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NINERTIMESNew on NinerOnline.com: Check out ‘Things UNC Charlotte Students Say Part Duex’ from Queen City Crankers.

RE:Generation: Screening again on Feb. 23, this movie follows several DJs and their attenpt to redefi ne genres.

Stroll Competition: Members of Chi Upsilon Sigma are hosting a stroll competition to raise awareness and money for the I Have A Dream Foundation which helps students though educational opportunities.

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A STUDY ABROAD

PERSPECTIVEThinking about studying aboad dur-ing your college career?

Get the scoop from an international student on UNC Charlotte’s campus about his time aboad in the United State.

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SKETCHY CAMPUS

LOCATIONS

Check out some of the creepiest spots on campus including ‘the tunnel,’ Bon-

nie Cone’s grave, and ‘rape lot.’

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TWO 49ER CATCHERSRODRIGUEZ AND STEEDLY

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A&E OPINION SPORTS LIFESTYLE

Ciera ChoateNEWS@NINERONL INE.COM

Although the North Carolina primary will not take place until May 8, UNC Char-lotte students like Daniel Rufty are work-ing, not just in the state, but all over the country, to promote their choice candi-date’s message.

Rufty currently holds the position of co-chairman in the Youth for Ron Paul Char-lotte student organization on campus, the only student organization at UNC Charlotte dedicated to the work of one Republican candidate.

Rufty is also a member of the College Republicans, however they do not cur-rently endorse any candidate and will not do so until after the primary elections are completed.

“It’s important to know that the UNC Charlotte College Republicans do not en-dorse a candidate until after the primary, so many members will have differing opin-ions on who they feel would be the better choice at this moment,” said the President of the College Republicans Andrew Kenny.

Rufty believes the nomination of Paul for the Republican candidate is the only way to remove President Barak Obama from the presidency.

“The only way to beat Obama is if Ron Paul gets nominated. That is an educated response that’s not just my theory. When it comes down to Romney the people that

are tired of Obama see that Romney is no different,” said Rufty.

According to Pew Research Center Pub-lication President Obama’s received 66 percent of the 18 to 29-years-old group of votes in the 2008 election, while John Mc-Cain’s only gained 33 percent of that age group’s votes.

The focus now falls on the 2012 election and who will control the vote of the youth.

“Ron Paul, so far, has been the best at generating energy of young voters, in part I think it’s because of the clarity of his liber-tarian stance.

Also part of that is his anti-war stance that is unique in the Republican Party, which is also a key reason why Obama was able to attract a lot of young people’s sup-port in 2008,”said Eric Heberlig, a politi-cal science professor at UNC Charlotte on which Republican candidate he thinks will generate the most support from young vot-ers.

When asked what candidate will take the vote of the 18 to 29-years-old age group Rufty also believes Paul has what it takes.

“I think [young voters] are an important thing that the GOP hasn’t caught onto yet. Ron Paul really excites the younger people. If you look on any college campuse, the only group for a certain candidate is Ron Paul,” he said.

Although some think Paul relates the most to the younger voters, there will also be the work of getting them to the polls.

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Charlotte 49ers’ DeMario Mayfi eld was arrested on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge Tuesday, Feb. 14 by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.

The sophomore transfer from Georgia was suspended from the Wednesday, Feb. 15 game against the Dayton Flyers for a violation of team rules, likely related to his arrest. The press release states the Mayfi eld was only

serving a one-game suspension. Whether or not any further disciplinary action will be taken remains a question.

Mayfi eld is currently third on the team in points per game with 10.7, second in assists with 58 and third in rebound per game with 6.8.

According to the North Carolina Court System’s website. Mayfi eld currently has two court dates for misdemeanor marijuana possession. Whether the two dates are related is unclear; the Sheriff’s department arrest inquiry database shows only one arrest.

This incident comes less than three weeks after KJ Sherrill was suspended for the game against Temple on Jan. 25 for an undisclosed rule violation. Seniors Derrio Green and Javarris Barnett were also benched at the start of that game for rules violations.

Charlotte’s Athletic Department was unable to comment on the incident.

Basketball player arrested for marijuana

Art show raises awareness for Middle East

confl ict

Student works for “liberty and freedom”

Sarah ObeidSOBE [email protected]

UNC Charlotte organization Amnesty International will host an event concern-ing Palestinian art and resistance in rela-tion to the wall Israel established in 2003. This event will take place Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Lucas Room. William Parry, a guest speaker from Brit-ain, will be attending the event.

Parry will discuss how the art and graf-fi ti drawn by the Palestinians on the Israeli Wall has become a way to express resis-tance and unity. Instead of using violent ways to speak up against the wall, many Palestinians are trying to convert their re-sentment into art forms.

