Hough is well-known from her appearances on “Dancing with the Stars”. Bomb threat: A plane carry- PAGE 1 The club provides great opportunity for people of all experience levels, from high school track stars to people just wanting to stay in shape. Times about her excitement for her role in the movie, her dancing career and her new love Times about her excitement for her role in the movie, her dancing career and her new love appearances on “Dancing with the Stars”. Eden Creamer MOVE p.4
A product of Student Niner Media • The University of North Carolina at Charlotte • Partially funded by Student Fees • Breaking News? Email us at [email protected] or call 704.687.7148 Thursday, October 13, 2011 Published twice weekly and online at www.nineronline.com NINER TIMES JULIANNE HOUGH TALKS FOOTLOOSE RUNNING CLUB JOGS CIRCLES AROUND CAMPUS Since January 2011, the Running Club has taken charge across the UNC Charlotte campus. The club provides great opportunity for people of all experience levels, from high school track stars to people just wanting to stay in shape. p.11 Hough is well-known from her appearances on “Dancing with the Stars”. Hough was able to speak with Niner Times about her excitement for her role in the movie, her dancing career and her new love of acting. p.8 New on NinerOnline.com: Read more on Julianne Hough’s thoughts on her new film, “Footloose.” New tasers issued: The X2 model taser will be issued to CMPD officers to replace the current X26 model. Basketball Madness: The Campus Activities Board will kick off basketball season with Days of Mad- ness, which started in 2003. Bomb threat: A plane carry- ing the women’s soccer team was disrupted after a woman started yelling the word “bomb”. WHO HEARTS BOOBIES? Whenever I hear “I heart Boobies,” it makes me want to throw up. To me, it’s a ploy for men to say they like boobs. Yes, we know men like them, but breast cancer is serious. p.7 NEVER SHOUT NEVER Promoting their third studio album “Time Travel,” indie pop quartet Never Shout Never began touring in mid-September. They are scheduled to make a quick stop in Charlotte at Amos’ Southend Music Hall this Sunday alongside several other bands. 49ERS RECIEVE VERBAL COMMITMENT p.16 NEWS OPINION SPORTS A&E Lauren Dunn [email protected]Due to UNC Charlotte and state budget decreases, a fund created to keep top qual- ity professors and faculty has been signifi- cantly depleted within the past five years. Now, the UNC system is requesting that the state legislature replenish it. The retention fund matches offers made to high-demand professors from other schools. In doing this, UNC Charlotte and the other UNC system schools, such as UNC Chapel Hill and East Carolina Uni- versity, can work to ensure a high quality education for its students. “Retaining top faculty has become more difficult due to four years of flat salaries for state employees, including faculty,” said John Bland, director of Public Relations. “Now that the retention fund is almost de- pleted, the problem is worsened.” Since its establishment in 2006, state appropriations for the fund totaled an amount of $10 million. Currently, it is re- portedly down to below $60,000. The fund is shared by all schools within the UNC system, and to acquire an amount of the funds, a request has to be made to the UNC General Administration. Within that system, UNC Charlotte remains one of the smallest. UNC system asks state to increase retention fund RETENTION p.5 MOVE at UNC Charlotte Molly Mulhern [email protected]The members of Mothers on the Verge of Excellence (M.O.V.E.), a student orga- nization for UNC Charlotte students with children, visit schools in the community as part of their mentorship program. “It’s not fun being a young mother and going to school,” said Cara Burton, M.O.V.E. president. “It’s hard. You have to have a schedule and follow it.” Raising a child as a young mother is difficult enough. Today, shows like “Teen Mom” feature characters cutting their schooling short in order to work full time or even dropping out of high school and settling for a GED. Their struggle to make ends meet without a college degree is clear. M.O.V.E. serves as a more constructive ex- ample of how important education is to be- coming a better parent. “We’ve been mentoring teen mothers in the Charlotte Mecklenburg schools since 2009,” said Burton. “It’s interesting to see the big impact we have on them in getting them to pursue secondary education after MOVE p.4 Eden Creamer [email protected]The Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) at UNC Charlotte will host a show- ing of the film “Sound and Fury,” followed by a panel discussion based on the themes presented in the film. The movie will be shown Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at 7 p.m. in the movie theater of the Student Union. The MRC hosts numerous film showings and discussions throughout each academic year. This is the first time that “Sound and Fury” has been shown by the organization. Jeanine Gardner, a graduate assistant in charge of this event, says that there are multiple reasons why this film was selected for the showing and discussion. “I had the opportunity to watch this in my multicultural counseling class and was really impacted by the issues that it covered including deaf culture, identity and fam- ily,” said Gardner. “I think it presents an issue that not many know about but which FILM p.3 Deaf culture and identity the focus of film and discussion Members of M.O.V.E., a student organization that is focused on helping teenage mothers at local Charlotte schools. Photo courtesy of M.O.V.E. The members of Mothers on the Verge of Excellence visit schools in the community as part of their mentorship program. p.9
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NINERTIMESA
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JULIANNE HOUGH TALKS FOOTLOOSE
RUNNING CLUB JOGS CIRCLES AROUND CAMPUS
FEAT
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S Since January 2011, the Running Club has taken charge across the UNC Charlotte campus.
The club provides great opportunity for people of all experience levels, from high school track stars to people just wanting to stay in shape.
p.11
Hough is well-known from herappearances on “Dancing with the Stars”.
Hough was able to speak with Niner Times about her excitement for her role in the movie, her dancing career and her new love of acting.
p.8
New on NinerOnline.com: Read more on Julianne Hough’s thoughts on her new film, “Footloose.”
New tasers issued: The X2 model taser will be issued to CMPD offi cers to replace the current X26 model.
Basketball Madness: The Campus Activities Board will kick off basketball season with Days of Mad-ness, which started in 2003.
Bomb threat: A plane carry-ing the women’s soccer team was disrupted after a woman started yelling the word “bomb”.
WHO HEARTS BOOBIES?
Whenever I hear “I heart Boobies,” it makes me want to throw up. To me, it’s a ploy for men to say they like boobs.
Yes, we know men like them, but breast cancer is serious.
p.7
NEVER SHOUT NEVER
Promoting their third studio album “Time Travel,” indie pop quartet Never Shout Never began touring in mid-September.
They are scheduled to make a quick stop in Charlotte at Amos’ Southend Music Hall this Sunday alongside several other bands.
Due to UNC Charlotte and state budget decreases, a fund created to keep top qual-ity professors and faculty has been signifi -cantly depleted within the past fi ve years. Now, the UNC system is requesting that the state legislature replenish it.
The retention fund matches offers made to high-demand professors from other schools. In doing this, UNC Charlotte and the other UNC system schools, such as UNC Chapel Hill and East Carolina Uni-versity, can work to ensure a high quality education for its students.
“Retaining top faculty has become more diffi cult due to four years of fl at salaries for state employees, including faculty,” said John Bland, director of Public Relations. “Now that the retention fund is almost de-pleted, the problem is worsened.”
Since its establishment in 2006, state appropriations for the fund totaled an amount of $10 million. Currently, it is re-portedly down to below $60,000.
The fund is shared by all schools within the UNC system, and to acquire an amount of the funds, a request has to be made to the UNC General Administration. Within that system, UNC Charlotte remains one of the smallest.
The members of Mothers on the Verge of Excellence (M.O.V.E.), a student orga-nization for UNC Charlotte students with children, visit schools in the community as part of their mentorship program.
“It’s not fun being a young mother
and going to school,” said Cara Burton, M.O.V.E. president. “It’s hard. You have to have a schedule and follow it.”
Raising a child as a young mother is diffi cult enough. Today, shows like “Teen Mom” feature characters cutting their schooling short in order to work full time or even dropping out of high school and settling for a GED. Their struggle to make
ends meet without a college degree is clear. M.O.V.E. serves as a more constructive ex-ample of how important education is to be-coming a better parent.
“We’ve been mentoring teen mothers in the Charlotte Mecklenburg schools since 2009,” said Burton. “It’s interesting to see the big impact we have on them in getting them to pursue secondary education after
The Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) at UNC Charlotte will host a show-ing of the fi lm “Sound and Fury,” followed by a panel discussion based on the themes presented in the fi lm. The movie will be shown Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at 7 p.m. in the movie theater of the Student Union.
The MRC hosts numerous fi lm showings and discussions throughout each academic year. This is the fi rst time that “Sound and Fury” has been shown by the organization.
Jeanine Gardner, a graduate assistant in charge of this event, says that there are multiple reasons why this fi lm was selected for the showing and discussion.
“I had the opportunity to watch this in my multicultural counseling class and was really impacted by the issues that it covered including deaf culture, identity and fam-ily,” said Gardner. “I think it presents an issue that not many know about but which
FILM p.3
Deaf culture and identity the focus of fi lm and
discussion
Members of M.O.V.E., a student organization that is focused on helping teenage mothers at local Charlotte schools. Photo courtesy of M.O.V.E.
A product of Student Niner Media • The University of North Carolina at Charlotte • Partially funded by Student Fees • Breaking News? Email us at [email protected] or call
appearances on “Dancing with the Stars”.
Times about her excitement for her role in the movie, her dancing career and her new love
appearances on “Dancing with the Stars”.
Times about her excitement for her role in the movie, her dancing career and her new love
p.8
The members of Mothers on the Verge of Excellence visit schools in the community as part of their mentorship program.
J. Murray Atkins Library has under-gone renovations since August of 2011 to enhance the energy effi ciency of the library.
“We started back in August [of this year] and we will be fi nished by Christmas,” said Mark Reynolds, Library Facilities Manager at Atkins.
These renovations are meant to update heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) in order to make the library more energy effi cient, and to reduce expenses. “Some of the work that we’re doing is on HVAC controls,” said Reynolds. “One of the prominent upgrades is to get all of the variable air volume boxes that control the airfl ow in the Dalton Tower retrofi tted for digital controls.”
Older equipment that does not effec-tively use energy is being replaced. “While we had the Library Expansion Project that was concluded in the year 2000,” said Reynolds. “A lot of the equipment in the building is from the 1970s. We have older motors that have been replaced with more energy effi cient motors.”
“There was a unit put in there that was very energy ineffi cient that wasn’t really needed, had somebody done the repairs that should have been done to the building system,” said Reynolds.
The changes will alter the way the heat-ing and cooling in the library, and other buildings on campus, is controlled. “We will go to digital thermostats that allow us to control from the central location,” said
Reynolds. “[The central location] is in the library, but it is a work station system that allows us to connect it to a central facilities management as well.”
This digital system brings additional goals to the library. “With the building be-ing on complete digital controls, one of the goals with the [renovations] is to pick spe-cifi c areas where you can do what is called ‘trending,’” said Reynolds. “[This is] where if you have an area in the building that is not being used in the middle of the night, maybe you can drop the temperature in the winter by a couple of degrees, or raise the temperature in the summertime for energy savings.”
