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Anni SimPSonStaff Writer

UNC Charlottes StudentGovernment hosted their rsttown-hall style meeting orstudents Wednesday eveningin Norms rom 6:15p.m.- 7:15p.m., led by SGA President JoeyLemons.

The orum allowed studentsto interact personally with theirstudent representatives abouttheir concerns on campus. Thenumber o people who attendedlled available seating, with

people watching rom the lot aswell.

Lemons began by talkingabout the coming ootball team,

which has seen some delays. Hebelieves that postponing theaddition o the ootball teamand eld hurts the possibility.He said, however, that UNCCootball has already seen supportand donations that were higherthan we originally expected.

Following his discussion onthe progress o the ootball eld,Lemons actively encouragedpresent students (both sitting

down and up in the lot) to addressany questions or concerns theymay have. Parking, library hoursduring exams, limited coursesbeing oered, and dining wereamong the things brought up.

In terms o the library hours,Lemons and Pierce discusseda trial run o having the libraryopen twenty our hours or therst three days o the examperiod. This is a trial. I thisis something students want, Iencourage you all to utilize it. I

we dont utilize it, its not goingto be open twenty our hours in

the ollowing semesters, saidLemons.

SGA Vice President JacobPierce explained the reasons

why it has not come up beore.In the past it has been a undingissue, he said. Once we getout o these budget issues . . .our library hours will improve.Another issue theyre concerned

with is also security.SGA has made improvement

in a ew areas o concern tostudents. In the area where auture academic building isplanned, a temporary parking

area will be constructed oeringa ew hundred more parkingspots, which SGA believes isgoing to be benecial.

The Student Senate alsoput together a Parking Servicescommittee to better deal withparking concerns. Oversellingparking passes is a policy UNCCuses, because not all students

will be on campus together at thesame time. Thats a model thatsused at probably any university,said Pierce.

Megan Smith, SGA Secretaryor Sustainability, has hopes o

possibly getting the CharlotteArea Transportation System(CATS) to provide a transportservice or students in thesurrounding apartments or littleor no cost, to alleviate the needor spaces. I we can get this othe ground, it can solve a lot oproblems, she said. They arecurrently in the research phaseo this possibility.

Lemons addressed thequestion behind instating aposition in SGA or minority

SGA holds rst-ever open orum town hall meeting

LAurA CAmiLoStaff Writer

As the holidays approachus, spending quality time withour amilies tends to occupy ourminds much more. The spirito the season inspired JimmyGrimmel, manager o the Barnes& Noble on campus, to host achildrens reading.

The event took place

Saturday Nov. 21st at 10:30a.m.We want to reach out more,Grimmel said, and oer moreto the community and theamilies o our sta members.Sta member Jazmine Locklear-Mcleod, or Miss Jazmine asshe introduced hersel to thekids, read The Night BeoreThanksgiving aloud.

Jimmy thought o doingit, he asked me to help and Ithought sure why not, saidLocklear-Mcleod.

As she read, she would stopto ask the kids i they related tothe book. When dancing turkeylegs were mentioned, she askedWell that sounds silly, how may

people have turkey legs dancingin their head?, and ater somegiggling, hands went up.

Ater the reading, the kidsheaded over to the arts and cratstable, which was covered witha green tablecloth and severalmaterials or making hand-tracedturkeys and turkey suckers.

Locklear-Mcleod said, Iremembered the hand turkey butI never did the sucker turkey, Ithought it was so creative. Thechildren were then asked to pickthe color o cardboard paperthey wanted to use or their handturkeys, with red being the mostpopular choice. Does everyoneknow how to trace their hand?,asked Miss Jazmine, to whichthe reply was an overwhelmingYes!!!

The parents were present andready to help with cutting theturkey hands out, but many kidsasserted their independence,proclaiming I want to do itmysel! It soon became evidentthat no matter how grown upand capable they elt, they still

needed some help rom theirparents.

One o the mothersparticipating was Marylou Swint,

whose husband is employed byBarnes & Noble. I love artsand crats so this is exciting,theyre having un, she said. Ithink Im doing most o the workthough.

Ater making the suckerturkeys, similar to the handturkeys but with lollipops, there

were also rereshments or thekids and the parents to enjoy.

The mornings activitiesserved not only to provideentertainment or the children,but to closer unite the memberso the Banes & Noble amily withthe members o each employeesindividual amilies.

The atmosphere was replete with un, ood, riends andamily-what Thanksgiving is allabout.

Barnes and Noble hostschildrens book reading

KriSten LitChFieLdEditor-in-Chief

An average o 4.6 seconds isenough time to travel the lengtho a ootball eld going 55mph.

It is also enough time or anyoneto be involved in a serious orlie-ending accident that is theresult o texting while behindthe wheel.

NC Governor Beverly Perduesigned House Bill 9 into law on

June 19, banning all driversrom texting and emailing whiledriving. As o Dec. 1, it is nowillegal to text or email whileoperating a motor vehicle. The

bill barely passed the state Senatewith a 30-18 vote.

On May 14, 2007, Washingtonbecame the rst state to bantexting while driving. Currentlythere are 19 states, including

Washington D.C., that haveadopted the law. No state has yetto ban cell phone use completely

while driving.Prior to the adoption o the

law in NC, bus drivers were notable to use cell phones. The statepassed Senate Bill 1289 in 2006,

which made it illegal or driversunder the age o 18 to use a cellphone while operating a motor

vehicle.At UNC Charlotte, the

Student Government Association(SGA) saw the need to raiseawareness o the new law and topresent the dangers o texting

and driving to students.As student drivers, we areall guilty o texting while drivingat one time or another. SGAcompletely supports this new lawand will do what we can to makestudents aware o its enactmentand ramications. As always,SGA seeks to ensure studentssaety on and o campus, andthis new law, said Raegan Perry,

SGA Secretary or Press andPublic Relations.

Student senator ThomasWalsh, with the help o RyanBrumeld, president o theInstitute o TransportationEngineers, drated a resolutionand presented it to the studentsenate in early October.

Tom Walsh and I wanted toput a school policy into actionbeore the state law becameeective in an eort to maximizepublic exposure to this issue,said Brumeld. However, to geta policy like that implemented,the Board o Trustees has toapprove it. Unortunately theBoard o Trustees does not meetagain until Dec. 11.

Walsh then presented theresolution to Senate creatingthe Distracted Driving TaskForce. The resolution was passedand the Task Force was made

ocial.Walsh was not available to

comment.It is extremely important

that inexperienced, youngdrivers limit their distractionsand concentrate on the singletask o driving, said Brumeld,

who is also the co-chair o theDistracted Driving Task Force.

Signs, like the oneaccompanying this story, weredesigned by art student Melanie

Jansen and will be displayedin several heavily trackedareas on campus. Accordingto Brumeld, this illustration,statistics and statements aboutthe new law will be shown on all

AS OF DECEMBER 1st, N.C. LAW

PROHIBITS TEXTING WHILE DRIVING.CRASH RISK INCREASES BY23 TIMES

IF YOU TEXT WHILE DRIVING.