“There are images of both Palestinian and Israeli sentiments drawn along the wall. The Palestinians often mark graffi ti conveying how they are discontent with not having access to necessary resources,” said Jannat Majeed, UNC Charlotte senior and

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The Isreali West Bank Barrier, built in 2003, was erected after an outbreak of Palestin-ian violence to prevent further attacks of this nature. Isreal officials are currently proposing this be the barrier between the two countries. Photo courtesy of William Parry

Photo courtesy of CMPD

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Despite a fourth place standing at the end of Friday’s competition, the Charlotte 49ers Women’s Track and Field team re-grouped and won the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championship Sunday after-noon. The team, which also won the Atlan-tic 10 Outdoor Championship last season, outshined the A-10 fi eld by 53.5 points, taking home six individual conference titles and one relay title.

“In the women’s meet we really felt con-fi dent throughout the day and just kept fo-cused on putting up the points we knew we could,” said Bob Olsen the director of Char-lotte Track and Field.

“We had a couple of ups and downs but in the end fi nished about where we expect-ed with regards to a point title and victory. With such a young team the next few years look to be very exciting.”

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Women’s Track A-10

Champs

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There are over 300 blue emergency phones across campus. These phones are placed in areas where students frequently go which could be dangerous.

Despite the amount of emergency phones on campus, chief of campus police with the Police and Public Safety Depart-ment, Jeffrey Baker, says the most danger-ous spot for students is actually off campus.

The most dangerous spot for students is anywhere they attempt to cross Highway 49, says Baker.

“Cars go way too fast and at night it can be diffi cult when people want to cross in ar-eas other then where there are crosswalks. It’s dangerous,” he said.

Baker says that campus police do not receive very many calls due to students get-ting hit by cars in this area, however.

“We’ve actually started making sure that our offi cers who work that sector pa-trol the area right in front of the campus to help slow cars down and maintain traffi c enforcement in those areas,” said Baker.

“We haven’t had too many calls, but we have had students hit. And we’ve had bicy-clists hit.”

Individuals trying to cross the street in the wrong place isn’t the only time when UNC Charlotte students are in danger of getting hit by a car.

Baker says that people drive too fast on campus all the time.

At night and when students are trying to get to classes are two of the worst times

for students and drivers on campus roads.“If everyone just slows down it would be

far less of a problem,” he said.Other dangerous places for students,

Baker says, are covered by the blue emer-gency phones, by the police towers that ro-tate between parking lots and by the foot beats of campus police offi cers.

“This is where they park their vehicle and get out and walk,” says Baker.

The blue emergency phones, which are placed in “high concentrated areas where students go the most,” said Baker, are not indicative of places where the most crimes happen.

With four squads patrolling campus, two at night and two during the day, cam-pus police are working to make these areas even safer.

In 2008 the percentage of youth voters was at a high of 66 percent for the Demo-cratic Party when it was only 54 percent for the 2004 presidential election.

The Republican Party pulled out less young voters in 2008 then the previous election with 32 percent of the young vote in 2008 and 45 percent in 2004.

“I was really surprised with Obama’s ability to [pull out the young voters] in 2008 so doing it twice would be pretty amazing, particularly since having been president and having to make the decisions that alienate people it’s going to be harder to do this time,” said Heberlig.

The current rise in tuition for college students leads Rufty to believe young vot-ers will be more active in this election due to Paul’s stance on removal of the federal government from education.

“Once you get the idea that the U.S. gov-ernment isn’t so perfect it starts to open your eyes to things like what are they doing with education? Well they are pretty much controlling everything, not just public schools but also private schools and even colleges,” said Rufty.

“People wonder why tuition keeps going up in college. It’s not because of infl ation

but because the government keeps get-ting involved. Involvement is growing and growing and there’s a positive correlation between that and your tuition going up.”

The only thing Rufty sees standing in the way of Paul engaging the young voters is the media and what he believes to be a blind following of Americans.

Rufty thinks the public only votes for who the media gives a majority of their at-tention to, but also thinks as people begin to trust the media less they will begin doing their own research and be more informed voters.

“Most people don’t research the candi-dates. They don’t spend the time to look at their background and do independent research. They watch Fox News or CNN, and CNN tells them its Romney, so they go with Romney,” said Rufty.

“People are losing trust in the media. That’s going to be pretty big if people lose trust in what they hear on TV they will go elsewhere for their information.”

Rufty gives the credit for the win of Gingrich in South Carolina and Santorum in Iowa to the media. However, he doesn’t think this will stop the younger voters from stepping up for “freedom and liberty,” which Paul stands for.

According to Rufty the heart of the Paul campaign is getting back the freedom and liberty Americans have “lost and want back.”

He feels that to do this our government must be more focused on the powers it is given in the Constitution and not over step-ping its boundaries.

“The Constitution is a handbook for our government to follow. It’s not laws for us. It’s laws for them. Here lately in politics they haven’t been following those laws,” he said. He wants the government to reduce it’s infl uence in the states by becoming “short and simple,” like the Constitution.

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Television and movies portray police offi cers as individuals who respond to cut-throat situations, saving helpless people from the danger that lurks around every corner.