There are a few downfalls to some of the energy effi cient changes being made, however. “We have units in the building that are energy effi cient just because of the type of equipment that they are. We have a couple of them chilled by cool-water, which required us to run a central chiller in the building during the wintertime. And it is a very expensive piece of equipment to run,” said Reynolds. “Normally you don’t want to run that except in hot weather, when you really do need cold water. And by having to run that just for these small units, it was very hard on that equipment.”
Along with being expensive and hard on the equipment, the central chiller pre-vented air economizers. Air economizers are systems that cool a building by pull-ing in air from the outside. “We changed those units out for more like, you would recognize it as a bigger version of a home air conditioner,” said Reynolds. “It’s got an
air handler and a condenser that provides air to things like server rooms, or over in the Career Center they have a computer lab that needs supplemental cooling.”
The upgrades are funded through a grant provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). “The op-portunity came about through a fund called ARRA. It is part of the stimulus funds that were put out by central legislator to provide funds that not only create energy savings but also requires that all parts, the labor, everything, is focused on American prod-ucts, contractors, laborers. So it is in some ways a back to work, jobs are really part of it,” said Reynolds.
UNC Charlotte offi cials expect to save around $41,000 once the changes are in place. These savings will be measured
through meters that are also being installed during the renovation period. “We are in-stalling things like a steam meter and do-mestic water meters, where we can track the building usage and be able to verify that there are savings with certain work that is being done,” said Reynolds.
These changes are causing the library to do checks throughout the building, which has not been done in over a decade. “We’re doing a complete building test and balance to make sure that all of the boxes are oper-ating correctly.”
Library staff does not expect these mod-ifi cations to change the way students use the library. “I think students will use the library however they use the library,” said Reynolds. “I can’t imagine anything that we’re doing would change any of that.”
Atkins Library renovates to provide energy effi ciencyA grant provided by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act allows UNC Charlotte’s J. Murray Atkins Library to renovate heating,
ventilation and air conditioning facilities improving the environmental footprint of the library
After two deaths in Char-lotte resulting from a taser shot by a Charlotte Mecklenburg po-lice offi cer, the Charlotte Meck-lenburg Police Department (CMPD) has ordered a new model of tasers. The X2 model taser will be issued to CMPD offi cers to replace the current X26 model.
The switch was brought about after the death of 17-year-old Darryl Turner in 2008 and 21-year-old Lareko Williams in 2011, both of whom were shot by a taser deployed from a CMPD offi cer.
The death of Turner even snowballed into a wrongful death suit against TASER Inter-national from the Turner fam-ily. The case was settled when a federal judge ruled that TASER International pay $10 million to the Turner family.
For two months offi cers have been without the tasers while a review has been pend-
ing of the current model. Hav-ing only found minor defi cien-cies like faulty batteries, the police department decided to keep tasers but switch to a dif-ferent model.
Since, CMPD doesn’t want to forego the positives of hav-ing their offi cers equipped with the weapons, they have opted to trade them in for a different model.
“[The] newer model has ad-ditional safety features includ-ing a maximum 5 second trig-ger pull, a four second audible warning system and dual lasers to show location of both top and bottom probes,” said Bob Fey, CMPD public affairs offi cer.
The cost to equip the depart-ment with the new tasers will be over $2 million. However, the department is able to return their older model and receive a $700,000 credit towards the newer one lowering their bal-ance to $1.3 million.
Since 2004, CMPD offi cers have deployed the taser 760 times. Each time, Fey says, the
incident is investigated as an act of force to ensure that the weapon was used properly.
“TASER is classifi ed as a less than lethal weapon that seeks to reduce the use of deadly force and injuries to suspects or offi cers,” said Fey. “TASER is to be used only when an of-fi cer believes the suspect poses an imminent physical danger to offi cers or another person.”
After offi cers have received additional training for the new model, the guns will be in use by December.
On campus, however, Lieu-tenant Josh Huffman of cam-pus police says UNC Charlotte’s offi cers are not issued tasers but are given tools to help per-form a similar service.
“Tasers are a less-lethal means of gaining control of subjects who are combative or resistant,” said Huffman. “However, they are not the only less-lethal tools that are avail-able to law enforcement of-fi cers. Other less-lethal tools deployed by many agencies
include OC (pepper) spray and collapsible batons. While we do not currently issue tasers to our offi cers we do provide OC spray and batons so that offi cers have a means of dealing with certain individuals that present a risk to the community in situations where deadly force would not be authorized.”
Huffman does elaborate though that the idea of tasers on campus isn’t completely out of the picture.
“The implementation of tasers would give our offi cers another means of safely deal-ing with aggressive individuals without having to rely on dead-ly force,” said Huffman. “The preservation of life is always paramount. We are research-ing the technology and paying close attention to recent devel-opments involving their use.”
But, like any new develop-ment, cost is always an issue. An issue that Lieutenant Huff-man says limits the campus po-lice on moving forward.
City police issue new tasers
LARCENYOct. 4Union Deck, unsecured hangtag removed from vehicle.
VANDALISMOct. 3McCall, known subjects destroyed common area.
COUNTERFEIT USAGEOct. 3Parking services, subject tried to pay parking fees with counterfeit $20 bill.Oct. 4Parking services, subject tried to pay parking fees with counterfeit $20 bill.
BREAKING AND ENTERING MOTOR VEHICLEOct. 3Lot 25, locked and unattended vehicle forcibly entered causing motor damage.
HIT AND RUNOct. 3Cameron Blvd., car damaged while parked and unattended.PVA 16, car damaged while parked and unattended.Oct. 4Craver Rd. car damaged while parked and unattended.Oct. 5Lot 14, subject fl ed scene after hitting bicyclist.
BURGLARYOct. 2Holshouser Hall, property taken without permission.Oct. 6Sanford Hall, laptop removed from unsecured room.
ARRESTSOct. 2Lot 16, DWI.Oct. 4Holshouser Hall, possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and anabolic steroids.
CALLS FOR SERVICEOct. 5Oak Hall, assist another agency in a missing persons report.Oct. 6University Terrace, assist CMPD with armed robbery.Oct. 7University Terrace, attempted robbery with threats of bodily harm.
Comedian Tim Young will be making an appearance on campus for a two-part com-edy show hosted by Niners on the Week-end (NOW) in Norms Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 starting at 8 p.m.
UNC Charlotte Alumni Carlos Valencia will be the opening act for the show while Young will be the headline performance. Young has been featured in a number of comic stunts such as NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” and Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend.”
The show has been planned since the spring semester of 2011.
“We schedule these acts through a lot of talent agencies so we can get a variety of acts,” said NOW coordinator James Con-tratto.
NOW emailed an agent asking for sug-gestions on who to invite and book a show with, and among the links given was Young. The decision to book Young got determined through consensus among the NOW staff.
“All the students on staff are looking forward to the event,” said Contratto.
The event will last about an hour and a half, and is free for students to attend. About 150 people are expected to attend.
“We are trying to get more live acts in Norms to try and make it more of a live entertainment venue. So come out to the show and prepare to laugh,” said Contratto.
NOW hosts comedy show
is absolutely worth learning and un-derstanding more about.”
The fi lm also is a way for the MRC to recognize National Disability Awareness Month, which is October. This month focuses on obtaining equal rights for dis-abled individuals in the workforce and in an educational setting.
“The fi lm is powerful and complex, and tends to evoke a lot of emotion and reaction,” said Gardner. “I think there is a well rounded representation on the panel that will help to explore those re-actions further.”
After the fi lm, Beverly Elwell, the As-sistant Executive Director and Parent Educator of BEGINNINGS for Parents of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hear-ing, Inc.(BEGINNINGS) will moderate a panel discussion. Along with Elwell, there will be a variety of other people on the panel.
“There will be panel members who are part of the deaf community, who have cochlear implants, who have learned American Sign Language later in life, and come to identify more with Deaf Culture as they’ve grown older, and those who are UNC Charlotte students,” said Gardner.
This discussion will focus on impor-tant themes in the novel. “Deaf culture, the decision to opt for or not opt for a co-chlear implant, family dynamics, identi-ty [will all be discussed],” said Gardner.
The questions at the panel will be asked to members of the panel, however, said Gardner, “we are more than happy to have, and are hoping for, audience
participation and input.”Students are not required to register
in advance, and the event is free for all.Gardner recommends students at-
tend the fi lm and discussion. “Overall, I think the event will provide attendees the opportunity to learn and take away new knowledge and understanding of this aspect of diversity,” said Gardner. “This is a unique opportunity to hear about a culture, namely Deaf Culture, that not a lot of people who know about or fully understand.”
“Sound and Fury” was released in 2000 and directed by Josh Aronson. The documentary, set in the United States, is about two families with deaf children. The families must decide whether or not to give their children cochlear implants. A focus of the fi lm is the importance of those that are hard of hearing maintain-ing a “deaf identity.” The fi lm was nomi-nated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2000.
BEGINNINGS is a non-profi t orga-nization in North Carolina launched in 1987. They aim to provide support to parents who have hard of hearing children, help parents to identify hear-ing loss in children early on and make parents aware of programs available to them and their children. Elwell has worked with BEGINNINGS since 1997, and received accounting credentials at UNC Charlotte.
Elizabeth Alexander, a fa-mous poet who read her work at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, will read her po-etry and sign books Wednes-day, Oct. 19, 2011, at 7 p.m. in the UNC Charlotte Center City building.
The event was coordi-nated by Dr. Malin Pereira, a UNC Charlotte professor who teaches contemporary African-American poetry. Pereira inter-viewed Alexander in 2005 for a book she was writing called “Into a Light both Brilliant and Unseen.”
Pereira explained that Alex-
ander’s poetry uses themes of African-American experience, history, gender issues and what it means to be “American.”
“It’s accessible, but also it is truth telling. Alexander’s po-etry tends to build to a truth or insight, and I fi nd that compel-ling,” said Pereira.
Alexander tends to follow a free verse style, using short lyric poems in the spoken voice. While she wrote a couple of se-rious poems, Alexander penned a couple with a more humorous tone.
“She doesn’t take herself too seriously which is a great thing. She’s genuine,” said Pereira.
Alexander will stay in Char-lotte for about two days, on her
fi rst day she has requested to see the Romare Bearden exhib-it at the Mint Museum. After-wards she will read her poetry and sign books. The next day she will meet students at UNC Charlotte.
The poetry reading will be open to the public and free to attend. Around 400 people can be accommodated with an auditorium that has 300 seats and 100 seats in a lecture hall connected to a live feed of the readings.
Pereira asks those who plan on attending to be aware of parking issues and to arrive early so fi nding parking down-town does not cut into the event time for attendees. She encour-
ages everyone who is interested to come out and attend.
