This month’s faculty member spotlight is being placed on professor Cloyd Goodrum for his dedication to the University and his students. Goodrum came to UNC Charlotte in the summer of 1989 as a part-time faculty member.
There seems to be a lot of new things in store for spring 2009. New policies, new Greeks, new beginnings and new endings but most importantly there is a new graduating class of 2009. With graduation right around the corner, many are so ready to start that new life and branch out, truly, in to the real world.
After 5 years of college but no degree, UNC Charlotte helped to get her foot in the door
The little red light achieved an amused reaction from 32-year-old Rhiannon Bowman. “It’s kind of different being on the other side of the tape recorder,” said Bowman, Communications major, Mass Media track, and Journalism minor.
Visiting the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Store in North Carolina is the final challenge in the “21-Year Old Gauntlet” – the list of naughty things to do by the age of 21 that many college students in North Carolina attempt to complete. Other notches include visiting a strip club, buying a pack of cigarettes, and shooting a gun. However, few know what the ABC Stores’ principles are or where the profits go.
With exams closing in, students are finding different methods for how to stay awake
Energy Drinks: college kids are addicted. It takes more than just motivation and coffee to keep kids up for an all-nighter. There are many different types of energy drinks out there; most with Guarana, Taurine, and dangerously high amounts of caffeine.
UNCC organization offers its students a chance to get out and enjoy the outdoors
Want to participate in fun, enriching outdoor activities? How about doing these activities while gaining leadership experience and a chance to learn about yourself, others and, of course, the environment? Well, if your answer to the questions were yes, the Venture Organization is for you.
With baseball in its opening week, will the Chicago Cubs break their infamous curses
The Boston Red Sox had one: the Curse of The Great Bambino. They beat it, and went on to win the World Series. Does that one instance make these supposed baseball curses phony? The Chicago Cubs are another cursed team doomed to never win another World Series, which has held true since 1908.
Who or what organization would dare steal from the Dalai Lama? It seems as if no one would be hold enough to steal from one of the world’s most known figureheads, but Canadian researchers have concluded that GhostNet has found the courage.
Online dating site creates a special service specifically for homosexual clientele
Television viewers are constantly bombarded with advertisements for online matchmaking services. These commercials often feature happy couples who share their testimonies, or psychologists who assure that these services connect people on many mental and emotional levels.
This semester, the UNC Charlotte community has been joined by artist-in-residence to the Department of Africana Studies, T.J. Reddy. During the semester, Reddy has taught the 2000-level course “Hip-Hop and Rap,” as well as given two public lectures, an exhibit of his work, and led a workshop on art and education for faculty and staff.
Who is a leader? According to Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, it is someone who leads or conducts; a guide, especially: (a) One who goes first (b) One having authority to direct.
With SGA Presidential Elections going on until tomorrow, it is important to ask, “What can the president get done?” Countless initiatives are brought through SGA every year, some of which are repetitive and never answered.
Dark lights and high volume, heavy sweat and new friends. Nights to remember, and nights to forget. UNC Charlotte is lucky enough to have the biggest city between Virginia and South Carolina in our backyard.
They say the average person spends an average of 6 hours a day in front of a television or computer screen. Meanwhile, the average college students have at least 12 credit hours a semester for them to sort through already.
Many people may not have heard of a Ponzi scheme, much less understand what it is. However, a Ponzi scheme is what Bernard Madoff is now famous for. According to members.impuse.net, a Ponzi scheme is an investment scheme in which returns are paid to earlier investors, entirely out of money paid into the scheme by newer investors.
Are you trying to fill up some spare time on campus? You have all your homework under control, have an hour or more between classes, can’t sit any longer in the library staring at the computer screen or textbook – but you don’t know what you can do on campus.
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