Illustration/Melanie Jansen

Texting & driving, now illegal

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Photo/Andrew Lichtenhan

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Potholes areeverywhere

JAmie BrownStaf

f Writer

First students have to drivearound or an hour to nd aparking spot, now studentshave to dodge enormouspotholes throughout campus.

Just like any and everythingin the world, money plays aactor, especially in how quickthe multiplying potholes can bexed. However, i students arecontinuously orced to driveover these enormous holes inthe road, money will have tocome out o their pockets to xtheir cars. Although, it does notseem air that students shouldbe orced to pay or their carcoming out o line when theschool should be preventingsuch a nuisance.

According to Don Ramsey,a ground superintendent orFacilities Management, actions

have been taken several timesthis year. The one at MaryAlexander has been lled eighttimes (this year) said Ramsey.He added, With all the rain wehave had it has gotten worse.

Are the potholes a result o20,000 students driving overthe same roads day ater day,the weather or the productsbeing used to repair the holes?According to Ramsey, someare a result o poor installationand drainage. In this scenariothe holes are lled with crushand run. This is a term orcrushed stone and is best usedor suracing driveways becausethe washed stone stays loose andnever packs. Although, is thatthe best product or a roadway

that gets much more usage thana typical driveway?Ramsey does admit that

other methods are used but arenot as cost ecient. He said, Ian area is a persistent problem

we can and do use hot asphaltto ll (the) potholes/areas.Since it is not cost ecient toll a hole as soon as it occurs,it is typically done at the sametime when several areas thatrequire hot asphalt, and arethen perormed together.

The Web site, http://asphaltkingdom.com, assuresthat hot asphalt is a longlasting durable product. Ithis is the case, then why do

we have to continuously repairthe roads i the product is sodurable? The same question canbe asked or the other products

that the school typically usesor smaller potholes.QPR, which is an asphalt

patch, is North Americasleading pavement repairmaterial, according to theproducts website. It is usedby the nations largest utilitiesand public work departments,as well as state and provincialhighway departments. I it is a100 percent guarantee product,and is used and loved by somany, why has our school hadto use it several times? Eitherthe product is not as durable asit says, or the school is takingthe cheap way out and/or notusing it correctly.

Which ever may be thecase, potholes are more thena damaged roadway. It is a

giant hole ready to damagethe numerous tires thatcontinuously run over it.

Not only can potholes causestructural damage to tires itsel,but may cause tires to blow outi they are under infated, as

well as cause tires to becomeunaligned. Overall, it can aectsteering, stability and braking,but at rst impact, car damagecan go undetected since a carssuspension absorbs the impact.

According to vehiclevibes.com, Experts estimatemotorists collectively end uppaying millions o dollars ayear to repair their cars becauseo potholes. With numerouspotholes on campus, students

will probably add to that

estimated number.Charlottes GroundsFacilities Management, whosepurpose is to maintain the12 miles o roadways, the 43parking lots and 5 decks, spendseveral thousand dollars a yearon material to x potholes.

The John Kirk and VanLandingham repavementproject, which will becontracted out o house, willrun close to $25,000. Accordingto Ramsey, the Chancellorhas unded three large scalerepaving projects this year.

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In honor o InternationalWeek, the CaribbeanConnections club hostedTropical Heat Wed. Nov. 18 at7:00p.m., in Salon A o the SAC.Walking into the room students

were greeted by a slideshow oacts about the Caribbean whiletropical rhythms satiated theatmosphere.

Senior Cassanni Laville,vice president o CaribbeanConnections, said One othe main reasons we did thisis to raise awareness. Were asmall organization trying toget our name out there so thatCaribbean students here have aplace to eel at home.

President Jamal Potteropened the event with a prayer,then addressed the crowd; Wehope that you truly experiencethis small piece o the

Caribbeanwe hope to uniteUNCC with the Caribbean.

The KJ Dance Troopperormed a routine, ollowedby Vice president Laville readingthe poem Revolutionary byMichael Smith. The poemsnarrative voice is a little boyliving with his mother inpoverty. The mother goes romman to man seeking nancial

support, and the little boy wishes he could care or herand show her a better way.

This literary exampleo common socioeconomicproblems o the Caribbean wasollowed by a brie history andoverview o its 7000 islands,keys and islets o the Caribbean,rom the Lesser to the GreaterAntilles. Some parts o SouthAmerica can also be consideredpart o the Caribbean, such asVenezuela, Colombia, Guyanaand Suriname.

When approximately750,000 natives were nearly

wiped out due to colonization,the West Arican slave trade as

well as European, Chinese andIndian immigrants mixed tocreate the racial compositionpresent in the Caribbean today.This mixture also accountsor the variety o languagesspoken in the region, includingEnglish, Spanish, French,

Dutch, Haitian Creole, andPapiamento.

Carnivals, annualcelebrations o lie, are oundthroughout the Caribbean.There are also carnivalcelebrations ound outside theCaribbean but maintained byimmigrants, such as Caribanain Toronto and smaller versionsin New York, Atlanta, and

Miami.Students shimmed in their

seats as a series o videos byCaribbean artists were shown.Club members oered anexplanation o the diverse typeso the regions music; calypso,soca, chutney, and limbooriginated in Trinidad whilerocksteady, reggae, dancehall,and roots reggae originated in

Jamaica.Students were then asked

to orm a circle and dance toeverything rom more amiliarrhythms such as soca anddancehall to more obscuretunes such as the stookie andthe Scooby Doo.

A$25 Macys git card wasawarded to the best perormer.When asked i he elt that he

worked hard or the prize,the winner, reshman UlyssesRhone, said Im sweatin,tired! But I might give it awayas a git.

Students let the event armed with an impressive arsenalo Caribbean knowledge.President Jamal Potter; It wasa little bit stressul planning thistoward the end o the semesterbut I elt that it was importantto get together. It went pretty

wellI wouldve liked to see abigger turnout, but Im happy

with those who came out.

Caribbean Connectionshosted Tropical Heat

Texting Law c pag 1digital monitors in the lobbies

and hallways o the engineeringbuildings.

A 2003 study conductedby the Harvard Center o RiskAnalysis ound the use o cellphones contributed to sixpercent o all accidents, resultingin 342,000 injuries and 2,600

deaths.I you are behind the

wheel o a car, you should notbe texting. Your concentrationshould be on driving the car,period, anything else is oolish.In my opinion, it is absolutelyludicrous or someone to wantto do that while operating amotor vehicle, said Major LarryBlydenburgh, UNC CharlotteDeputy Chie Police and PublicSaety.

Even though the bill isan attempt to make the roadssaer, people immediately oundproblems with enorcing the lawbecause it will be a dicult taskor a police ocer to determine

whether a driver was texting.According to WRAL, a

Raleigh news station, statesenators complained it was wrongto pass a bill that is dicult toenorce.

Its a very dicult ordinanceto enorce. Typically, i we pass acar and see that the driver seemsto be texting that would give usreason to stop the car. Its verydicult to see that sometimesunless someone is very outward,or very obviously texting abovethe steering wheel, said MajorBlydenburgh.

He continued, Typically what could happen is we stopthe car or another reason andmaybe theres a cell phone sittingon the seat next to the driver,but usually it would most likelyoccur when we see somebodytexting when we pass them.