“Not only is she famous and a really fi ne poet, but she is also a wonderful person,” said Pereira.
Alexander published fi ve books of poetry, two books of essays as well as authored a play called “Diva Girls.” She is also a professor and chair of Af-rican- American studies at Yale University.
Alexander read a poem of hers at Obama’s inauguration called ““Praise Song for the Day” which she had written in honor of his election. She was the fourth poet to read at a presidential inauguration.
Renowned poet visits UNC Charlotte
Bell’s mugshot Photo courtsey of Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.
Jordan Bryce Bell, a 19-year-old freshman, was arrested at 11:35 p.m. Tues-day, Oct. 4, 2011, and charged with possession of drug parapherna-lia, possession of anabolic steroids and possession of marijuana. The ar-rest happened in Holshouser Hall, where the suspect lives. Ryan Pitkin
A plane carrying the women’s soc-cer team stopped short of taking off from Charlotte Douglas Airport Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, after a woman became disruptive and yelled the word “bomb,” according to reports.
U.S. Airways Flight 1663 was being tax-ied to the runway shortly after 11 a.m. when the disruption occurred. The plane was scheduled to depart for St. Louis, where the team was slated to play the next day.
Most of the team, 22 players and four coaches, were on the plane. They were seat-ed near the rear of the aircraft and at fi rst were unaware of the reasons for the yell-ing towards the front of the plane. “At fi rst, people just thought it was two people in a heated argument,” said John Cullen, the team’s head coach.
The woman was using extreme profan-ity, according to Cullen, and when parents of children on the plane began shouting at the lady she became more boisterous. This is when people further back in the plane began to unbuckle their seatbelts, stand up and start pointing. A U.S. Air Marshal that was aboard the plane approached the woman and did a good job of calmly deal-ing with her but she then “brought it to a-whole-nother level of profanity,” said Cul-len.
The plane turned around to go back to the terminal and when it arrived a couple police offi cers and security guards boarded to subdue the woman. The woman struck one of them and the level of tension on the plane raised. “People started getting emo-tional when she began hitting,” said Cullen.
The woman then began to repeatedly scream “Bomb!” while authorities attempt-ed to escort her off the plane. This raised
the tension level a considerate amount, and as she was taken off the plane, the players of UNC Charlotte’s women’s soccer team were left “looking at each other and just sort of saying ‘Wow’,” said Cullen.
The captain then addressed the remain-ing passengers. “He was great,” said Cullen. “He made it clear that the word ‘bomb’ was used and that if anyone wanted to get off the plane that they were welcome to do so at that point.”
The level of anxiety was high among the team as they glared at each other following the captain’s announcement, said Cullen. A few of the passengers were leaving the plane, and “The girls were sort of looking at each other in a way that says ‘I’m not sure how I feel about it.’”
In the end, two players decided they didn’t feel comfortable on the plane and decided to step off. Cullen went with them. “This was not any time to tell someone they
had to stay on that plane. It wasn’t a case of them being scared, they just didn’t feel comfortable, so it was my job to stay with them and make sure they were OK,” he said.
Cullen stuck with the players while they contacted their families and then treated them to lunch at the airport while they waited for a later fl ight. The original fl ight fi nally took off at 12:20 p.m., an hour after its scheduled departure.
The team lost its game against St. Louis University the next day, 2-1. Cullen does not believe the frightening experience af-fected the girl’s play. “It was not the ideal preparation for a game, but it was more of a reality check. We lost the game, but we will practice and be able to improve and get better. When you’re faced with that type of situation, being on a plane in which a wom-an is yelling about a bomb, it puts things in perspective.”
high school. By letting them see how we manage to go to school, parent, work, do everything, it allows them to see positive role models and motivate them to be just as successful.”
The mothers of M.O.V.E. spend four hours with the students each month and also have monthly meetings in which they cover topics like self esteem with their mentees. These meetings also cover struggles teen moms often face and how higher education can be the solution.
“The time we spend with them is to focus on the moth-ers, not their children. The whole purpose is to be there for the mothers, build their confi dence, allow them to have some time to themselves. We try to keep them motivated and help them out in any way we can,” said Burton.
According to the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of NC, North Carolina has the fourteenth high-est teen pregnancy rate in the nation.
M.O.V.E. is vital for teen mothers who hope to give their children a better future because it shows the students the success stories. It demonstrates how the mothers of M.O.V.E. overcame the obstacles that inhibit young moms from getting a degree.
“Going back out into the community and showing them you can do positive things, you can still go to college, even though you had a child, is what sets a good example for these girls,” said Burton. “We show them that you need to use your resources. There is fi nancial aid out there avail-able to these girls.”
Burton founded M.O.V.E. in the fall of 2008 during her fi rst year at UNC Charlotte.
“I started the organization because there was no sup-port group on campus for moms and I felt like it was need-ed to educate them,” said Burton. “Having the group there helps motivate everyone, keeps us going in classes, and we
have play groups and stuff like that. It’s a support system.”Since, then the organization has evolved and is now able
to impact the community more effectively. In combination with the mentor program, M.O.V.E. volunteers frequently.
“We participate in the AIDS walk each year, we are planning a spring festival that we are going to invite every-one out to and we will have games for the kids,” said Bur-ton. “We are also having a big dinner this year to celebrate M.O.V.E.’s third anniversary. We all get together for our kids’ birthdays.”
According to the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, fi rst generation college students more likely to attend 2-year institutions rather than universities, more likely to go part time rather than full time and less likely to fi nish a degree in four years, mothers who are a part of M.O.V.E. are taking steps towards not only their education and futures but their children’s as well.
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Terrorism threat shakes up women’s soccer teamA woman yelling about bombs halts fl ight out of Charlotte Douglas Airport that the UNC Charlotte women’s
soccer team was taking to a game in St. Louis
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The issue was foreseen, however, back in 2008 when the UNC Tomorrow Phase I and II were created. This vision statement outlined the plan for UNC Charlotte’s fu-ture covering everything from internal pol-icies to improving public education. In an excerpt from the faculty and staff recruit-ment and retention section of Phase II, the fund’s possible shortage was discussed and a few departments of particular concern were listed.
“We anticipate that the pool of quali-fi ed applicants will increase at our univer-sity particularly in the areas of information technology, accounting, management and human resources, although we can antici-pate continued struggles where available funding is insuffi cient to meet market de-mands for skills.”
Still, even having anticipated the cir-cumstances, Bland says UNC Charlotte has been able to maintain no more than 19 per-cent of faculty with this fund.
“Our inability to make counter-offers in a highly competitive market is a serious
challenge for UNC Charlotte,” said Bland. “The economic crisis has greatly reduced the university’s budget – by more than $33 million this year alone. At UNC Charlotte, over the last fi ve years we have had 83 fac-ulty receive outside offers and we were only able to offer and thus keep 15 of these fac-ulty members with counter-offers and pre-emptive offers.”
Yet, it’s not only the education that leaves with these sought after professors. With their expertise goes their grants and loyal graduate students; both assets to the campus.
Simply asking the legislature for more money however isn’t going to be that sim-ple. The system has already suffered a 15.6 percent cut in their budget.
No matter how complicated the process will turn out to be, Bland says the problem is simple. “The demand was greater than the funds available.” As for the current year, it seems UNC Charlotte will have to prevail without it.
The Campus Activities Board (CAB) will kick off basketball season from Oct. 19 to 21, 2011, with Days of Madness, which started in 2003.
Niner Nation Stuffed Animals begins the fi rst Day of Madness. CAB will be pro-viding animals similar to the empty bears at Build-A-Bear Workshop for students to fi ll with cotton and their own special brand of love. After stuffi ng and sealing their animals, students will be provided with Niner Nation shirts to clothe their newfound friends. The stuffed animals that will be present include but are not limited to bears, huskies and kittens. The stuffed animals event will be in the Student Union Rotunda from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m.
Oct. 20, the second Day of Madness, will feature the 49er Carnival. This event is co-sponsored by the Resident Students As-sociation (RSA) who will supply free food and free t-shirts at this event. The carnival will be located in the West Quad, the grassy area in between Belk Gym and the Uni-versity Cone Center. It will feature classic carnival games, an infl atable wrecking ball and a basketball obstacle course in honor of the coming season. Cheer Nation is sched-uled to perform.
“Events are different from year to year, the only thing that is the same is the car-nival. It used to be called 49er Fire, and we made a bonfi re at the front fi elds,” said Thanh Le, staff advisor of CAB. In recent
years the program went through some changes. As drought plagued the city, fi re codes and water restrictions grew harsher, and the fi re was decided against in some years.
“Bonfi re equals spirit sometimes,” said Le about the reason for the fi re. “Now we have face painting. Students can go to the Student Union to get the 49er symbol on their face. Or just paint their whole face in 49er colors.” Free face painting to instill school spirit will be available in the Student Union Rotunda from noon until 2 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 21, marks the last Day of Madness. The Poetry Café will take place at 7 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Student Union. Students can go enjoy cof-fee and pastries and listen to featured Asia Project and Mayhem poets. These poets stray from the beaten path of such heavy poetry as spoken word by incorporating music and comedy in their shows. “[The Mayhem Poets] use their time [on stage] really well,” said Le.
Most universities hold some form of madness for basketball season, and they plan them at different times. At other schools, madness events are held to cel-ebrate the basketball team’s fi rst practice. CAB plans the events similarly around an event, but the event is different.
After the carnival on Thursday, Oct. 20, a scrimmage will be held in the Student Ac-tivities Center.
There will be two scrimmages: one be-tween the women’s varsity team, and an-other between the men’s varsity team.
A new terrace will soon be opening on the top fl oor of the Student Union, but only for special events in the short term, accord-ing to Student Union Executive Director Jerry Mann.
As of now, the terrace would give any-one easy roof access, and Mann would feel more comfortable putting some secu-rity cameras on it before opening it up to general use. Nobody can access the terrace right now because the doors can only be unlocked by the keys that the construction company has.
The terrace was in the plan ever since the Student Union was fi rst started. “We prepared the roof and windows so that we
could come back later on and put some sort of patio in,” said Mann.
The windows were put in so that they could be popped out and replaced with doors, a curb was put where a terrace rail-ing would belong and, most importantly, the roof was built with a much higher max-imum weight load than the average roof, said Mann.
Although currently there is no furniture on the terrace, Mann would like to have some sort of grand opening within the next month. “The window of weather that would make it comfortable to be out there is only open for the next couple of months,” said Mann. “We’re going to have to plan a party. Nothing too extravagant. Just have some-one go out there and kiss a baby and cut a ribbon.”
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Are the dorms in the high rises safe? With Domestic Vio-lence Awareness month, ques-tions about protection against violence and the assurance of safety have plagued many stu-dents on campus, particularly about the safety of the dorms.
