Poker Championship. The tournament serves as the main MBA recruiting event for Caesars and produces roughly half the company’s new MBA hires. ...The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Booth, Tepper, and the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flager Business School have all established poker clubs.

State and Local Coverage

UNC-CH officials deny under-reporting sex assaults
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
Officials at North Carolina's flagship public university dispute claims they under-reported sexual assaults in 2010 to avoid looking bad. The top attorney at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill told campus trustees Thursday that the allegations are false. General Counsel Leslie Strohm and Chancellor Holden Thorp said they had not seen a complaint filed earlier this month with the U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights.
Related Links:
http://www.heraldsun.com/news/localnews/x915925395/UNC-
denies-underreporting-sexual-assaults
http://chapelboro.com/UNC-Officials-Deny-Wrongdoing-In-Handling-Of-Sexua/15360882
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/01/24/2629863/unc-chapel-hill-leaders-deny-under.html

Taking apart a masterwork and adding some theatrics
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Five years ago, when the idea of celebrating “The Rite of Spring” began percolating at UNC-Chapel Hill, one of the first people that Carolina Performing Arts director Emil Kang called was Anne Bogart. Paying proper homage to Igor Stravinsky’s 1913 masterwork would be a tall order, but Bogart – director of New York’s ensemble-based SITI Company – has never shied away from ambitious programs. “Anne was among the artists I talked to very early on,” Kang said last fall. “It was a great privilege to be able to take part in this with everyone.”
Related Link:
http://www.heraldsun.com/lifestyles/entertainment/x2029063139/A-Rite-A-fresh-take-on-a-classic

New strain of norovirus reaches NC; 7 confirmed cases
WGHP-TV (Fox/Greensboro)
Seven outbreaks of norovirus have reportedly been confirmed across North Carolina so far this year. ...This season’s new strain has been dubbed Sydney 2012 because officials believe it originated in Australia, a UNC-Chapel Hill professor of epidemiology tells the News & Observer.

Art Pope: I'm just working for the man (Blog)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
State budget director Art Pope bristled when asked about the power-behind-the scenes perception that he is “Governor Pope.'' Pope, the Raleigh businessman and GOP financier, said there had been a “systematic campaign” by his opponents to make him the issue, rather that debate the public policy questions. In some cases, Pope said, he had been the target of “vicious, malicious attacks” portraying him as anti-public education. ...He made his comments appearing at a journalism roundtable at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Wednesday.

Allergic to peanuts? Help is on the way (Video)
WTVD-TV (ABC/Raleigh)
A study being done at UNC shows that help is on the horizon for those who suffer from peanut allergies.

Charlotteans make impact with UNC a capella group
The Charlotte Observer
The word sababa means “cool” or “awesome” in Hebrew slang. It is also the name of a Jewish a capella group at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. One thing that is sababa about Sababa is the fact that four of its 12 members hail from Charlotte and are former members of Temple Beth El and its Teen Band and Teen Vocal Ensemble.

Wake judge keeps warrants related to UNC football case sealed
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A Wake County judge sent a message Thursday to state investigators probing possible sports-agent activity in connection with the UNC-Chapel Hill football program. Any search warrants in Wake County that investigators have asked to be shielded from public scrutiny will be unsealed in 45 days, Judge Donald Stephens said.
Related Links:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/sports&id=8966485
http://www.wralsportsfan.com/judge-extends-seal-on-documents-
related-to-agent-unc-investigations/12021038/

Issues and Trends

UNC System keeps prized profs on board by offering more money
The Triangle Business Journal
In 2012, eight members of the UNC System faculty received a combined $123,029 of incentive payments from the Faculty Recruitment and Retention Fund to stay at or come to a University of North Carolina institution. Poaching top faculty members from other universities has long been standard procedure in higher education, and it has only increased as university budgets throughout the nation have been going through a half-decade of tightening.

As economy improves, more take UNC’s phased retirement
The Triangle Business Journal
More faculty members in the University of North Carolina System chose to enter a phased retirement program for the first time in 2011 than during any other year except 1998, the year the program was introduced. In fact, participation in the program had gone into significant decline from 2008 through 2010 before rebounding in 2011, the most recent year for which data is available. Employment and retirement experts say the numbers make sense and might serve as a harbinger of retirement trends in the broader economy.
Related Link:
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/print-edition/2013/01/25/how-
uncs-phased-retirement-works.html