The ourth amendment othe U.S. Constitution protectsa person rom unreasonablesearches and seizures. Thismeans a police ocer cannotlook at a cel l phone to prove thatsomeone was texting and driving

without consent or having thecourt subpoena the cell phonerecords.

Patrol policy is to make

sure when we stop someone itsclear cut and that it does have achance or a conviction, its notto write a citation., said MasterTrooper Mark Helms, TracSaety Inormation Ocer atNorth Carolina State HighwayPatrol.

Helms continued, What

I would do is with it being atrac inraction, and theres nopoints (on your license), what I

would do is cite the person. Letthem come to court, and I cansubpoena the records,

He continued, What I would recommend is that isomeone texts you while youare driving down the road, pickup the phone and say look Imdriving right now. Please donttext me, I will text you as soon asI get to my destination.

Those caught texting oremailing while driving will acea $100 ne and court costs. Thedriver will not receive points onhis or her license or an insurancesurcharge.

Texting has become an

addiction or people across thecountry, it has also proven to bethe most dangerous use o a cellphone.

The Virginia TechTransportation Institute (VTTI)discovered that those textingare 23 times more likely to beinvolved in a collision than non-texters.

Staying connected isseemingly paramount to a youngpersons livelihood and success.To most sensible people, no textmessage response could makeyour BFF think that you dont

want to talk to them anymore.Young people text and drive sothey can avoid missing a secondo correspondence with theirriends, said Brumeld.

On Nov. 30, a mass email was

sent to all UNC Charlotte acultyand sta rom the DistractedDriving Task Force urging themto talk to their students about thenew law as well as the dangers otexting while driving.

On Tuesday, Steve Phillips,Trac Saety Manager at AAACarolina and Master TrooperHelms, were in the CameronApplied Research building

presenting to Engineeringstudents, aculty, and otherstudents in attendance the hardacts o texting and driving, as

well as talking about the eectthe new law will have on tracsaety.

I think the National HighwayTrac Saety has the number o

teenagers killed in the past nineyears rom 1994 to 2003 were24, 587 teenagers killed due todistractions. Distractions are 80percent o the cause o crashesin the United States, said MasterTrooper Helms.

Helms continued, We knowyou guys in college are betterdrivers than someone takingdrivers ed, and were not sayinganyones a bad driver. All weare doing is pointing out thedangers, and thats to an adultand to a teenager the dangers odistracted driving, because onceyou lose control o your vehicleits going to be very hard to gainback control, especially i its in a

55mph zone.Master Trooper Helms

brought a ew driving simulatorsso students could see just howmuch o a distraction texting is

while trying to operate a vehicle.U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan

(D-NC) co-sponsored theAvoiding Lie Endangering andReckless Texting by Drivers Act(ALERT Drivers Act) beoreshe introduced a bill to the U.S.Senate to make it illegal to text

while driving in every state onJuly 29.

According to the WashingtonPost, the bill will require allstates to ban texting and drivingand i they ail to do so, theycould risk losing 25 percent otheir ederal highway unds. Thebill came just days ater VirginiaTech released their research

Brumeld said,

Inexperienced driversand cognitively demandingdistractions like texting dontmix well together. Young peoplehave to learn that driving canbe a deadly activity i it isntdone properly and or the saetyo themselves, and the saetyo other road users, they mustput away their phones and justdrive.

student aairs by saying thathe had considered it but hadultimately decided against it,because, he said, Students arestudents. I think one voice ismore eective on the behal oall students.

When asked what his biggestpriority is or the student bodybesides education, Lemons said,I think my biggest priority is

campus saety . . . I think [thatsthe] really important thingright now.

The location at Normsposed some problems. Studentsplaying pool and speakingamong one another were notasked to leave, and it wasdicult to hear. Students,however, spoke up above thenoise and actively participated

during the session. SGA hopesto host other similar meetings inthe uture, but no concrete time,date, or place was mentioned.Lemons did encourage anyone

with concerns or questions tocontact SGA i they please byemailing him or visiting themin their oce on the secondfoor in the Student Union.


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My riends,

On behal o the Student GovernmentAssociation, I would like to welcome everyoneback rom a well deserved Thanksgiving break.I hope everyone was able to get a little rest andrelaxation in preparation or the sprint to theend o the semester and Winter Break.

In serving as your Secretary or InternalAairs, I have a wide range o responsibilities.I run the Student Government AssociationElections, serve on campus-wide committeesto voice student opinions and concerns, andperorm any other duties the President o

Student Body deems necessary or requests.As Chair o the Elections and Publicity Sta,I would like to share with you the opportunityto become involved with the working o StudentGovernment. This week there will be a specialballot to poll students on their opinion o somechanges to the Constitution o the StudentBody. These changes require the student vote,

your vote, in order to be put into eect.The main purposes behind most o these

changes are to clariy wording, x grammaticalerrors, and bring the Constitution in line

with updated practices and policies. I wouldencourage each and every student to go to thelink on the SGA website, http://sga.uncc.edu/,to check out the proposed changes and casttheir vote or or against them. The opportunityto vote will be avail able rom Tuesday December1 at 8:00am until Thursday December 3 at

5:00pm.I would also like to let you know about some

immediate opportunities I have to voice some

o your questions and concerns. I am servingas the student representative on the CampusAccessibility Advisory Committee, which is

working to revamp the ADA Transition Plan oncampus.

I anyone has any concerns about accessibilityon our campus please let me know. We are alsoconsidering the possibility o some student ocus

groups in order to gain some student input onthese matters, i we decide to do this I will beproviding more inormation in the near uture.

In addition to this committee, I have beenappointed to the Faculty Council and will beserving on the Summer Session Committee.Again i anyone has any ideas, questions, orconcerns please let me know, either throughan email or through my mailbox in the SGOCComplex on the second foor o the StudentUnion.

I would like to wish each and every oneo you the very best o luck in completing thesemester and on your exams. I would also

like to ask that everyone stay sae during theupcoming Winter Break.

Rob ThomasSecretary or Internal AairsStudent Government [email protected]

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The Obama administration won the presidentialelection campaigning or change, and as expectedthe nation now remains divided over the premiereissue thus ar; health care reorm. However, whiledaily bylines and blogs are saturated with opinionsconcerning the matter, another issue is beingaddressed close to home; education.

The most recent controversial change tothe American educational system was theimplementation o No Child Let Behind Actby the ederal government in 2002. Since thenthe Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools system hasexperienced an overall increase in test scores, but

high dropout rates have convinced SuperintendentPeter Gorman that a new plan is in order, and hehas just that.

He calls it Strategic Plan 2014: TeachingOur Way to the Top, and one i its chiepriorities includes linking teacher pay to teacherperormance. American teachers have traditionallybeen paid according to level o education and yearso experience. Gorman wants to change that bygiving teachers an economic incentive to increasestudent success.