As a current resident at one of the high rises, and with the support of all 11 of my hall-mates, the high rises are safe.
As a freshman, I heard of many “horror”
stories about people in the high rises. Most of these sto-ries were about terrible, crazy roommates, the occasional sto-ry about a visit from the police due to drunkenness, or a morti-
fying bathroom experience. However, the only story that
ever truly worried me about on-campus safety was when an un-identifi ed man went into San-ford/Moore, opening the rooms of girls to watch them sleep. At the time, I couldn’t help but begin to doubt my safety at the high rises.
After living here for two months, I can now say that while the safety of the high rises could be improved, I feel relatively safe. During the day, there is always an RA available on the fi rst fl oor, watching who enters and who leaves.
The RAs are excellent at their jobs and can usually re-member the faces of their hall residents, which reduces the chance of unidentifi ed people
entering the building. At night, Bob, the security guard, will walk on all of the fl oors check-ing up on the students, and making sure there are no sus-picious activities taking place (or to write you up for a noise complaint).
One improvement to se-curity in the high rises is the fact that because our security guard makes checks by himself, that leaves the fi rst fl oor open to anyone and could allow for people that do not live there to enter the building.
Instead of having one secu-rity guard, there should be two therefore decreasing the chanc-es of a stranger coming into the building.
Also, our dorm is notorious for holding the door open for
people for fear of being rude. While this action is done with good intentions, the SOAR video of what could happen if a stranger is allowed inside the building (theft, harassment) is a serious issue for everyone that lives there.
While some things about the high rises could be changed, it is a safe environment for all who live there. The RAs and se-curity guards are well-trained and know how to handle situa-tions that a residents may face while living there.
The high rises may not be the newest dorms on campus, however, the experience is a traditional, freshman experi-ence and it wouldn’t be college without it.
With the 2012 elections coming up, the Republican Party has the opportunity to win the elections.
Despite this favorable op-portunity, the Republicans should change the way they market their viewpoints and goals to the people by doing fi ve simple things.
1. Expand your viewpoint.The GOP must realize that it is not only representing the viewpoints of Republican sup-porters. This is the cause of all disagreements between both political parties.
Because the Republicans focus on only representing one point of view, they fail to support the interest of all of the American people. Keep in mind that the tax dollars of both Democrats and Repub-licans alike pay for their sala-ries!
2. Remember who you work for. Republicans should remember who they work for: the people. Perhaps it is the power that government offi -cials obtain in the country that has allowed them to feel it is acceptable behavior to not vote on important bills and to take away programs that are very much needed and used.
Whatever the case, the Re-publicans should remember that the people voted them into offi ce because they expect-ed them to be able to do their jobs well and effi ciently, acting in a manner that would benefi t all of the United States.
3. Compromise moreThe GOP must learn to com-promise and realize that not
everyone can be a winner. They should not threaten to not vote - which would cause more money and tax dollars to be wasted- simply because they could not get their own bills passed.
The people are counting on you to do what is right!
4. Stop sabotagingRepublicans should stop sab-otaging Democrats and vice versa. It is useless and does not give any solution to our current problems.
Instead, they should save their b r e a t h s and ex-plain their plans for the future of America; how will they pro-vide more jobs?
What do they plan to do bet-ter that the Democrats failed to do these past four years?
How are they going to get us out of this economic crisis they essentially put us in?
5. Quit listening to lobby-ists. Lastly, Republicans should neither listen to lobbyists nor allow them in government buildings (this should be a rule for all political parties)!
Lobbyists ruin all hope for equality and justice because they seek to make politicians support their views thus; eliminating the chance for the party to act in favor of the peo-ple they represent (ahem, the health bill).
While all talk and no action is expected of politicians in any party, it was exceptionally no-ticeable with the large-scale “Change” campaign of 2008.
In 2012, there are two ma-jor things the Democratic Party could do to improve perfor-mance and maybe gain back some of the thousands of Liber-als that the left lost after such a disappointing term.
1. Change the Slogan. A f t e r
what most viewed as a d i s a s t r o u s second term for Presi-dent Bush, Amer icans from the left and the middle were
ready for something new. President Obama supplied
that with a verbose campaign promising a variety of things that all came back to the root of change. Change in the amount of jobs available, change in the amount of soldiers overseas and our involvement in the Middle East, change in taxes, and the list goes on and on.
Actually, the list totals to 506 promises made by Obama during his campaigning and the microscopic number of 122, 24percent, were kept during the presidency.
The ones like creating a foreclosure prevention fund for homeowners, doubling the funds for cancer research, and closing Guantanamo Bay were all forgotten and left on the sides to deal with later.
It is clear through staggering statistics that change only came to a small portion of Obama’s promises.
2. Take America Out of the Cradle.
In January of 2009, the month in which Obama was sworn in, the unemployment rate was 7.6, reaching one of the highest rates America has seen of 10.2 in the later part of his fi rst year, and has now been held pretty steady from 9.0-9.2 since April of this year.
It’s tough to get a job and has been for quite some time now so government help is understand-able. The issue isn’t helping peo-ple; the issue is instead helping every person that walks into the welfare offi ce.
The theory of handing out money just because of a zip code is completely ridiculous. Fami-lies are broken and starving all across America and money that could be going to them is instead going to crooks who are signing Welfare forms with Rolexes on their arms.
The process to receive gov-ernment funded help should be so much stricter than it is right now and should include exten-sive checks and information.
While this may take more time, is it not worth it to keep money from going to those only looking for a handout and in-stead being sent to families of single parents or broken homes who are swallowing pride to provide for their children?
Stop creating a cycle of de-pendency and make those who are able work and do a better job of providing more jobs so that people aren’t completely relying on free money.
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Maurii DavenportEDITORIAL IST
Unless you’ve been living in solitary confi nement, you’re well aware that the man accused of killing America’s beloved Michael Jackson is currently on trial. Peo-ple are ripping him to shreds in the media, assassinating his name in blogs, discred-iting his medical abilities in papers, and Twitter’s 200 million users aren’t cutting him a break either.
Ironically, the trial depicting Michael’s death is actually getting more heat than the case against MJ and his “young male” ob-session. The question of the year would ul-timately be, “Does America really think this man killed Mike?” or “Are they really just devastated that the King of Pop is dead?” No answer.
One thing is for certain: Conrad Mur-ray is undoubtedly one of the most loathed men walking Earth right now. Murray was once standing as Jackson’s personal doctor during his prep for the “This Is It” tour, but is now facing an involuntary manslaugh-ter charge, a four-year sentence and the loss of his medical license. Doesn’t seem like enough punishment for murdering the hero every human being breathing.
As the story goes, MJ died of an over-dose of the drug, propofol, which he was taking because of his lack of sleep. Pros-ecutors are accusing Murray of neglecting to take proper care of the music mogul, and acting recklessly by giving him medication that was not safe.
The world is livid at the idea that this doctor, who was supposed to be keeping Jackson healthy, was ultimately the one that injected him with a death potion.
The defense threw quite a curve ball when they presented their side of the case, saying that the Mike actually injected him-self secretly when Conrad stepped out of the room.
Something feasible had to be said, con-sidering Murray’s not guilty plea.
New fi ndings in the case are not going in Conrad’s favor.
The name “Omar Arnold” is being tosses around in the trials fi rst days, inferring that this was the alias name used for Michael Jackson. Documents found in Murray’s handwriting, mentioned Arnold, a patient that was suffering from insomnia and anxi-ety. He also made note of this same patient using a variety of medications including a bleaching cream. Is there even a question here? I think not.
The trial is proving to be sticky and bi-ased, playing on Michael’s mental state dur-ing the time of his death. A video recording from Murray’s iPhone of MJ slurring his words was played at the trials opening.
On the tape, Michael speaks directly to Conrad about his upcoming tour saying, “My performances will be up there help-ing my children and always be my dream. I loved them. I love them because I didn’t
have a childhood. I had no childhood. I feel their pain. I feel their hurt. I can deal with it.”
Michael went on to say, “’Heal the World’, ‘We Are the World’, ‘Will You Be There’, ‘The Lost Children’… These are the songs I’ve written because I hurt, you know, I hurt.” Reports say certain members of the Jackson family, whom were in the court-house the day the recording aired, showed undeniable anguish when they heard the details of this video.
Hearing your brother speak of emo-tional pain and his eerie jealousy of the kids around the world that got to play in sandboxes would cause me to make a face as well. One could only inquire why this in-formation was shared in a court case about a man that overdosed.
It’s clear as day isn’t it? Prosecutors will surely suggest Conrad has been doping Mi-chael up all along, to the point where even his words were coming out sloppy. If this is in fact, what Conrad had been up to, ne-glect is spot-on.
The trial seems to be putting quite a damper on Murray’s private life as well. So far, four women have been before a judge speaking of their relationship with him around the time of Jackson’s death.
One woman in particular, was actu-ally on the phone with the doctor at the time that he realized Michael was no lon-ger breathing. They were having a regular conversation when he suddenly lost track of the conversation and stopped speaking with her while their call was still connected.
The chat was allegedly cut short around 11:51 a.m. Now this woman was not the same as his at home girlfriend and moth-er of his child, whom said she talked with Murray on his ambulance ride with Mi-chael. Nor was she his wife that he met in medical school. Or even the stripper that he left a voicemail for earlier that morning. Conrad couldn’t pay attention to one wom-
an, let alone focus his time on one man. Of course, all of this is unnecessary ma-
terial as far as the trial goes, and the judge ruled to leave his personal business out where possible. Although, the damage was clearly done.
Controversy over the doctor’s honesty is steadily rising because of how Mur-ray initially handled Michael’s death. He didn’t call authorities for help until 12:21, a full thirty minutes after he forgot about his mistress stuck on the other end of the phone.
It was also revealed that Murray was on the phone for 46 minutes of the hour that Jackson had actually died, instead of tend-ing to him.
Just as I was thinking he can’t possibly piss off the human race more, a security guard came forward saying the doctor told him to pick up the prescription bottles and other medications and put them in a bag.
The naïve guard thought they were packing up to go to hospital.
Did he really think those meds would help Jackson at that point, whom report-edly died so quickly he couldn’t close his eyes or mouth?
Either way, a bag full of at least a dozen bottles of propofol was found hidden away in a cabinet in Michael’s home.
The odds aren’t looking too good for Murray. Regardless of which way the ver-dict goes, who’s going to trust the doctor that killed the star of the Jackson 5?
He can’t expect to continue a career in that fi eld. Fleeing the United States is a possibility, but where would he go with even the third world countries attempting to moonwalk?
But I suppose walking free would be better than serving a four year sentence with other males in prison.
Michael’s crotch grabbing move might not be what he wants to endure in there.
Michael Jackson murder trial
If Dr. Conrad Murray is convicted of the manslaughter of Michael Jackson, he faces up to four years in prison. MCT Campus
I don’t think that the Susan G. Komen Foundation is doing something wrong.
