When talking about the opera with students at the UNC Charlotte two words continuously found their way to the conversation...
Sixteen year old actress and singer Miley Cyrus said farewell to the social networking service Twitter.
As students recently figured out, registration is an extremely tedious task. It takes time, decisiveness and a lot of organization, but for the last ten years, RateMyProfessors.com has been making registration easier for students.
I’ve had this phobia about using school bathrooms since my years in middle school. Unfortunately, as the year’s progressed and my time spent at school becomes lengthier, I now have to give into my hesitation. Although, every time I enter a bathroom here at school, I suddenly regret drinking that bottle of water.
When it comes to breaking the honor code, UNC Charlotte students have come a long way from sneaking in cheat sheets.
One of the best things about Facebook is that it makes it easy to know what’s happening with your friends, in your community, even the world.
Who needs to know, or keepsake your photographic or informational memories but you?
30 years is a long time to run from the police, but that’s exactly what Roman Polanski got away with.
Obama’s administration proposed the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act in July.
One of the most popular and easiest modes of transportation during this time is traveling by airplane.
The university calls them general education classes; I call them “fluff” classes.
Due to Disney’s somewhat racist past, people are already quickly evaluating their upcoming “Princess and the Frog” movie to be just the same.
On Dec. 11th of this year, Disney will release “The Princess and the Frog,” their first 2D film in theaters since 2004's Home on the Range and their first film to feature a black princess.
Getting a tattoo is painful. It is liberating, it is cultural, it is dangerous, and it is beautiful.
Tattoos for the mere mortals are permanent; they last forever.
Most people are not worried because an Iranian Missile cannot strike the North American Continent, so therefore Iran cannot threaten them. Well think again.
Prospector is clearly better than the dining area in the Student Union for one reason and one reason only: Salsarita’s!
Since the opening of the Student Union back in mid-August of this year, the herd of hungry students and faculty members converging to the Union has brought much attention on the dining options of the new multimillion dollar building.
Jon and Kate Gosselin have definitely made their publicity rounds this summer, but it was not by promoting their TLC reality show.
What I discovered upon returning to school is the magnitude in which the younger generation of today has embraced technology.
Even with 6,465 parking spaces available to commuters, students seem to agree that finding parking on campus is hard.
According to ex-President Jimmy Carter all of the people who disagree with President Obama’s Health Care Plan or with the president in general are all racists.
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President Barack Obama should not be on late night shows, talk shows or anything that has the word show in it. He’s acting like a celebrity not a political head of state. I want my President doing his job: helping legislation and making decisions for hard working Americans. Can he do that?
With a football team expecting to be in play by 2013, and the new Student Union in place, it’s no wonder UNC Charlotte ranks in the top ten colleges to keep an eye out for (according to the US News magazine).
No matter where you look Americans are attached to their Blackberrys. It has become the norm to text while walking, but how safe can that really be?
On Sept. 18 of this year, the North Carolina Community College System voted to change the policy concerning the eligibility of illegal immigrants to attend community colleges in North Carolina.
PCs have been a cornerstone for the home computing market for more
than 30 years. Many look at the PC as a Windows machine, and an
Apple as a Mac. However, there is much more that goes on in our
technology world that makes PC a much more capable machine.
I’m a Mac not only because Apple computers are more secure and reliable, but anything a PC can do, a Mac can do better. Macs are known for their simplistic and sleek looks, but under the hood, Macs are also powerhouses.
The food lies limp in front of you, as you grow in reaping fear of the contents inside. Such a heaven it would be to have one bite...
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens and so many other great names have been forsaken as their stories live on through motion pictures.
The Happiest Place on Earth, or Walt Disney World, (for you unenlightened Disney fans) is undergoing a facelift.
With all of the hype around swine flu, is it really going to take its toll on residences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte?
As our knowledge grows, the question of who is better to educate our prospective youth always projects an argument. A young professor, or an older professor?
This past week Americans observed the anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York as well as the Pentagon in our nation’s capital.
In 1962, Decca Records made what is considered to be one of the biggest mistakes in music history.
What makes Starbucks the best coffee on campus?
Jennifer Love Hewitt is a superstar actress. With leading roles in blockbuster movies and prime-time television, it’s hard to believe she got her start as a Disney Channel star.
As a group of people who preach they want more privacy, I’m baffled that so many famous personas have twitter pages, reporting their every move.
While Student Union bars seem to be a big hit across the pond, they appear to be few and far between in the United States.
Marriage is a personal decision. There are, however, many social conflicts that hinder such a decision
What used to suffice before reality television entertained us were shows that kept us alive, upbeat and using our brains. Lately, ratings bounce off the wall due to reality television being a reliable source of entertainment.
As we start another fall semester at UNC Charlotte, we see a lot of new and fresh faces. There is another question we should be asking ourselves, and that is could some of these new faces come from the battlefield?
A little over a year ago I received my first of three doses of Gardasil, which prevents four types of human papillomavirus, a virus that causes 70 percent of cervical cancer in women.