Translating the idea o paying on commissionrom the business world to the classroom is alreadyresulting in some misunderstandings, since it is yetto be determined how much o teachers salaries

would be determined by student progress or just what determines that progress. Although similarplans have gone into eect across the country,Gormans plan is dependent upon the supporto CMS teachers, many o whom are at leastskeptical. There is the issue o how perormance

compensations will be distributed.Despite the support Gorman has received, thereis still something undamentally unsettling abouthis proposal. There is no doubt that somethingneeds to change in the way Americas children arebeing educated. Constantly scoring behind othernations in areas such as math and science, manyear that uture Americans will not be as globallycompetitive as previous generations have been.

Yes, change is necessary, but at what point will we cross the line between educating and trainingchildren? Widespread standardized testing hasalready put more emphasis on the testing processrather than the learning process. There is a smallbut signicant dierence between rewardingeective teachers with money and enticing them

with money.As CMS continues to experience an achievement

gap not only between ethnic groups but betweenschools, Gorman wil l need to consider ways to keepvaluable teachers at schools that present biggerchallenges. I this persuasion comes in the orm o

a larger paycheck, will this be doing a service or adisservice to youth in need? Do students attendingschools who ail to meet standards need someonethere because o passion, or because o a paycheck?As long as society continues to avor increasing testscores over ostering individual development, it ispossible that these questions will cease to matteranymore.

Perormancerefects pay

The author o the piece makes a reasonable pointin recognizing that many students look to the libraryto provide a quiet, distraction-ree environment in

which to do their work. It would indeed be rude oranyone to disrupt quiet study.

It would be wrong, however, to argue thatall library space should be quiet. Our ongoingresearch o the undergraduate experience leadsus to conclude that modern class work is armore collaborative than it once was, and we seedaily evidence that our students need or groupstudy ar outstrips the handul o enclosed spacesthat the library has available. For that matter, werecognize that students have diering expectationsor background noise, even when theyre workingalone. I eel strongly that library spaces need toaccommodate a much broader range o worktypes and learning styles than the author seems toacknowledge.

Fortunately, we can have it both ways, orany number o ways. The library currently has anumber o quiet zones, and were energeticallyexploring ways to provide more quiet spaces, andto equip them better. But we also intend to providemore spaces conducive to group work, and noisierindividual work. Well do this by doing a better

job o organizing the foor layout and urnishingour spaces such that its easier or ever yone to nd aplace here that works or them.

Well have more to report on this in the comingmonths, but in the meantime, rest assured that yourlibrary intends to support student work in all itsorms, together with great collections, technologies,and an excellent sta available to help with anyassignment.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

In response to Appalling be-

haiors in Atkins Library

JAmie BrownStaff Writer

It is sae to say that students do not enroll incollege or the excellent ood. Food options atschool are a bonus, especially i the ood is good.UNC Charlotte has a variety o options comparedto other schools and there is something oreveryone. However, with over 24,000 students, itshard to please each one.

Think back to those years in middle schooland high school when the lunch ladies servedthat mystery meat that looked like it had alreadybeen digested once. In college, however, studentshave the options o ast ood, caeteria ood, orOuttakes where students can pick out their ownood to cook. Its seems students have becomeso use to complaining that they can not see theprivileges that are right in ront o them.

Our school is great or oering endless options.There are numerous ood options consisting oAsian, Mexican, ood or vegans and vegetarians,as well as the traditional American ood ohamburgers and pizzas; which is way more thenmany schools can say. Though, semester atersemester o eating the same things can become

old, that problem can occur anywhere.A school which will be kept anonymous, had

some hopeless cooks. One would think ater awhile the cooks would get use to the ovens andthe ood would improve, but that was not thecase. Instead, students were served burnt biscuits

every morning, some hash browns that were notonly burnt but also ridiculously dry, and eggs thatwere runny. Now the bagels oered at Ca Ritazaalong with the wafe and cereal alter at the CrownCommons do not seem so terrible.

As soon as 10 a.m. hit, the workers wereeating their breakast leaving the students toserve themselves. Most o the workers at UNCCharlotte, however, are very pleasant. It is sorereshing ater leaving a draining lecture to have

workers greet students, ask how their day is goingand provide a good joke.

Then there are the hours, which has become ahot topic at Charlotte. At the previously mentionedanonymous school, the caeteria opened at 11 a.m.on weekends and the one ast ood option oncampus didnt open until 4 p.m. It was either nobreakast or get some poptarts out o the vendingmachines. While the hours may not be the greatest

at Charlotte, it is still a little better o comparedto others.

Another plus about the ood on our campus,specically reerring to the Crown Commons,is the quality o service. This year, Che RogerLademann, joined the sta, who has cooked or

presidents such as Bill Clinton and George Bush.Compared to some colleges in our area that hirepeople resh out o prison, and have no experience,Charlotte is still better o in this case as wel l. WithLademann, who oversees, leads and controls theday-to-day operations o the Universitys culinaryneeds, UNC Charlotte now has a che withnumerous awards and achievements.

No matter what school a student attends,someone will nd faws with the ood service.Even though there is a home cooking station, themash potatoes wont be the same as your mothers.Sure, the line at Wendys may be long but go toa Wendys outside o school during lunch timeand the same problem will occur. UNC Charlotteprovides something or everyones taste and diet,

which is more that can be said or other schools,and students should learn to appreciate it ratherthan complain about the ood.

Stop complaining and start appreciating

JiLLiAn muLLenStaff Writer

Holiday travel worries are escalating by the day,and with good reason. In many states throughoutthe country, highway rest stops are either closedor in the process o being shut down to save statesmoney and alleviate budget concerns. You knowthe economy is bad when even the highway reststops are eeling the hit.

In her article Fewer Rest Stops Add toThanksgiving Travel Woes, Liz Behler divulgesthat in order to prevent excessive spending, a largepercentage o the 2,500 rest stops along interstatehighways have been shuttered. Some o thosethat are still standing are being renovated; others

have limited hours o operation. Georgia has shutdown two service plazas so ar, and the state is stillconsidering what to do with the rest. Accordingto the Associated Press, Georgia Departmento Transportation press secretary David Spearsestimates that each closed rest area will save thestate $300,000. Weve just got signicant budgetdecits and are trying to nd ways to save money,said Spears.

Considering the soaring number o gas stationsand ast-ood restaurants at exits along the highway,the second look at rest stops makes sense. Someeel rest stops are completely unnecessary becauseo these other options. Wal-Mart is going as aras to oer alternative places to stay by allowingrecreational vehicles to camp out in their parkinglots overnight. Rest stops, as helpul as they may be,are one o the luxuries Americans may have to live

without as a result o the recession.According to AAA, 20 percent o highway car

crashes involve drowsy drivers. This number couldincrease with the decline o rest areas. From atrac saety standpoint, we are concerned aboutit, John Townsend, manager o public relationsor AAAs Mid-Atlantic Club, told the AssociatedPress. Also, because o the wide-open spaces anddistance between rest stops, states like Texas, Iowa,and Kentucky cannot shut down theirs down.

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The new state law that bans texting and emailing while operating a motor vehicle.

North Carolinas statewide ban on texting or emailing while behind the wheel o caris a great idea, however it is going to be difcult to enorce. Like mentioned in thearticle Texting & Driving, now illegal Major Blydenburgh said that it is going to bevery hard law to enorce and fnd those who are breaking the law or the sheer actthat texting in a car may be a very discrete act. Recent studies have shown that tex-ting while driving is similar to have the same reaction time i you are driving whileintoxicated. Despite being a difcult law to enorce, the sta at the University Timesurges the student body to ignore texts while driving. That message is not as impor-tant as your lie.

