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Dean Smith to sign books Thursday (Feb. 21) at UNC

Retired UNC men’s basketball coach Dean Smith will sign copies of the new paperback version of his 1999 autobiography from 3 to 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at UNC’s Bull’s Head Bookstore.

Smith’s book, "A Coach’s Life: My Forty Years in College Basketball," is now available in paperback for $13.95 from Random House. At the Bull’s Head, Smith plans to sign only the new paperbacks -- not memorabilia or other items -- for his fans. He does not plan to give formal remarks or hold a question-and-answer session. For more information, call (919) 962-5060.

Co-writers of "A Coach’s Life" were John Kilgo, publisher of the sports magazine Carolina Blue, a radio announcer for men’s basketball at Davidson College and co-host for 14 years of Smith’s TV show; and Sally Jenkins, author of "Men Will Be Boys" and a sports reporter who has worked for publications including The Washington Post and Sports Illustrated.

Smith has the most wins ever in Division I college basketball, 879, and he coached the gold-medal U.S. Olympic team in 1976. In 36 years at Carolina, Smith won two national championships and helped integrate college basketball in the South by recruiting one of the first black basketball players in the region at a historically white university. High graduation rates among players were a hallmark of his programs.

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Former Gov. Jim Hunt to address UNC political science class Feb. 28

Former N.C. Gov. James B. Hunt will speak to a "State and Local Politics" class from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Feb. 28 in 209 Manning Hall at UNC-Chapel Hill. Students in the class will sit in the first few rows of seats, but approximately 100 seats will be left for others who wish to attend, said Dr. John Hardin, adjunct assistant professor of political science and the instructor for the class.

Hardin also is assistant vice president for research and sponsored programs for the 16-campus UNC system. In that role, he helped establish Hunt’s latest initiative, the James B. Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy. "The institute, an affiliate of the UNC system, seeks to help current and emerging leaders understand how to implement sound education policy and programs to provide the best possible education for the youth of North Carolina and our nation," Hardin said.

For more information, visit http://21stCenturySchools.NorthCarolina.edu/ and click on the institute link.

Hunt, a Democrat, was governor for 16 years, from 1977 to 1985 and 1993 to 2001. For more information about his UNC visit, call Hardin at (919) 962-2676.

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Social Security reform to be topic of March 4 lecture

"Social Security Reform: Is Privatization the Answer?" will be the topic of a lecture at UNC March 4 by Dr. Joseph Quinn, a founding member of the National Association of Social Insurance. Quinn also is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and an economics professor at Boston College.

UNC’s Institute on Aging will sponsor the free public lecture at 3:30 p.m. in the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, off N.C. 54 about two miles east of the main campus. The Carolina Population Center’s Demography and Economics of Aging Research Program, also at UNC, will co-sponsor. A reception will follow.

Anyone interested in attending is asked to register by calling (919) 966-9444 through Feb. 22.

"Joseph Quinn is a noted researcher and internationally recognized authority on retirement and Social Security reform," said Dr. Victor Marshall, institute director. "He has made major contributions to research on older workers and labor force adjustment issues."

For the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Quinn served on the Governor’s Council on Economic Growth and Technology and the Task Force on Tax Policy and Capital Formation. He has had more than 90 journal articles, book chapters and reviews published and been a visiting professor at the University of New South Wales and the University of California, Berkeley.

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U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone to speak at School of Law Feb. 18

U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone will give the William P. Murphy Lecture at the UNC School of Law Rotunda at noon Feb. 18.

The lecture is free to the public. Wellstone’s speech, "The Call to Justice," will focus on constitutional law issues.

Wellstone, the senior senator from Minnesota, graduated from UNC in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree in political science; he earned a doctorate in political science in 1969. He accepted a teaching position at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., and taught there 21 years before his 1990 election to the U.S. Senate.

The William P. Murphy Lecture honors the work of UNC law professor emeritus William Murphy, who retired in 1990. The lecture series brings to the School of Law recognized authorities in the areas of constitutional law, labor law, employment discrimination and dispute resolution.

Parking for the lecture is available in the N.C. 54 visitor lot, located three blocks from the School of Law.

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