Moodle is a newer technology, but has much more development and stability than Blackboard. Blackboard Vista purchased the rights to WebCT some time ago, but the switch was for a worse. Moodle is currently on the rise, with a growing user base of over 50,000 registered sites, 28,170,000 users, and over 2,600,000 courses.
When was the last time you were flipping through the TV channels and you couldn’t find something vampire related? Vampires have always captured the imagination of civilization, though not always in the same way as other creatures of myth have.
As mankind continues to make exponential advancements in technology that make global communication as simple as a click of the mouse, we are falling victim to serious social regression.
Marijuana, pot, reefer, dope, ...; the list goes on, regardless of whatever name you know it by the drug hasn't left the mainstream media's scope since the 1960's and it is causing a stir again.
Since the first day of class, it has been hard to avoid the mumbles of the most obvious annoyance on UNC Charlotte's campus; the parking situation. Last week, students resorted to parking across campus or visiting every single parking deck in hopes of finding a parking space.
There are 8,304 spots for student parking on UNC Charlotte's campus. 1,788 of those are for only residents, 3,096 of those are for only commuters, 3,369 of those are for both residents and commuters and 51 of those are for only motorcycles. That's thousands of spots to park in; there is plenty of room for everyone, yet the matter of whether freshmen should be allowed to have their cars is still questioned.
Parking, who needs it? The people that pay for it do. Parking for the average commuter student has been nothing more than unbearable and a headache. The 09-10 academic school year parking permits for a commuter retailed at $310. Having a majority of students being commuters, it goes without saying that these were the bulk of permit sales.
Marijuana, pot, reefer, dope, ...; the list goes on, regardless of whatever name you know it by the drug hasn't left the mainstream media's scope since the 1960's and it is causing a stir again.
While the media and civilians are determined to find all the flaws of President Barack Obama’s attempt at a car industry turn around, also known as the Cash for Clunkers program, the success is seen within the numbers. Number of cars sold, the amount of buyers that traded in their older vehicles, as well as the number of laid off workers that were rehired.
The last time I checked I go to UNC Charlotte. So why is it that when I look around campus I see different shades of blue and red T-shirts with other schools’ names written on them? If you have not noticed, you are in Niner Nation and we wear green.
With credits to President Obama, America will now have a health care plan that will help all Americans receive the medical attention they need and deserve. He believes this plan “cannot wait another year” because so many families are suffering now.
The end of the year is quickly approaching, and our year here at Niner Nation will soon be nothing but a memory of the past. As we progress into the future, we must look into the past to help guide Niner Nation into a more positive future. Below are five things that Niner Nation needs to improve on to make our school a more acceptable environment for all.
It has become a common tradition, in American political evaluation, to look at the first 100 days of a new president’s administration as a way predict the direction that his presidency might lead. When assessing these first 100 days, it is important to look at things in two ways.
Textbooks are usually the main source of learning for most courses here at UNC Charlotte. As we wind down toward the end of the semester, one of the perks of having a textbook is being able to sell them back to the many options available on campus and in the surrounding area. Some of those places include the campus bookstore, Gray’s Bookstore, and various Web sites that offer textbook buyback as well.
As though the Internet doesn’t already have enough sites that are meaningless and pathetic, another one is making a hit around the world. After I thought nothing could get as bad as Facebook (the ultimate mirror that reveals anyone’s life to any limits they choose just by a status update), I was proven wrong by the hatching of Twitter!
A handshake is considered to be a common gesture of respect among both men and women involved in various business and political fields. Although it is easy to take such a simple gesture lightly, it is still formally received in countries all over the world.
In case you didn’t know, due to the fire that happened earlier this semester and the fact that crucial parts of the network were damaged, the entire UNC Charlotte network had to be shut down to install replacement parts.
Greetings Forty-Niners!
I hope that you are all well and that you find yourself prepared to tackle the end of the semester! My name is Raegan Perry, and I had the honor of serving you as Secretary of Press and Public Relations for the Student Government Association Executive Cabinet.
As our academic year comes to a close, one can only sit back and reflect. For some students this was their last year of being a 49er, and now it’s time for them to break into the “real world” with a fresh outlook on a new career and a shiny new degree to back it up.
Few students who have attended UNCC for at least one semester are unfamiliar with the sight of preachers on campus, giving speeches and handing out Bibles to passing students. For some students, their activities on campus are probably a welcome sight. For others, they are a mild annoyance to be navigated around on the way to class.
For what seems like forever, we’ve been hearing how the country is stuck in an economic downturn and there seems like no end in sight. Banks are being taken over, car companies (that used to be the backbone of the American economy) are begging for help by the trillions, and it just appears as if nobody can catch a break.
Exotic pets have been considered trophy prizes of wealth and expensive taste in companionship for centuries. Royalty and the common man alike can express his high economic status or longing for originality with the purchase of an exotic animal. Many selfish buyers are unaware of the negative effects these animals experience while in their care.