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intersection

JeSSiCA ArenASStaff Writer

On Thursday, Nov. 19,Robinson Hall opened AnneBelk R. Theater to students,aculty and the Charlottecommunity or the Fall 2009Dance Composition held byUNCC student dancers.

Opening the show was adance that integrated digitalmedia called Whispering toOphiuchus. At rst I thoughtthe touch o digital media was agreat addition, but later I oundit to be a disappointment. Thereason was because the movingbackground provided by thedigital media was a distractionthroughout the perormance.The moving images took mostaudience members attentionaway rom the perormingdancers. The use o the digital

was a tasteul idea, but I eltthat it took away the dancersspotlight and it wasnt a way to

start the evening.The main ocus o the showwas a dedication to the amousMexican artist, Frieda Kahlo.Throughout the show, paintingsby Kahlo were displayed and thedancers emulated the paintingsthrough their interestingcostume design, unique makeup(depicting Kahlos signatureuni-brow look) and especiallyexpressing the drama o thepainting through the movemento their bodies.

Some o the artists amouspaintings displayed thatevening were: Sel-Portrait,Sel-Portrait with VelvetDress, The Wounded Deer,Dream, Memory (TheHeart) and Girl with DeathMask. Along with the dancers

expressing Kahlos paintings,Latin music with strong Spanishguitar rightully set the mood

that moved their bodies.The Frieda Kahlo portiono the perormance was indeeda pleasure to watch. The othersmaller perormances werealso a great addition to theentire showcase. Other notableperormances o the evening

were called The Winter Dance,Burning Consumption, Paxand The R ipple Eect.

It was my rst time viewinga classical and contemporarydance showcase. Overall, theshow exceeded my expectationsand the athleticism and emotionthe dancers displayed blew meaway. Each dancer had suchpoise and unique dance skillsto express the theme o theevening.

Feel the heat owinter with Zumba

JeSSiCA ArenASStaff Writer

Zumba is a un cardioworkout that is provided hereon UNCCs campus or anystudent or aculty member. Allages can really enjoy Zumba ithey love to meet new peopleand are not araid to shake

what their momma gave them.Zumba is a workout that

will keep your body movingand your blood pumping. The

workout is made up o a myr-iad o easy and simple dancetechniques that make an indi-vidual utilize every muscle intheir body. The various typeso music that set the tone othe workout are modern Latin,Reggaeton, Hip-Hop and otherInternational music.

A typical workout routineactively uses the principles ointerval training and resistance.

It helps one train and maximizethe amount o calories burned,at burning and body toning.Zumba helps target areas o thebody such as the legs, arms, glu-tes and abs. It especially puts alot o its ocus on the most im-portant muscle, the heart.

The main idea o this ex-ercise routine is to keep yourbody moving, even i you dontunderstand some o the dancemoves. Zumbas movements area variable mix o body sculpt-ing movements. The types odance are easy to ollow suchas the merengue, mambo, cum-bia, salsa, samba and famenco.

Other well-known dances arehip-hop and belly dance.Zumba is a convenient

workout or any busy collegestudent. The classes are threedays a week and start in theearly evening. Not only is it a

good workout or a busy day, itis also a great way to have somedown time to take the stressaway and meet new people hereon campus.

I love coming to Zumbabecause it really gets you inshape while having un. I havealso met a lot o new peopleby taking the workout class,reshman, Grace Wallace said.

I have been a ollowero Zumba or about 3 yearsand I recommend it to any-one. Every time I leave class,

while sweating bullets, I get asel-satisaction that I had un

while working out. In a room

ull o women, you never eellike you should be embarrassedi you cant get some movesdown, like everything, it justtakes practice. Anyone, danceror not, will enjoy the workoutZumba has to oer.

Fall dance concertdedicated to Frieda Kahlo

tABethA troGdonUTimes Guest Writer

This past Tuesday, DavidWood, one o the originaldevelopers o UNC Charlottes411t website, candidlysubmitted to an interview to

give students the skinny on411t, which is being launchedthis week by students in thepublic health department.

411t is an online trackingtool that allows users to inputthe details o their daily oodintake and exercise to managehealth and tness goals. Wood, acurrent university sta memberand his business partner,Alumni, John Brown, createdthe site in 2003, eventuallychoosing to donate a ree licenseto use the sotware to UNCC twoyears ago. The donation benetsboth students and developers:Students are provided with aree, wellness promoting serviceand an addition to the prestigeo their alma mater; anddevelopers can take advantage

o research unding only oundin a university setting.

When asked about the utureo the site, Wood answered, Itdenitely has potential to get big.The USDAs myoodpyramid.gov and the Daily Plate on LanceArmstrongs livestrong.com are

just two examples o alreadysuccessul online diet and tnesstracking sites like 411t - theDaily Plate alone boasts o over830,000 users. But with suchsuccessul competition, howdoes 411t plan to compete?

Wood and others are ocusingtheir eorts on making 411tmore like the social networkingsite, Facebook. Ater crunchingthe numbers, the evidence isbecoming clear, longevity onthe site and, thereore, weightloss is tied to relationship links

like being able to add riends.Yet, does the add a riendeature really translate into newmembers or just more dedicatedexisting users when there isvirtually no marketing or thesite?

I having only 10,000members with no budget ormarketing makes 411t seemlike a small sh in a big pond,then perhaps we should look atthings rom a dierent angle.Are individual users the ticketto success? Although hopeulabout getting more individualusers registered, Wood seemedboth more interested in andsure o the sites uture rolein developing streamlinedprograms or corporate entities.

411t is currently networking with local businesses, healthdepartments, the county, thestate, universities, and evenUNCC to create tailoredprograms that address eachinstitutions specic worksite

wellness initiatives. The marketis strong or programs dealing

with worksite wellness becauseo the hot political climatesurrounding healthcare andits costs. For now 411t doesnot charge or the service ocreating such programs, buti ever a private, corporate

entity becomes interested inhaving its own program basedon 411t, the website wouldbe commercialized in orderto accept payment or services

which it cannot do while hostedat the university.

In act no matter how

successul 411t becomes,UNCC students may be rontingthe bill or bandwidth, hardware,

web hosting, and support untilthe site is commercialized, and itis presumably an expensive bill.While Wood did not have anyexact gures, he did agree thatultimately the cost was beingsubsidized by student ees in asmuch as student ees contributeto anything and everything thatgoes on, on campus.

So, why does it matter toyou, the student? I joining the

website wont really get at theheart o how 411t is projectedto become successul, whatcan you do to make sure yourmoney is going to work oryou? First o all do register orthe site, you might be able tocontribute valuable suggestions,or you might even be able tomeet some o your own healthand tness goals. Second, getinterested in how your moneygets spent and let the schoolknow what you agree with and

what you dont. Again, 411t, iit is successul, is going to helpour campus compete with other,more prestigious universities.One lucky student might evennd a job helping developerscreate iPhone and Blackberryapplications o the website.