Maybe they have gotten really des-perate in the marketing department, but whenever I hear “I heart Boobies,” it makes me want to throw up.
To me, it’s a ploy for men to say they like boobs.
Yes, we know men like them, but breast cancer is serious.
At the same time, when I hear the term “boobie,” I think of an immature term used in middle school.
Can someone please use the term breast or boob?
Breast cancer is a very serious ill-ness that affects a lot of women and men around the world.
“In the United States alone, 1 in 8 women will conceive invasive breast cancer,” says breastcancer.org, and that is no laughing matter.
As a lifeguard over the summer, I watched many patrons come to my pool and swim.
One of my favorites was a young boy around the age of ten. Often times, he would wear a bracelet that said, “I heart boobies.”
In response, I often wondered if it was appropriate for a 10-year-old boy to wear something with that term.
I always would overhear him talking about other girls’ breasts at the pool in a disrespectful way.
I would often wonder, was it right for such a young boy to talk about women’s breast in general?
About six months ago, I called my grandparents, and they asked me to lunch. While driving with my grandpar-ents, we stopped at a stoplight, and the car in front of us had a “save the ta-tas” sticker.
My grandfather seemed confused, and asked my 74 year old grandmother, “what is a ta-ta?”
With my grandmother unable to an-swer, I chirped up, “I think it has to do with breast cancer awareness.”
I wasn’t really sure how my grand-father would take it if I said the word, “breast or boob?” He later commented, “Why don’t they just say, ‘fi ght breast cancer?’”
I like the campaign with the pink ribbons, they seem to have a classy ap-proach to the fi ght against breast cancer.
This week, the Charlotte 49ers wom-en’s volleyball team will have their Dig Pink game.
The fundraiser nationally has raised $3.5 million since 2004, and I like their slogan, “Dig Pink.”
It’s classier, than selling bracelets that say, “I heart boobs.”
My greatest fear is that next time I am in the car with my grandparents, there will be a sticker on the back of the car with a picture of two boobs staring back at us.
Lets be respectful of women with breast cancer, and not make their illness a bumper sticker’s joke.
-Naughty Niner A
Who hearts boobies?
Photo courtesy of MCT Campus
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Those who have heard Julianne Hough’s name might know her as a singer and a dancer, but with the re-lease of “Footloose” a whole new side of her will emerge as an actress.
Hough is well-known from her ap-pearances on “Dancing with the Stars” and from her self-titled country album which came out in 2007.
Her debut as a supporting actress was last year when she played a per-former in “Burlesque” alongside Cher and Christina Aguilera.
But with the upcoming release of the “Footloose” remake audiences will see Hough’s true breakout role.
Hough was able to speak with Niner Times about her excitement for her role in the movie, her dancing career and her new love of acting.
On the director, Craig Brewer“I think there wouldn’t have been a
better choice to do this film other than Craig Brewer. I think that because he is so well known for his gritty movies and how real and honest they are. It would be very easy to take something like “Footloose,” which, you know, back in the day, it was not bubble-gum, but when you look back at it, it kind of seems a little cheesy. But it’s very easy to make that cheesy again. I think that he did justice with giving the same heart
that you felt when you were watching it in 1984 as I think you do today. So, yes, I think he was the perfect choice.”
On singing, dancing and acting“Well, a lot of people don’t know
this, but I’ve been singing, dancing and acting my whole life.
And I just was discovered as a danc-er, so I think that’s how people want-ed to know me as. So, actually, I don’t think I could choose what I like better. I think each career path that I’ve chosen has fulfilled something different inside of me. But I have to say, like, with the momentum that I have right now in this world, in the film world, I want to keep going. This has been such an amazing experience doing “Footloose,” and then I just – I shot “Rock of Ages,” and I fin-ished that a couple weeks ago, and just the amount of focus and hard work and fun that goes into it, it’s a combination of everything. And so I’m just going to be focusing on that.”
On remaking “Footloose”“When I first found out they were
doing a remake of an iconic movie like “Footloose” which, like, is really close to my heart, like, I grew up watching this movie and, you know, I lived in Utah where it was filmed. I thought the same thing, like, ugh, remakes, they suck, you know? Like, nobody ever does them justice and – but then when I did find out that Craig Brewer was attached, then there’s nobody – like I said in the
first question, there’s nobody that could have done it justice the way that he has. And I really am so proud. I think that the people that saw the original are go-ing to be, you know, impressed with the things that didn’t need to be there for, you know, (era’s sake), you know, a gen-eration’s sake, we took out and made it more current. And I think people that haven’t seen it, I think they’re just go-ing to be, you know, surprised. I think that, you know, in our time right now in America, we kind of need a movie like this. There’s not a lot of teenage movies that have a lot of morals and messages and heart. It’s all about the CGI and – which, don’t get me wrong, I love watch-ing. I just watched like “Transformers,” “Red Riding Hood,” and, like, “Green Lantern” last night in the hotel room, so I love those movies, but I think they’re – you know, it’s hard to come across a good, you know, teenage movie.”
On favorite “Footloose” moments“I have a lot. I mean all the dances
were so much fun because there was just like good energy. We were around a lot of our friends. The cowboy scene, my mom and my three sisters are actu-ally in, and so that was really fun, hav-ing them on set. But a lot of the scenes that I really loved were the ones that really challenged my acting. Like my scene that I do with Dennis Quaid in the church, where, you know, it’s very emotional, and it goes back through a lot of emotions and things that I’ve gone through. And it was very reward-ing at the end. So I have to say, like, ob-viously the dancing stuff was really fun, but some of my favorite scenes were, like, the Dennis Quaid scenes. And then when I’m in the rail cart with Ren and I’m basically coming on to him and showing, you know, my dark side, and he basically turns me down. Then you see this vulnerable side of her, and you really get to see kind of who she really is. So, yes, I loved, I don’t know, I just loved everything about the movie. I re-ally did.”
On living without dance“I don’t think I could [live without
dance], but I think that, for this movie in particular, yes, that’s what is banned, but there’s a lot of things that are banned around the world. And it usually always stems from something tragic that has happened in that area, in that town, you know? And so it would be horrific for me if I couldn’t dance, but that’s what this movie’s about, though. It’s about showing this kid, Ren, coming into town who everybody assumes is going to be this like, you know, macho bully trou-ble-maker, when, in fact, he’s one of the most moral, grounded and respectful of all the people in the town. And he goes up and he fights for something that he believes. And I think what I was saying earlier, I think in this moment, in this time, we need to fight for what we be-lieve in. And I think kids in this genera-tion, too, they don’t really they kind of expect things and they don’t work hard and they don’t fight for what they want. They just kind of let it pass them by or they just expect that they’re going to get it. So I think this really shows just the heart and the drive that these kids have. And hopefully it motivates people to do the same.”
On the originality of the remake“It’s very true [to the original]. I
mean the director had on his script, he
had blue tabs and white tabs. Every-thing that he kept from the original was tabbed blue, and then things he changed were tabbed white. And you would be surprised how much of the script was ac-tually blue, like literally word for word. He always says, like, if it’s not broken, don’t fix it. So we chose a lot to keep in there. And just things that didn’t make sense for this generation or to make it more in-depth and to understand why the town’s the way that it is or why Ariel is acting out. You know, for instance, in this version, Ren, he doesn’t come to town with his mom. His mom is gone. So there’s the loss of his mom and then the loss of Ariel’s brother and the loss of these kids in this town, so that was something that everybody had in com-mon, so you would really tell the tone of the movie. The one thing that we did change that we’re really happy we did was we set the tone of the movie right at the beginning. In the first five minutes, there’s an accident that happens, and you see, you can understand, you can sympathize with the parents of the town that just, they just want to protect your souls. Of course, they do, but they don’t, they’re not saying you’re going to go to Hell if you dance. They’re saying we want to protect you. If you start danc-ing, then it can lead to this, and it can lead to this, and it can lead to that, and then maybe you can get in a car crash and die like the other five seniors did. So I think it’s more about that in this version, rather than like the religion as-pect. So those are some things that we changed.”
On dance training differences between “Footloose” and DWTS“Oh, it was very different. We
learned a lot of the dances, just like bits and pieces of them, before we actually started shooting, because once we were shooting we didn’t really have any time to learn the dances. It would be like if we had a dance routine on a Monday or Tuesday, the week before we would have shot all week, while the dancers were preparing and rehearsing, and then Kenny and I would come in on Saturday after we’ve probably been shooting all night, we’d learn it on Saturday. We had to have Sunday off, because of rules and stuff, and we would shoot it on Monday and Tuesday. So luckily, we kind of new the foundation, and then we would just go in and learn it on Saturday. So it was a good thing that Kenny and I, like, were already dancers, because it prob-ably would have been pretty hard, but, yes, very different. On ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ like, we would be every day for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, for 14 weeks. So, yes, it’s very, very different.”
On DWTS starting her career“I owe basically everything I have
to being on ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ I think that the exposure that I got and the fan base that have been so amaz-ing and followed me from day one there to, you know, my music and my act-ing now, yes, I definitely would not be [where I am] today without that show. So, I mean, it was definitely a platform for me to do these other things, but I definitely know where I came from, and I’m so grateful for the show.”
“Footloose” hits theaters on Friday, Oct. 14th. It currently has a fresh rating of 78 percent on Rottentomatoes.com.
Kenny Wormald, as Ren, and Julianne Hough, as Ariel, star in the 2011 remake of the 1984 musical-drama “Footloose.” MCT Campus
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ON CAMPUS: Comedy Night ft. Tim YoungFriday, October 14th 8:00 p.m.Student Union Norms
Lifetime has updated the 2011 TV movie “Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy” following the recent court ac-quittal of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito.
The film features new closing cards in lieu of the court’s decision to acquit Knox and Sollecito and the prosecutor’s vow to appeal the overturn.
“Amanda Knox” is based on a true story and premiered in February amidst controversy about the murder of Mere-dith Kercher and the portrayal of Knox, played by actress Hayden Panettiere.
Knox is an American student from Seattle who traveled to Perugia, Italy to study abroad at the University of For-eigners in 2007. She was 20 years old at the time.
She shared an apartment with three women, including British exchange stu-dent Meredith Kercher, who was also studying abroad at the same university.
Kercher’s body was found slain in her bedroom on Nov. 1, 2007.
Knox and her Italian boyfriend Raf-faele Sollecito became primary suspects after police questioning.
Knox and Sollecito initially claimed that they slept at Sollecito’s apartment during the night of the Sollecito told po-lice that it was possible that Knox could have left his apartment during the night that police became suspicious of the couple.
Italian police proceeded to interro-gate Knox for 14 hours (13 hours in the film). She claims that police were hostile towards her during the ordeal, denying her food and water, speaking in Ital-ian (she had only spoken the language
for two months) and deceiving her into signing incriminating statements.
