Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Here’s what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- Senior Writer Melvin Backman takes a look at the 2013 UNC athletic department budget, which proposes a major increase in the salaries of coaches.
- NCAA president Mark Emmert addresses the possibility of an academic fraud case surrounding UNC athletes in a Q&A with CBS Sports’ Tony Barnhart.
- As a result of the new legislation in California that lifts certain social media restrictions higher institutions of education place upon their student-athletes, Staff Writer Leslie Carlucci visits the UNC athletic department policy on social media usage.
- In this video, the Washington Post’s Paul Tenorio discusses UNC basketball commit Nate Britt’s decision to transfer to Oak Hill Academy for his senior high school season.
- The UNC men’s soccer team remembers former captain Kirk Urso with this tribute video.
- Last but not least, be sure to check out Senior Writer Kelly Parsons’ piece on point guard Stillman White’s mission , which received Honorable Mention honors in the 2012 Associate Collegiate Press Story of the Year contest.
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