411t.com: theskinny on unding

mAriSA diFronzoGuest Writer

Enthusiasm, passion, andeccentricity three elementsan extraordinary teacherencompasses and reveals to thoseshe interacts with. However,

when describing Mrs. JessicaGarner, those three qualitiesail to do her teaching approach

justice, because her dispositionconsists o ideal qualities thattranscend beyond the status quoo exceptional teaching.

The University o NorthCarolina at Charlotte welcomedGarner, recently named the2009-2010 AT&T NorthCarolina Teacher othe Year, whose homeor the past elevenyears was Porter RidgeHigh School in Union

County. Her diverseaudience consisted oeducation advocatesincluding; NorthCarolina Teaching Fellows,Teacher Cadet participants, theEducation Learning Communityo UNC Charlotte, and numerousother individuals with a stirringinterest in education. The brightsmile that ormed on her aceas she presented pictures o herormer students in her Spanishclasses represented a smallportion o the inimitable zeal shebrings to audiences, includingthe masses o students she hasimpacted throughout her manyyears o teaching.

At the beginning o herspeech, Garner stated that sheloves teaching teachers most,and this was evident as shepresented copious, thought-provoking questions that sparkedaudience members to consider

the practices, methods, andresources. She nds teachingteachers to be essential becausethey are the individuals that havethe power to aect the uture osocietystudents. She openedthe discussion by asking, Whatis your classroom going tolook like? What legacy are yougoing to leave, and why thinknow? The audience could notormulate concrete answers tothese questions; thus, illustratingthat it is today that we mustprepare or the uture.

Ater sharing personalexperiences as a teacher,including experiences rom her

rst ew years, which she reerredto as the survival years, shereinorced that the soul job[o teaching] is not teachingcontent, and that teachers musteducate the child rst. Garneremphasized the tremendousresponsibility teachers have oguiding students as they travelon their individual journeys osel-discovery while teacherssimultaneously strive to make the

world a better place through theintellectual and moral success otheir students.

Garner then proceeded toshow a striking, eective, and

intriguing image o a pair ohuman hands holding the largeworld, alone. This picture urthersupported her idea that people indierent parts o the world arereally not that distant rom oneanother. This picture served as aspringboard or discussion aboutthe essentiality o integratinginventive sources o technologyinto classrooms as utureteachers in order to prepare allstudents or twenty-rst centurylearning. Garner exemplied

ways in which teachers canprepare students or the twenty-rst century by establishingincreased relevance bydiscovering what makes them[the students] tick. She showeda video rom YouTube unveil ing

the three steps or twenty-rstcentury learningcompetition,cooperation, and collaboration,and urther highlightedthe importance o studentscompeting with themselves andcooperating with others in anattempt to make the world a moreinterconnected, successul, andculturally competent place.

Garner incorporatesnumerous, well-known, onlineresources and social networkingcites into her classroomenvironment includingTeacherTube, YouTube, GoogleEarth, ePals, Skype, and Twitter.She nds these resources

benecial becausethey allow orstudents toconnect withothers aroundthe world that are

learning the sametopics they aresince learning issocial and it is

crucial to connect with learnersthroughout the world. Garnersearches or unique ways toget her students engaged andinterested in Spanish. One othe ways in which she does thisis by participating in a serviceproject or the oundation, MiSangre, which the popularColombian singer, Juanes, isresponsible or. It is evident thatshe integrates creative methodso teaching and connecting withher students, both intellectuallyand emotionally, and that is oneo the copious reasons why she,

without a doubt, deserves this

prestigious title as the 2009-2010North Carolina Teacher o theYear.

Throughout Garnersspeech, her agency regarding thenecessity or considering utureteaching styles along with theimportance o utilizing manyother resources besides textbooks was apparent, and shemanaged to grasp interest whileserving as a catalyst or creativethought. She stated, i we arebrave enough to enter the worldo the unknown, we can preparekids or the twenty-rst century.Teachers are in the positionto positively revolutionize the

world, and this capability issomething that should never betaken or granted.

Teacher of the Year leavesher mark on UNC Charlotte

CourtesyofNCTeachingFellows

MCT Campus

Enter the world o the un-known, we can prepare kidsor the twenty-frst century.Jessica Garner, NC Teacher of the Year


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arts&entertainmentAndrew LiChtenhAn

Staff Writer

Xbox Live has come miles with newer innovations thatbring home entertainment tothe hands o its users. Last year

we saw the arrival o Netfixand the new Avatar system, and

with this latest update we seethe addition o new services andsocial networking tools.

Last.m brings its wideselection o user tagged musicto the Xbox, but like the othernew applications, it is verylimited. This allows all usersto immediately jump into themusic quickly. Microsot boaststhat over 3.5 million songsare available, and the servicecontinuously grows. The soundquality is great, and the pictures

that cycle through are all in highdenition and crisp clear.

As you can through the Last.m website, players are still ableto create their own stations,choose rom the many artist lists

preloaded to the menus, and

search the rest o the library. Fora change, it is a dierent swingto have another option or livemusic outside o your computeravailable, but there is very littleversatility.

One could easily just movetheir laptop around the roomand achieve the same eect.Like the other new applications,it cant be used in the dashboardmenu, or in this case, as an in-game soundtrack.

The biggest addition isFacebook. Players are able to login and look at their r iends proleino, pictures, and comments. Aeature that is very nice is theability to see i any o your riendsare on Xbox Live and easily addthem to your Xbox Live riendlist. Unortunately, they musthave logged onto Facebook ontheir Xbox rst. There are someeatures that could be improvedupon. Though you can updateyour status, and make comments,you cant write directly on

riends walls. A bigger hit is that

the server is limited to XboxLive Gold members only. Alsomissing is the ability to updatephotos, links, or any other itemsthat Facebook has to oer. Sono, you cannot play Farmville onit. Overall the experience is verynew, and still growing. The coreo Facebook is available to XboxLive users with a decent amounto fexibility.

Many eatures such as videoand music that are already inplace on the dashboard havebeen reorganized and movedinto the new Zune Marketplace.While some eatures such as HDmovies and shows on demandare not new, they share a newace and organization that manyusers are nding to be a we lcomechange.

The videos are no longerdownloaded, but streamed andbuered or quicker delivery.The most welcome change ismore new content, which is neverbad. A downside is that content

is a bit pricy, and can still only

be purchased with Xbox Livepoints, rather than any realcurrency method.

Finally, Twitter sees a move tothe Xbox as well. Like Facebook,you can update the world withyour tweets, but like its socialnetworking competitor, there aremany limits. The tweeting canonly be done out o a game, anddoesnt allow or eatures likeuploading pictures (yet). It tooshares its ate o being accessibleto Xbox Live Gold membersonly. Overall the navigation is abreeze, and is too another toolor tweeting to the world.

The overall experienceis a great new change anda welcomed addition to thedashboard o Xbox Live. Thefow is very smooth, and thenavigation is easy enough orany user to log in, download thenew updates, and immediatelystream, tweet, post, comment,or listen. One key accessorythat is oten orgot about but

worth mentioning is the XboxMessaging Pad that made theexperience much richer. Withit, typing and entering text is cutdown dramatically, and does not

inhibit the controller eel at all.The new services are available toall Xbox Live account holders,and can all be downloaded inless than 5 minutes.

