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During NCAA review, UNC gets advice from former infractions chief There are few professors as involved in NCAA matters as University of Nebraska law professor Jo Potuto. For more than a decade, she has served on the panel that hands down punishments to universities that violate NCAA regulations, including two years as its chair. She has helped shape those regulations on NCAA committees, in opinion pieces, lectures and congressional testimony. She’s also one of the nation’s longest-serving faculty athletic representatives, holding that role at Nebraska for 17 years. She receives no pay for her NCAA work. But several weeks ago, she began a paid consulting job assisting UNC-Chapel Hill with what appears to be a landmark case of academic fraud that benefited athletes and is now under NCAA investigation. Read more here:
Venerable Durham Arts Council celebrates 60 years amid buzz of new scene New art studios and upstart galleries have generated a trendy buzz about the arts belt stretching through downtown Durham. But it was one of the city’s mainstays – the venerable Durham Arts Council building – that was creating the hum during the weekend. Fine artists, jewelry makers, fashion designers, ceramicists and more took part in a two-day art walk and holiday market that was as much about supporting the arts, in general, as it was the artists individually. Moms, daughters stuff homemade stockings for military families Mothers and daughters sprang into action Sunday at the Embassy Suites, stuffing col-orful felt Christmas stockings to the brim with toys, candy and toothbrushes for chil-dren of service members. Even Santa was there, mingling and taking photos with his part-time elves from the Carolina Lily Chapter of the National Charity League Inc. “This is exciting. They did a lot of work putting all the stockings together,” said Diane D’Agostine, who made 50 stockings with her daughters Paige and Devin. “The best part is going to the USO when they do their Holiday in the Hangar party, and you get to hand them out.” The nonprofit National Charity League works with girls in grades seven through 12 and their mothers, offering diverse ways to help communities and build leadership skills. Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/23/4347826/moms-daughters-stuff-homemade.html?sp=/99/102/110/#storylink=cpy
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