THORP NAMED CHAPEL HILL CHANCELLOR
The nation’s oldest public university will soon have a new leader. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has selected Dr. Holden Thorp to be the next chancellor, succeeding James Moeser who is scheduled to retire on June 30. Thorp graduated with high honors in 1986, earning a Chemistry degree from UNC. He later earned a doctorate from Cal Tech and did his post doctoral work at Yale. Thorp is the university's current Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He described the chancellor’s job as the greatest position in higher education, one he hopes he’ll have in 20 years from now.  At age 43, Thorp becomes one of the youngest of the UNC System chancellors.  Reporter Josh Ellis has more at just past the top-of-the-hour today.

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CAMDEN & CURRITUCK'S TURN TO WRESTLE WITH NAVY
Navy officials held a "scoping" meeting with Camden and Currituck residents and officials this week concerning the Hale's Lake site's potential as an Outlying Landing Field. Camden Manager Randell Woodruff tells SGR's Scott Carr about 400 people attended, most of whom felt that positioning the site anywhere in North Carolina is an "unfair" export of noise with no real benefit to the region. A May 21st public hearing is planned. Listen for details at about :16 minutes past the hour.

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BARLOW HERGET'S WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW
SGR Editor Scott Carr sits in for Barlow this week with John Locke Foundation president John Hood and SGR reporter Josh Ellis to review the week's news: including a look at trends set by Tuesday's primary; the Navy's OLF plans move to Camden and Currituck; the announcement of a new chancellor for "Carolina"; and good... not great... news for state lawmakers' budget picture. The show starts at just past the bottom-of-the-hour.

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PEOPLE IN POLITICS

What will, and should, Hillary do now?; the amount of "estrogen" that will still be on the North Carolina ballot come November, and the ability of a possible Barack Obama presidential campaign at the top of the ticket to motivate African-American voters back to the polls are all questions explored this week on our weekly roundtable discussion of all things political in North Carolina. Republican and Democratic gurus, respectively, Ballard Everett and Brad Crone join SGR editor Scott Carr for a close examination of Tuesday's primary results including some surprises, the trends they'll forecast, and some predictions concerning many statewide races that will play out over the summer.