Anni SimPSonStaff Writer

Id like to preace this bysaying this is not a bad game andthat there are enjoyable aspects.

Its entertaining enough i youlike rst person shooters or iyou liked its predecessor Let4 Dead specically, but Im just

not convinced its worth loadingup Steam to ork over your cashuntil the game comes down inprice, because its $49.99 costmay be too high or me.

Let 4 Dead 2 oers all othe same eatures o the originalgame. Youre in a cooperativegroup with three other people battling seemingly endless

hordes o zombies. The groupcan consist o your riends, thecomputer, or some strangersrom the corners o the Internet.

There are a ew new majoreatures. There are new weapons,new inected characters, and anew mode o the game. Amongthe new inected characters isthe charger, which can grab

your character beore smashinghis ace into the ground.

The spitter does almostexactly what the name implies;it spits nasty mucus that dealsdamage over time across theinected ground. A jockey

jumps on the back o yourcharacter and orces him intothe nearest horde o waitingzombies.

The new mode o play isscavenge mode, whereplayers scavenge or uelto keep power in thegenerators to keep the gamegoing as long as possibleall the while ghting oincoming zombies.

This is to answer hordemode in Gears o War 2,and Nazi Zombies romCall o Duty: World atWar. These options allowthe players to battle thecomputer until they die,

without any real objectivesbesides staying alive.

Some o the neweatures are hilarious. Iyoure not amiliar withthe series at all, you canhold a variety o things includinga weapon o your choice, a pistol(or two) and a melee weapon.

Pistols have unlimited ammo,so theyre great to have, but amelee weapon does oer a ewpretty cool benets. You donthave to worry about rechargingyour ammo, and its a great wayto kill some inected aster than

just smacking them with theback o your gun.

You can use somethingstandard, like a crowbar, orgo wild with a rying pan, an

electric guitar, or (my personalavorite) a machete.

Realistic mode oers what

it says it does; a grittier andtougher look at the game. Itis more dicult, weapons areharder to spot, you dont see thesilhouettes o your teammates,and you can only be revived witha debrillator.

All I have to say aboutrealistic mode is that I reallyhope you liked the witches romthe original, because there aregoing to be a lot o them in their

eerie, wailing glory.I you play this mode, Id

really recommend playingwith your riends. Your newcomrades are equally astalented at walking aroundthese creatures withoutangering them as your oldones were.

Like I said, its not a badgame, and the additionsmade to the game arecool. The new survivorsmake the game amusingand Ellis is vaguelyreminiscent o Tallahassee

rom Zombieland. Istill wouldnt recommendbuying it new, becausenew eatures aside, the

sequel oers too similar a gameexperience to its predecessor.

Xbox Live releases update including Facebook and Twitter

Photo courtesy o ValveScreenshot showing the charger in action.

Repetitive Left 4 Dead 2 may not be worth its high price

Its entertaining enoughi you like the frst personshooters or i you liked itspredecessor Let 4 Deadspecifcally, but Im just notconvinced its worth loadingup Steam to ork over yourcash until the game comesdown in price, because its$49.99 cost may be too highor me.

Anni Simpson

MCT Campus


6/8


ninersports

sportssportsninersportssportssportsSPORTS SCHEDULETrack @ Roaring Tiger Opener Fri.Dec.4,AllDay,Clemson,SC

Mens Basketball @ Louisville Sat.Dec.5,7p.m.,Louisville,KY

Womens Basketball vs UNCA Sat.Dec.5,2p.m.,Charlotte,NC

Mens Basketball vs WSSU Tues.Dec.8,8p.m.,Charlotte,NC

JoSh CArPenterSports Editor

The Charlotte 49ers womensbasketball team (1-5) wentwinless in the Junkanoo Jam overthe Thanksgiving holiday in theBahamas. Charlotte lost gamesagainst South Dakota State andIndiana by scores o 60-56 and72-61 respectively.

Charlotte opened thetournament with a loss againstNCAA Tournament participantSouth Dakota State on T hursday.Despite a career-high 19 pointsrom junior guard KendriaHolmes, the 49ers ell to 1-4 onthe season.

We have to nd a way todo a better job in rebounding,Charlotte coach Karen Astonsaid. The rebounding was thedierence in todays game. Wehave to nd some answers in that

area.Holmes went 4-5 rom

beyond the three-point arc andscored 10 o her 19 points in thesecond hal.

Kendria had a good game,Aston said. She is still workingon her consistency. She shouldbe really comortable by the startin Atlantic 10 play in January.

South Dakota State startedthe game just the way they

wanted, going on a 15-4 scoringrun over the rst six and a halminutes.

Ashley Spriggs scored 14points or her second double-gure scoring game o the seasonto go along with eight rebounds.Erin Floyd also contributeda strong eort or Charlotte,

scoring eight points and pullingdown seven rebounds.To stem the fow o scoring,

Charlotte implemented aull-court press. It worked toperection, as Charlotte then

went on a 10-2 scoring run to cutinto South Dakota States lead

and make the score 17-14 with6:43 let in the hal. Spriggs,Holmes, Floyd and Shannon

McCallum all contributed pointsto the scoring run.For the next ew minutes,

South Dakota States lead wouldstay between 3-5 points. SouthDakota State pulled away alittle bit and took a 31-23 leadinto haltime. Charlotte startedthe second hal on a 16-4 runto take a 39-35 lead with 12:20remaining. A three by Holmesgave the 49ers their rst lead othe game at the 12:55 mark.

Continuing the game trend,South Dakota State would go ona 12-0 run over the next threeminutes to take a 49-39 lead with8:51 remaining. Charlotte thenanswered with a 12-2 run otheir own and tied the score at 51

when Jaquaria Forney knockeddown a pair o ree throws.South Dakota State pulled away

with a 6-0 run over the next twominutes to make the score 57-51

with 2:38 let on the clock.Behind a basket rom Spriggs

and a three rom the wing romMcCallum, the 49ers cut theSouth Dakota State lead to 57-56

with just over a minute let onthe game clock. Down just one

with 22 seconds let, Charlottehad the ball, but a turnover gaveSouth Dakota State the ball andthe win.

The 49ers returned to St.Georges High School the nextday to take on Indiana but didntare any better, losing to theHoosiers 72-61 despite 17 pointsrom Shannon McCallum. Theloss dropped Charlotte to 1-5 on

the season ater they were pickedto nish second in the A-10 inpreseason polls.

We have to get back homeand regroup, head coachKaren Aston said. We did amuch better job rebounding the

basketball tonight. However, wedid not deend very well tonight.We have to get home and work

on getting into a better fow onboth ends o the court.McCallums 19 points

included a near-perect 6-7 romthe oul line. Kendria Holmesand Aysha Jones each added nineor Charlotte, who will returnhome to ace Presbyterian onWednesday at 5:30.

Charlotte nished with aseason-high 49 rebounds andoutscored Indiana in second-chance points, 16-6. AshleySpriggs recorded the rstdouble-digit rebounding gameo the season or Charlotte with10 while McCallum pulled downnine.