Under extreme stress and exhaus-tion, she told police that she had seen her boss, Patrick Lumumba, enter Kercher’s bedroom on the night of the murder.
Knox and Lumumba were arrested the next day, Nov. 6.
The same day, Knox wrote a letter to police describing in detail where she was on the night of the murder. She placed herself at Sollecito’s apartment and retracted in part some of her signed statements.
The letter reads, “In regards to this ‘confession’ that I made last night, I want to make clear that I’m very doubt-ful of the verity of my statements be-cause they were made under the pres-sures of stress, shock and extreme exhaustion. Not only was I told I would be arrested and put in jail for 30 years, but I was also hit in the head when I didn’t remember a fact correctly.”
Lumumba was cleared and released weeks later when DNA found on Kerch-er’s body and the crime scene pointed to a fourth suspect, Rudy Guede.
The prosecution’s case suggests that Guede, Knox and Sollecito raped and murdered Kercher during a sex game gone wrong.
All three have denied the allegations.Guede was ultimately found guilty of
the sexual assault and murder of Kerch-er and sentenced to 30 years in prison on Oct. 8, 2008. The sentence was re-duced to 16 years by an appeal in March 2010.
Knox and Sollecito were found guilty
and sentenced to 26 years and 25 years, respectively.
Knox was also charged with “calun-nia,” the Italian word for slander.
Knox’s and Sollecito’s defense teams filed appeals in April 2010. During the process, the court reexamined evidence presented by the prosecution.
Forensic experts determined that Kercher’s DNA found on a knife owned by Sollecito was present due to contam-ination, not because it was the murder weapon, which the prosecution had ar-gued.
Without a murder weapon, the pros-ecution’s case fell apart and Knox and Sollecito were acquitted on Oct. 3, 2011.
Shortly after, Lifetime updated “Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Ita-ly” to mention the rulings.
The closing caption reads, “On Mon-day, October 3, 2011, a court of appeals in Perugia, Italy, overturned the con-victions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of Meredith Kercher. The court affirmed the convic-tion of Knox for defamation for falsely accusing Patrick Lumumba.
“Knox and Sollecito were freed after four years in prison.
“Previously, court-appointed foren-sic experts had harshly criticized the handling of DNA evidence by investi-gators, citing more than 50 errors in forensic procedure. The DNA evidence had played an important role in the lower court’s convictions of Knox and Sollecito, which have now been over-turned.
“Prosecutor Mignini has vowed an appeal to Italy’s highest criminal court.”
Lifetime updates “Amanda Knox”
Amanda Knox in Italy’s Perugia court for her appeal trial on Monday, Oct. 3 2011. Photos courtesy of MCT Campus
Hayden Panettiere portrays Amanda Knox in “Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy.”
Last weekend E! Television network aired a two-part special, “Kim’s Fai-rytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event,” highlighting the ups and downs of Kim Kardashian’s wedding process.
Businesswoman and socialite Kim Kardashian wed New York Nets basket-ball player Kris Humphries. They met at one of Humphries’ games and Kar-dashian claimed Humphries was “the one” after seeing him play that night.
As usual, you do not get a Kardashi-an wedding without tons of drama. In part 1 of the Kardashian wedding spe-cial, the bride and groom to be are in constant debate regarding planning of the wedding.
Kardashian made it clear to her fi-ancée and her family that she has been planning her dream wedding since she was ten years old and wants to feel like royalty for a day.
Hump, as the family calls Humphries, wanted to respect Kardashian’s wish to have the wedding of her dreams but did not want to be left out of the planning process.
At first Humphries did not approve of many decisions Kardashian made with and without him, such as the gift registery and the wedding cake, but he was finally able to come to terms with the final outcome.
While all the planning for the wed-ding was going on, Kris Jenner, the Kardashian “Mom-a-ger” (mother and manager) was in the middle of seri-ous cosmetic surgery and could not be deeply involved in the planning of the wedding, but still came out on top as a super mom.
As a whole the family did not make it easy for Humphries, specifically Kourt-ney and Khloé (Kardashian’s sisters).
Khloé, who is married to L.A. Lakers star, Lamar Odom, expressed to Hump that she found it very opportunistic of him to be marrying Kardashian. She feels that he is trying to “come up off” of Kardashian’s money. Hump and Khloé have strong outgoing personalities and have clashed since the day they met. She constantly questions Hump’s inten-tions with her sister.
Since Kardashian announced her en-gagement, designers such as Tom Ford and Vera Wang have sent in sketches for Kardashian to choose her wedding dress from.
Promoting their third studio album “Time Travel,” indie pop quartet Nev-er Shout Never began touring in mid-September. “Time Travel” is the band’s third full-length album and the first album from the band to feature a full, permanent group of band members.
Never Shout Never is scheduled to make a quick stop in Charlotte at Amos’ Southend Music Hall this Sunday along-side A Rocket to the Moon, Fake Prob-lems and Carter Hulsey.
Formed in 2005, Never Shout Nev-er (then just one word) was basically only singer-songwriter Christofer Drew with added instrumentalists. With the help of social networking websites like MySpace and through touring with oth-er pop bands, Never Shout Never quick-ly found an audience eager to hear their music, which lead to AP Magazine nam-ing the band “Artist of the Year.”
After about five years of sifting through different band members and
keeping the spotlight on himself, Drew finally settled on a permanent set of band members who each shared a simi-lar vision of how they wanted the new Never Shout Never album to sound.
Drew has gone on record as saying that he wanted the new album to be a little more trippy and inspired by the idea of time travel, citing The History as a muse.
With lyrics like “he said kid you don’t know shit/ you should go back home and live/ in that quiet little town you left behind,” and a climax similar to that of The Killers’ “Everything Will Be Alright,” Time Travel climaxes early in the album exploring themes of time-travel. Drew’s new-age influences come out on this track.
A heavier side of Never Shout Never comes out on “Silver Ecstasy.” Writ-ten by drummer Caleb Denison, “Silver Ecstasy” is the first track by the band that is not written by Drew. The story of Drew’s break-up continues with “Ro-bots” as Drew recounts feeling emotion-ally numb.
“Until I Die Alone” is a track that would be better left off the album. Drew sings “I have thought so many times/ what my life would be like without you” in a fit of melodrama. While it seems the band wanted “Until I Die Alone” to implement heart-felt drama and emo-tional minimalism with this track, it comes off as whiney.
“Lost At Sea” brings the album to an anthemic close. Recounting the story of a time when Drew was experiencing a mental breakdown, Drew sings “sor-rows to the sea/ we’re headed to no-where/ but nowhere is somewhere to me.”
Here “Lost At Sea” uses oceanic met-aphors and lyrical simplicity to paint a watered-down picture of a man losing his sanity.
In a recent press release for “Time Travel,” Drew said that he wants the band to “hopefully let people know that we’re here to have fun with music, not just to make money. cduced since the 70’s.
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While some of these rankings seem low, at least UNC Charlotte made the rankings among prestigious educational in-stitutions in North Carolina, the United States and even more signifi cantly, the world. These ratings will most likely improve as UNC Charlotte develops a football team and as enrollment rises even higher.
So next time someone asks “Why UNC Charlotte?” remember these ranking before just responding that UNC Charlotte is one of the few affordable colleges. These rankings prove that UNC Charlotte is competitive in the education realm, endeavoring to provide all students with quality educations.
Charlotte is ranked in the top 20 largest cities in the United States based on population by the 2010 census and between the years 1980 and 2008 the population of Charlotte doubled. In rela-tion to the growth of the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte has also expanded in more ways than one. The college began under a dif-ferent name in 1946 with only 278 freshmen; whereas, in 2010 the number of students enrolled was 25,063.
Many people may wonder why so many students choose UNC Charlotte to further their education. When asked this question the responses range from people not being admitted into their fi rst choice school to UNC Charlotte had the program they were look-ing for. Those things may be true for some students, but there are many other reasons people choose to come to UNC Charlotte. This list of rankings may explain just why so many people choose UNC Charlotte to solidify an educational foundation that directly impacts the success of their future careers.
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This list highlights the different placements of UNC Charlotte on various rankings by different news outlets; these rankings establish the university as a notable educational institution
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In 2011, US News ranked UNC Charlotte 194 on a list of all the national universi-ties. To be considered a “national uni-versity,” a school must offer a range of undergraduate, Master’s and doctoral degree programs.
US News ranked the graduate program in special education in the top 25 of its field.
US News ranked the graduate program in counseling in the top 25 of its field.
US News ranked the Belk College of Business’s part-time Master’s of Busi-ness Administration program as num-ber 59 out of 192 schools.
US News ranked the graduate program in nursing anesthesia in the top 25 of its field.
US News ranked UNC Charlotte’s School of Nursing No. 127 out of 442 on a list of graduate nursing schools.
Washington Monthly ranked UNC Charlotte No. 171 out of 258 on a list of the national universities based on its contribution to the public good in 2011.
US News ranked the graduate pro-gram in biological sciences as No. 195 out of 220.
US News ranked the graduate pro-gram in computer science No. 99 out of 121.
US News ranked the undergradu-ate business program No. 88 out of 382 schools.
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US News ranked the graduate program in mathematics No. 111 out of 119.
In 2008, US News ranked UNC Charlotte No. 9 on a list of the “Top 10 Most Up-and-coming Universities.”
Forbes ranked UNC Charlotte as No. 493 out of 650 on a list of the best colleges in America.
4icu.org, a national directory of colleges and universities, ranked UNC Charlotte as the No. 8 uni-versity in North Carolina in 2011.
Since January 2011, the Running Club has taken charge across the UNC Charlotte campus.
The club was started by senior Michael Cannady, and it provides great opportunity for people of all experience levels, from high school track stars to people just wanting to stay in shape.
Cannady and a few of his friends who are now his fellow offi cers for the Running Club began meeting together last August to run. Not as an offi cial club or anything, just a few guys meeting together to push each other in their running ambitions.
Then they began the process of developing their idea into an offi cial club by getting it approved as a student or-ganization and sports club along with all of the nitty-gritty paperwork and details.
“When the club started in January of this year, we had about 10 - 12 people coming out, but now we have about 25 people in the running club. I am expecting a lot of growth soon because of all of the people who run on campus on their own. We hope to get the word out there about our club so people will come together with us so we can push each other and encourage each other with our running even more,” said Cannady.
The Running Club meets four times each week on Mon-day through Thursday to run three to four miles each day on trails around campus. To be in the club, you only have to go to one practice each week, but several members take advantage of practicing every day in preparation for the Charlotte marathon.
There are no fees or charges to be in the club, just fi ll-ing out some basic paperwork and a desire to be in shape and to become a better runner. As with any club or student organization, lasting friendships and bonds are formed, friendships with people who can help and encourage with issues even outside of running.
