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...Three years ago, Hill, who did a spell at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, made the nervy low-budget martial-arts parody The Foot Fist Way; it managed a limited release in 2008 and grossed a meager $234,286. But the only people who really have to see it are producers looking for directors, and Foot Fist did get noticed. This was thanks in part to the movie's rising star (and co-writer and UNCSA classmate) Danny McBride, who enlivened last year's Drillbit Taylor, Tropic Thunder and the Rogen-starring Pineapple Express, directed...
...couldn't picture it any other way.' TYLER HANSBROUGH, University of North Carolina forward, on forgoing the NBA draft to help the Tar Heels vanquish Michigan State for the NCAA championship...
...congratulations to South Carolina for recognizing the importance of comprehensive sex education for our young people [March 30]. Other Southern states should follow suit and realize that holier-than-thou abstinence and "Just say no" platitudes do not impact young people whose hormones are raging and whose self-image may not be as secure as it seems. Linda Jewell, SILVER SPRINGS...
...nomination of Groves to head the Census Bureau and oversee next year's national head count has sent Republicans scrambling to the ramparts. "With the nomination of Robert Groves, President Obama has made clear that he intends to employ the political manipulation of census data for partisan gain," North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry cautioned. Other lawmakers called Groves an "incredibly troubling selection" who must be watched for "statistical sleight of hand...
...however, blissful predictions like these are bunk. "I don't believe it's that big of a bonanza, frankly," says Smith College sports economist Andrew Zimbalist, who predicts an economic impact of about $15 million. "It's kind of silly to suggest that it is." Festive fans of North Carolina, the University of Connecticut, and Villanova University - the other three teams that made the Final Four - will likely have a nice time in spruced-up Detroit. But it's a stretch, Zimbalist says, to figure they'll suddenly think of Detroit as a repeat destination - and even more...