Charlotte scored ve o thegames rst seven points and

jumped out to an early 5-2 lead.Indiana then answered with ourconsecutive points to take thelead, 6-5. Charlotte tied the scoreat nine at the 11:26 mark butIndiana then went on a 14-7 runto make the score 23-16 with justunder seven minutes remainingin the hal.

Charlotte cut Indianas leadto three points several timesthroughout the remainder o thehal and Holmes rounded outthe scoring when she knockeddown a jump shot to make thescore 29-26.

Indiana took control o thegame in the second hal andpushed their lead to as muchas 17 at the 5:45 mark. WithIndiana leading 60-43 at the4:52 mark, Charlotte would goon a 15-7 run over the next or

minutes to cut the Indiana leadto nine. However, thats as closeas Charlotte would get as theHoosiers knocked down ve reethrows in the nal 41 seconds.

The 49ers will now begin aour-game homestand.


With eight returninglettermen and ve talentednewcomers, University oLouisville mens basketballcoach Rick Pitino has a brightuture or his ninth Cardinalteam.

Last season, PitinosCards attained their rst-everAssociated Press No. 1 nationalranking, achieving that positionin the nal poll o the season.

Louisville won its rst-ever Big East Conerenceregular season title. They also

won the league tournamentchampionship.

Louisville entered theNCAA Tournament as theoverall No. 1 seed and reachedthe Elite Eight or the secondseason in as many years.

The Cardinals leadershipstarts in the backcourt with apair o 6-2 senior guards andco-captains in Jerry Smith andEdgar Sosa. Smith averaged7.8 points per game last seasonand knocked down 54 three-point eld goals, ranking sixthin the Big East in three-point

percentage.Sosa averaged 7.3 points

and 2.4 assists as a junior whilestarting 18 games in the Cardsbackcourt. He has scored inthe double-gures in 38 careergames and is 70 points shy o1,000 or his career.

As a reshman, 6-9 orwardSamardo Samuels was theseventh-leading reshmanscorer ever at Louisville with11.8 points per game.

He ranked 11th in the BigEast in blocked shots (1.3)and was seventh in eld goalpercentage (.578) and grabbed

4.9 rebounds per game.A member o the Big EastAll-Rookie team, his 51 dunks

were the second most ever ina single season at U o L.

As o Nov. 30, Louisvilleis 4-1 in a young season.Samuels leads the team with16.6 points per game whilepulling down seven reboundsper contest.

Sosa ranks second on theteam with 13.8 points pergame and is averaging 26.4minutes per game.

Charlotte aces a sti teston the road in this one. To stay

with the Cardinals Charlotte will have to get rid o thoseearly-game jitters they showedat Duke and cut down on thenumber o turnovers.

I the 49ers can get theball inside to orward ShamariSpears and knock down areasonable number o three-pointers, they shouldnt haveany trouble hanging with RickPitino.

Tough luck inthe BahamasCharlotte dropped two games to South Dakota State andthe University of Indiana 60-56 and 72-61, respectively

The 49ers will look to rebound rom the disappointing losses in the Junka-noo Jam when they return home or a our-game home stand.

Photo/Will Grier

A look ahead: LouisvilleThe defending Big East Champions will

provide a very sturdy test for the 49ers.

Pitino returns two startersrom last years squad.

Two 49ers selected inNBA D-League DratWithers and Goldwire are looking tomake the big jump to the NBA

Goldwire was a prominent outside shooterduring his time with the 49ers.

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Former Charlotte 49ermens basketball starsCurtis Withers and LeemireGoldwire were selected inthe NBA D-League drat lastmonth.

Withers played in 117games or the 49ers with 104starts. He was a three-timeteam MVP in 2004, 2005and 2006 and averaged 15.0points and 30.3 minutes percontest during his career.

Withers is seventh all-timein career points with 1,750,third all-time in rebounds

with 1,042 and second all-time in double-doubles with42.

As a senior in 2005-06,Withers was second on theteam with 16.1 points per gameand rst in blocked shots with28. He was selected 11th overallby the Dakota Wizards.

Goldwire was a two-time

MVP o the 49ers in 2007 and2008. He was ninth all-time incareer points with 1,677 pointsand second all-time with 343career three-pointers made.His 128 three-pointers made inthe 2008 season ranked second

most in a single season in schoolhistory.

As a senior in 2006-07,Goldwire played and startedin 34 games or Charlotte,averaging 18.6 points per game,4.4 rebounds and 33.2 minuteso playing time. In 2008, hehad six games o 30 points or

more, including a career-high39 against St. Bonaventure.Goldwire was selected by theSioux Falls Skyorce in theourth round.

The NBA DevelopmentLeague, ounded in 2001,

is the NBAs ocial minorleague whose teams have directaliations to NBA ranchises.In the 2009-10 season, theleague will consist o 16 teams,including the debut o theMaine Red Claws and theSpringeld Armor.

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. Charlotte MBA FairDec. 3 rom 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. in the Student Union. There will be tables setup with representatives o more than 15 dierent schools with MBA programs.Students will be able to collect materials and ask questions about the programs.There will also be a Panel Discussion giving students tips on admission, and theGMAT. For more inormation contact Maria Borrelli at [email protected]

. UAG KickoffThe University Advocacy Group (UAG) will host their kicko at the Belk Towernext week. The UAG is promoting school pride and they are known or their Iit isnt 49er gear, get it out o here campaign. For more inormation contact RobMcCormick at [email protected]

.Childrens Story & Craft Hour

Dec. 5 rom 10:30 until 11:30 a.m. in the bookstore. Bookstore employees will bereading The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup. Ater the book reading,there will be a chance or children to make a ree Christmas crat. Rereshments

will be provided. For more inormation contact Ericka Klutz at [email protected]

. International Coffee HourDec. 3 rom 4p.m. until 6p.m.. The International Programs sponsored InternationalCoee Hour is a un way or American and international students to come togetherover a warm cup o coee and music. The event will take place in The ProspectorFaculty/ Sta Dining Room (a.k.a The Gold Room). Coee, tea, and snacks willbe provided.

.True Ballers 3 on 3 Hoop Tournament

Dec. 6 rom 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Belk Gym. To register or the 3 on 3Hoops Tournament there is a $25 registration ee or a three to ve player team.Beginners are welcome too. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winning team. Formore inormation contact Terell Torre at [email protected]

. College of Computing and Informatics Holiday Silly-FormalDec. 9 rom 8:00 p.m. until 12:00 a.m.. The rst annual Holiday Silly-Formal ishosted by the College o Computing and Inormatics (CCI) in Student Union 340G, H, and I. The dress is semi-ormal, but more un, so tuxedo t-shirts are welcome.There will be a buet style dinner and un or everyone. For more inormation,contact Katelyn Doran at [email protected]

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. Organizational Science Student Research IncubatorDec. 8 rom 12:30 until 1:30 p.m. in Cone 111. I you are interested in or are evenconducting research on organizations, or you are interested in getting to knowgraduate students in the Organizational Science PhD program, come out to theStudent-Only Research Incubator. Students will also be able to talk about waysto improve teamwork and communication skill s in research groups. A light lunch

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