“We have running club members from all different ex-perience levels. About 80 percent has had a track or cross-country background, while about 20 percent have never run on a team before. Several new people have really stuck with it too. For new people and experienced runners alike, our goal is just to increase our endurance and distance,” said Cannady.
There is currently a mix of freshmen, sophomores, ju-niors and seniors in the Running Club.
Many freshmen have joined after hearing about the club during NinerNight at SOAR over the summer. They have also gotten word out about the Running Club through similar campus events.
“The Running Club is unique on campus because simi-lar things have done before, but then have never really worked. Prior attempts at similar clubs were competition driven, but what makes us different is that we base our club around something we enjoy doing as a hobby. We do often compete in local marathons going on, but that is not the main goal of our club,” said Cannady.
The Running Club was fi rst started by a core group of four students who became the offi cers: Michael Cannady, majoring in history, is the president; Landon Robinson, majoring in computer science, is the vice president; John West, also majoring in computer science, is the treasurer; and Jacob Cross, majoring in marketing, is the secretary.
“When Landon, John, Jacob and I began the club we did it because we all enjoyed running as a hobby and we had running as a common interest. We can see the Run-ning Club becoming huge on campus, and we can’t wait. We want people to get out and start with the Running Club even if you have no prior experience,” said Cannady.
All the offi cers of the Running Club agree that while they were running on their own, it was easy to get discour-aged, and it became a little monotonous running around campus listening to the iPod.
What makes the Running Club successful is that it brings people with common interests together, people who can push each other and encourage each other to do better.
The members of the Running Club currently have sev-eral opportunities to compete coming up, including the Homecoming 5K, Charlotte marathon and 5K in uptown Charlotte.
Members do not have to go out to compete, but it is encouraged because it is a way for members to take ad-vantage of these occasions by applying their practice to a competitive tract.
If the offi cers or members fi nd competitions, they just present it to each other and fi nd a group to go with, not dif-fi cult, pressuring or binding at all, just opportunities to put their running skills and practice to the test.
“The basis for why we started the club was to get the
push from others that you don’t get when you’re running and training by yourself. We desired to run, connect and train with others while bonding too. It also has the social aspect where you can make friends who you can count on. The Running Club is great because it provides an opportu-nity to train without the super stressed environment. We encourage people to just come out and get involved,” said Cannady.
Running club charges across campus
Stretch beforing running can help prevent pulling muscles; these may be helpful for beginners. Photo courtesy of MCT Campus
To students who enjoy nature, appre-ciate challenges, and like to participate in outdoor or indoor activities, joining Ven-ture may sound appealing. Venture allows students to engage in some exciting out-door activities while also honing leadership abilities as well as personal development.
Venture was established in 1971, after a pilot program of 15 people went through a two-week North Carolina Outward Bound course. They learned about things such as map and compass reading, fi rst aid, rock climbing and leadership. This pro-gram gave students a chance to interact with each other outside of the classroom and provided the opportunity for personal growth among students.
Marion McClure, assistant director of Venture, has been working with Venture for a little over seven months now. McClure has enjoyed her time here at UNC Char-lotte; she has learned a signifi cant amount from students and the professional staff.
Venture offers numerous activities that students can get involved in. One thing that Venture offers is weekend trips. Yes, week-end trips! On these trips, students can go hiking, back packing, sea kayaking, white-water kayaking and even caving.
A favorable feature of these trips is they are open to the public, even though a ma-jority of the group is UNC Charlotte stu-dents.
Day trips, overnight trips and fall break trips are also offered through Venture. Prior experience is not necessary to go on a trip since the Venture staff will train well in advance. All students have to do is pay a fee and fi ll out some paperwork.
How simple is that?The trips are fi lled on a fi rst-come, fi rst
served basis; if students are interested in any of the planned activities, they need to immediately sign up in order to reserve a space.
There are some upcoming trips that students can sign up for, including white-water kayaking, the grandfather mountain day hike, the Lake Jocassee fl at-water pad-dling and Crowder’s Mountain rock climb-ing. The Venture website provides the exact dates of these trips are and if there are any spaces still available.
Sometimes students may not be ready for any of the outdoor activities. If that is in fact the case, they can try an indoor ac-tivity, such as the Venture climbing wall, which is located in the Student Activity Center (SAC). The climbing wall is open to UNC Charlotte students, staff and faculty.
Guests are also welcome, but they must be accompanied by a UNC Charlotte stu-dent and pay the SAC guest fee of $5. Gear must be rented in order to engage in this activity, but personal equipment is also welcomed.
After the fi rst time climbing, there is a small fee associated with this activity. This information can be found online.
During the fall semester, the hours of operation for the climbing wall are from 5:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
There are student employment oppor-tunities offered within Venture through VOLTAGE, which is a training program that helps individuals learn to develop the
knowledge and skills needed to become a responsible and reliable group leader.
McClure wants students to know sev-eral things regarding Venture.
Primarily, for most things that Venture does, participants do not need previous experience because Venture offers 49ers various opportunities throughout each aca-demic year where participants do not have be hardcore outdoorsy people.
Additionally, Venture generally pro-vides all the equipment needed for sched-uled activities, and students are taught everything they need to know before par-ticipating in any activity.
After trying out many Venture activi-ties, students may end up wanting to en-gage in more.
There is more to Venture than just the physical activities. Students can learn fur-ther about this group by signing up for newsletters, visiting the Venture Facebook page and contacting the Venture offi ce, which is located in the Cone Center.
Making ventures at UNC Charlotte
The unique venture sign. Photo by Oleg Zigalenko
Venture Participants kayak the waters on a Venture sponsored trip outside of the university. Photo courtesy of Venture.
Campus Cleanup10am - 2pmBelk Tower and CHHS PlazaThe Office of Waste Re-duction invites everyone to participate in their Campus Cleanup. Stu-dents can contact Devin Hatley at [email protected] to register for the event.
Sound and Fury: Film and Panel Discussion7pm - 9pmStudent Union Theater“Sound and Fury” doccu-ments a family’s struggle over whether or not to provide two deaf children with cochlear implants, devices that can stimulate hearing.
Rock Bottom Boot Camp4pm - 5pmBarnhardt Student Activ-ity CenterRock Bottom Boot Camp is an intense total body workout that uses many different exercises to target many muscles.
Game Day11am - 9pmCone University CenterThe UNC Charlotte Guild sponsors a day of various board, card, miniatures, and other games. There will be food at the event and all students are wel-comed.
Hispanic Speaker Night7pm - 9:30pmSU 340 A & BHispanic Speaker Night is the 3rd of 4 events that LASO does for Hispanic Heritage Month. There will be a formal dinner followed by a speaker.
Free HIV and Syph-ilis Testing11am - 3pmSU 200, 262, 265, 267National Latino Aware-ness Day encourages HIV & Syphilis prevention, testing and counseling.
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SPORTS SPORTS SCHEDULESPORTS Men’s Soccer vs St. BonaventureFri. 7pm, Charlotte, NC
Men’s Soccer vs DuquesneSun. 7pm, Charlotte, NC
Women’s Tennis @Davidson Fall InviteSat. TBA, Davidson, NC
Women’s Volleyball vs Rhode IslandFri. 7pm, Charlotte, NC
Women’s Volleyball vs FordhamSun. 7pm, Charlotte, NC
Women’s Soccer @ St. BonaventureFri. 3pm, St. Bonaventure, NY
In her fi rst three seasons with the Charlotte 49ers women’s volleyball team, senior libero/defensive specialist Abbie Rees played in all but four of the 92 matches. Six games into the 2011 season, Rees went down to an ankle injury, which kept her on the sidelines for a month. During her recovery, Rees, who holds a strong passion for provid-ing help for others, seized the opportunity to reach out to her teammates, being the difference maker she has been throughout her life.
Rees was coming off a solid season, in which she achieved a career-high 271 digs, averaging 2.91 per set. Having reached the Atlantic-10 Tournament in each of the past two seasons, the Niners came into the year picked to fi nish fi fth in the conference preseason poll, looking to ad-vance past the fi rst round of the tournament.
After experiencing an unexpected twist prior to the home opener last month, Rees encountered the toughest task of her collegiate volleyball career, overcoming an in-jury that led to her missing six matches, but she was able to maintain a positive outlook by being one of the team’s key supporters.
“It allowed me to help the team in other aspects while I was on the sidelines and make sure that I was still talking, keeping them excited and energized,” said Rees.
While she plays an important role on the court, Rees remains actively involved in the community. In addition to partaking in a Big Brother, Big Sister program at Ranson Middle School with her teammates, Rees is a member of the student organization volunteer group Niners Chippin’ In.
Rees recounts her experience with volunteer work all the way back to when she was young, where she was part of a singing show at nursing homes.
“That was my fi rst volunteering experience that really made me love it,” said Rees.
Amazed by her early volunteering experience, Rees continued to volunteer at nursing homes during eighth grade, working with the patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Last summer, Rees traveled to Thailand and lived in an orphanage for a month. Rees’ volunteer work with Pro-World involved her interacting with the children.
“It was one of the best experiences in my life,” said Rees. “I taught and played volleyball with the kids at the orphanage. I also helped tutor them with their English homework.”
Rees, who has been an effective communicator through-out her volleyball career, admitted to having initial doubts on teaching English classes at the school that she ended up enjoying the experience.
“I thought that it was going to be really hard, but I abso-lutely loved it,” said Rees.
Rees also cited the culture aspect as a huge learning ex-perience for her.
“It really broadened my horizon, seeing a different cul-
ture, kind of being like a missionary,” said Rees. “I know how to cook Thai food now, and I can speak some Thai. I also went to a 24-hour meditation with monks.”
Rees, who is currently applying for the Peace Corps, states that she’s highly motivated by her willingness to help people and make a difference.
“Whatever I do, I want to make sure that I’m doing something that’s making a difference, whether it be glob-ally or nationally,” said Rees.
Throughout her life, Rees has been driven by her pas-sions, especially in the classroom. Rees, a psychology ma-jor minoring in gerontology and women’s studies, arrived at Charlotte four years ago with an undeclared major. Rees hoped to get involved in fashion, but struggled to fi nd a match between her fi eld of interest and what the school had to offer.
“We had nothing with fashion in our school, so my advi-sor told me to do business,” said Rees.
The experiment with pursuing a business degree didn’t last long as Rees shifted gears in her second semester of
college and turned to another of her passions. Rees made the switch to psychology after taking several courses at Charlotte and was later involved in an internship at a nursing home, where she worked with the activities direc-tor and the Alzheimer’s and dementia unit. Although she never got the opportunity to study fashion in college, Rees acknowledges the satisfaction she received out of the tran-sition into psychology.
“I’m defi nitely happy with the way it has turned out,” said Rees.
As one of the three seniors on this year’s team, Rees considers her four years to have gone by rapidly, becoming one of the vocal leaders. Rees recalls her fi rst year with the team as being nervous before she even stepped onto the court.
“I found out what the fi tness tests were the summer be-fore I came,” said Rees. “I was so anxious because although I was working out, I wasn’t prepared for that level of fi t-ness, but I came in and succeeded.”
After succeeding on her fi tness tests, Rees faced anoth-er challenge in being able to compete at the collegiate level.
“In preseason, I expected it to be extremely hard, but I felt really prepared from my high school preseasons and club volleyball,” said Rees.
During her freshman year, Rees also managed to build relationships with her teammates and looked up to the se-niors as major infl uences to her early development.
Four years later, Rees has emerged as a leader on the team. Rees points out that her experience has helped her provide support for the younger players, with freshman right side Laura Cantrell as one of her “sisters” on the team.
“Bianca [Rouse] and LC are my sisters,” said Rees. “I room with them everywhere we go on trips, and we do lit-tle things for each other. LC is a great player. She asks for advice, and we help her, giving her pointers on what she should do in her freshman year.”
Despite a slow start in conference play this year, Rees still believes that the talent on the team can help vault Charlotte into the postseason. The Niners still seek their fi rst A-10 Tournament win as a member of the conference, and Rees, who returned from injury late last month, feels that the team is capable of achieving a few upset wins and further expanding on their goals.
“Making a difference” is a motto that Rees has followed throughout her life, both as an active member of the com-munity and a key contributor on the court. Through her altruistic ways, she identifi es herself as a difference maker in the challenges she encounters in life.
Reading into Reed
Senior libero Abbie Rees serves as the anchor for the 49ers. Photos provided by Charlotte Sports Information
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Niners now sit at No.15 in latest NSCAA national rankings
One win and one loss this weekend might have boosted the Charlotte 49ers women’s soccer conference play in the right direction as they lost fi rst to UMass on Friday, but came back with a spec-tacular win on Sunday against Rhode Island.
In the fi rst game against UMass, the Niners fell 2-1 in a heartbreaker despite a great goal by Oni Bernard in the 30th minute of play. After a shot by Sarah Ann Waugh that was blocked by the UMass keeper, Bernard got her foot on the ball in the box, and scored past the keeper. The goal was Bernard’s third of the season.
In the fi rst half, UMass had scored be-fore Bernard’s goal, and later took the lead in the second half. The Niners did have several scoring chances, but fouls and an offside negated several goals.
Said Coach Cullen after the match, “It’s a bit of a heartbreaker. The effort is there and the intensity and will to want to win is there, but we’ve got to get over the fi nal line. There are games that we could win and we’ve been good enough to win, but we fi nd a way to lose.”
Come Sunday, the Niners began their season turnaround as they set up to play Rhode Island at Transamerica fi eld.
Said Niner senior Jonna Handra, “Coach told us before the game that our season’s on the line, and that we needed to
get the win.” The clock only ticked down 29 sec-
onds before the Niners scored. Literally in seconds, Carrie Dail advanced the ball towards the Minutewomens’ goal passing across the middle to senior Macky Wingo. Wingo then crossed the ball in the box towards an advancing Jonna Handra, who rocketed the ball into the net.
It just settles everyone down and makes the team talk to each other,” said Coach Cullen about the quick goal. “We just needed to get a jump on this team, and show them we want to win. From the fi rst whistle, we showed that by moving the ball and getting on them, we can put the game away.”
The 49ers continued to control the game keeping Rhode Island out of the Nin-ers’ net throughout the game.
With only a few seconds left in the second half the Niners scored once again. Senior Macky Wingo got her fi fth goal of the season after she set up a pass to Oni Bernard, who then passed the ball back to for the fi nish.
“Both of us hadn’t gotten off to the best start in Conference, said Coach Cullen. “We knew it was going be a battle from the fi rst whistle to the last whistle, but we came out well and got an early goal, which was great. I’m proud of the girls because we needed that win, we needed some clean sheets, and we needed some goals. Hope-fully this will correlate to the rest of the season.”
This past weekend, the Charlotte 49ers traveled north to take on UMass and Rhode Island in their fi rst weekend of A-10 confer-ence play. Coming home, they had success-fully blown past the Minutemen 2-1, and tied against Rhode Island Rams 1-1.
Against the Minutemen, the Niners fell behind early, as UMass scored off of a cor-ner kick in the 11th minute.
Fighting from behind, the Niners at-tacked in full force recording eleven shots in the fi rst half alone, all of which were un-successful. In the second half, the Niners returned the pressure, recording several more shots including those by Thomas Al-len, Evan James and Guiseppe Gentile.
“Today’s game showed the tremen-dous soccer played in the Atlantic 10,” said Coach Jeremy Gunn. “I was so proud that our team kept their composure and showed an unbelievable drive and perseverance to get a tough road win.”
Despite all of these shots, the Niners still trailed until a Donnie Smith corner kick in the 66th minute of play. The shot sailed into the box, and the sophomore Thomas Allen headed the ball behind the UMass keeper to tie the game up, and give Allen his second goal of the season.
With a tied game, the Niners were un-able to tack on the victory during regula-tion despite several close chances, includ-
ing a header by senior Charles Rodriguez that would have gone in despite a close save by the UMass keeper.
At the end of regulation, both teams set up to decide the fate of the game, and in the fi rst overtime period, the game was still scoreless. Only two shots had been taken in the short period, one by the 49ers and one by the Minutemen.
Finally in the second period the Niners scored in an attack that began with Evan James passing to T.J. Beaulieu outside of the box. Beaulieu moved into the box, pass-ing to the freshman Gentile, who rocketed a low shot into the back of the net, giving the Niners their fi rst conference win.
“Guiseppe scored an unbelievable goal to win the game,” said Coach Gunn after the game. “We were very composed on the build up to the goal. Guiseppe took a wonderful shot to score the game-winning goal.”
In the second game of the weekend, the 49ers came out full force in the fi rst half when senior Evan James crossed to his freshman teammate Guiseppe Gentile in the box, giving Gentile the shot in the 17th minute. The ball hit the crossbar, but still went behind the Rhode Island keeper, giv-ing Gentile his third goal of the season.
Despite this early goal by the 49ers, the Rams responded in the second half, scoring in the upper left corner of the Niners’ net.
With a tied up game, the Niners had several scoring chances, including two
goals that were negated due to fouls. In the end, and after two periods of overtime, the 49ers were unable to get the second goal, and have their fi rst tie of the season.
We played another good game against a physical team,” said Coach Gunn. “We created good scoring chances. Rhode Is-land did well trying to counter attack. It was a good solid performance by our team. We began A-10 play with two tough road
games. Now I am looking forward to re-turning home for our A-10 home opener next weekend.”
The standings in the Atlantic 10 after this weekend put the 49ers in third place, due to the tie against Rhode Island. They are currently 8-2-1 this season.
The Niners take on the 4-5-2 St. Bo-naventure Bonnies this Friday at Transam-erica fi eld at 7p.m.
Guiseppe Gentile scored in the win over Massachusetts Friday. Photo by Christopher Crews
This past weekend, the Charlotte 49ers traveled north to take on UMass and Rhode Island in their fi rst weekend of A-10 conference play.
A multi-sport athlete at Maiden High School Matt Johnson, fi rst stepped foot on the Charlotte campus in the sixth grade for a middle school track meet. Johnson has been recruited to play football for the Charlotte 49ers in 2013.
He also serves as a punter and safety , Johnson was last year’s Offensive Player of the Year in the Catawba Valley Athletic 2-A, following a top 10 placement in rush-ing and passing in 2010..
Johnson is a senior quarterback for the Maiden Blue Devils, where he has 138 compiled a whopping 138 car-ries for 1028 yards in his junior season, sixth best in the state of N.C. As a dual threat fi eld general he has complet-ed 37 passes for a total of 494 yards and four touchdowns. When asked why he ran so much last season Johnson re-plied,
“ Last year I didn’t feel as well as I wanted. I wanted to be a better passer and step it up for the younger guys, I can always get better in that department.
Looking at fi lm on the young signal caller he already has a Division 1 ready football body standing at Six-Foot-Three, 215 lbs; one clip in particular stands out and shows his versatility at the quarterback position. In one of the highlights he completely buried a would be tackler in the open fi eld, en route to the endzone.
Johnson fi ts right into the offensive scheme of Char-lotte Offensive Coordinator who has coached in the high energy triple option offense at West Virginia with quick shifty quarterbacks such as Pat White.
Johnson has received interest from other local foot-ball programs such as N.C. State, Elon and Appalachian State to name a few. When touring the campus of UNC Charlotte a couple weeks ago he was blown away at the overall size, he hadn’t been there since he was 12 years old and his scope of the ever growing campus was narrowed to the Irwin Belk Track and Field Complex.
“Charlotte stuck out to me the most, Elon, Duke, NC State, Wofford, Duke and Appalachian State showed in-
terest.” Said JohnsonJohnson fi rst came in contact with Mullen at a foot-
ball camp being hosted by the Duke Blue Devils and has been speaking to him ever sense. Brad Lambert has also talked to the young verbal commit multiple times since the football camp.
“ I met Coach Mullen at a Duke University football camp this past summer and he spoke to my coach, he seen me throw at the camp, he knew I could run, I sensed he was a great guy I can work with for fi ve years.”
Johnson had this to say about his visit with Charlotte, “ It was huge, I was blown away, my family all went to Appalachian State, it was not at all what I expected, It felt like a great university, very modern, it seemed like a nice place to be.”
The Charlotte 49ers won’t take to the gridiron until 2013, which will cause Johnson to have to sit out for a season without taking a single snap from under center, the young gun slinger seems to be fi ne with that ;
“I made a decision that will benefi t me the best, I think that sitting out for a season and being a student of the game for a year, I can focus on bettering my passing game and learn under the coaches.
The football stadium is currently still under construc-tion and the fi rst concrete footer was poured a week ago, spurring excitement among current and former Charlotte alumni. Johnson made mention he was impressed with the dedication athletics has when it comes to football.
“ There is no expense unpaid when it comes to foot-ball, I fi rst came here in the sixth grade for a track meet and I am excited to be a part of the growing campus, my family is ecstatic about the decision.”
While Johnson is still able to change his mind in the months leading up to signing day, his commitment only counts as a verbal for the time being, he seems steadfast in his desire to be a part of the inaugural football team here at Charlotte;
“I am 100-percent a part of Niner Nation and can’t wait to attend some Niner basketball games this season.” said Johnson.
49ers get verbal commit from Maiden senior Quarterback
Senior quarterback Matt Johnson verbally commited to play for the Charlotte 49ers in 2013, signing day in Feb. is fast approaching. Photo Courtesy of Scott Huffman