At UNC Charlotte our Police and Pub-lic Safety Department employs 40 offi cers who work to keep campus safe for students, faculty, staff and visitors.

They respond to weekly incidents of lar-ceny, auto accidents, vandalism and drug abuse. Some days the incidents lead to ar-rests.

Other days, campus police receive calls for service that are not as serious.

Sometimes the calls are downright ri-diculous. Jeffrey Baker, chief of police at UNC Charlotte, recalls one of those times.

“In policing, there are so many crazy calls. And I’ve spent a lot of time policing,” said Baker as he refl ected on his two years working with the UNC Charlotte police.

“I guess the most ridiculous call would be when we had a call from a person that wanted to speak with an offi cer because they were told they couldn’t sit in a class-room.”

This individual was attempting to use the resources inside the classroom for what they said was work for another university.

“They say that as part of their work for [the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)] they needed to use our facilities,” said Baker.

“Well fi rst of all, he wasn’t really a MIT student. He was a little touched.”

Campus police escorted the individual off campus. “We told him he couldn’t do that,” said Baker.

“That was just a kind of crazy little call that came to mind.”

Look both ways before crossing

One incident leaves a lasting

memory

secretary of Amnesty International.Majeed explains that Palestinians are

mainly the ones who are protesting the Wall and use as art and graffi ti as a means to try end confl ict.

However, she also says that anti-war ac-tivists in Israel have joined the Palestinians in wanting to establish some sort of peace agreement.

“Parry wrote a book called ‘Against the Wall.’ His book talks about the impact of the wall and how the Palestinians deal with the injustices they face on an everyday ba-sis,” said Majeed. “There may be a possible book signing, but this may or may not hap-pen.”

The idea behind the art and graffi ti is to protest not only against the problems the wall causes but also to end or slow down war. One such problem is that the wall blocks Palestinians from getting to hospi-tals and workplaces.

The event provides guests with more than just a speaker to listen to.

There will be a table for refreshments and performances from two Palestinian hip-hop artists, Khaki Mustafa and Ahmed.

These local performers will be singing about Arab identity, their views on the Pal-estinian-Israeli confl ict and feelings about the wall. At the end of the event, Parry will be holding a Q&A session.

“Amnesty International looks at an event like this with a human rights stand-point. We are not bias. We are not for or against the wall, more so, we look at the overall legality of the wall itself. We just feel Israel has overstepped its boundaries, considering it overlooked a UN resolution condemning the wall,” said Majeed.

The event is open to the public and WFAE radio station will be on campus from 9 to 10 a.m. doing interviews.

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Ron Paul, who is running for the Republican nomination in the 2012 election. MCT Campus

door Championship was Niner fresh-man T’Sheila Mungo who broke both the Charlotte record and the A-10 record in the 500-meter dash.

A Charlotte native, Mungo graduated from Independence high school and holds the Mecklenburg County record for the 400-meter dash

Mungo was not the only freshman con-ference title winner for the Niners at the championship meet. Freshmen Jaleah Wilder won the 400-meter dash, and the freshman trio of LeAnna Morrison, Wilder and Mungo, along with senior Cecily Young won the 4x400-meter relay.

Before leaving for the meet, Olsen com-mented, “we are really excited about a lot of our leaders because they are young. We have a very large freshman class on the women’s side this year. A very powerful one, and it’s not unthinkable for us to may be come out of this weekend with several conference champions that are freshman.”

Other successful freshmen at the meet were Rachel Miller and Jenna Christensen. Miller fi nished fourth in the 800-meter run behind sophomore Maraya Slatter who won the event and took the conference title.

To add to the overall Niners’ success, the Men’s Track and Field Team placed second in the conference, falling short to conference rivals Rhode Island.

On the men’s side, the team totaled four conference crowns, including two by senior Jake Wainwright who won both the long jump and the heptathlon.

Senior Sam Jordan took conference ti-tle in the 60-meter dash, and senior Isaac McReynolds won 60-meter hurtles.

“It would be nice of course to come away with two team championships,” said Olsen, “but I think it’s evident we have the best overall track and fi eld program in the con-ference when considering both genders by institution.”

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The UNC Charlotte Police and Public Saftey Department has many modes of transportation to better cover the campus. Officers can be seen walking, traveling by mule (a four-wheeler), or driving different automobiles. Photo by Oleg Zigalenko


Police BlotterLARCENYFeb. 10• Sanford Hall, an unknown subject re-moved secured bicycle from bike rack.• Lot 6, an unknown suspect removed a cataltic converter from a vehicle that was parked and unattended.Feb. 13• Friday Bldg., an unknown subject re-moved property without permission.Feb. 14• CAB Lane, unknown subject removed property without permission.

CALLS FOR SERVICEFeb. 10• University City Blvd., offi cer responded to a call in reference to a sex offender in N.C.Feb. 12• Lot 25, offi cer responded to a call in reference to a male pushing a female.Feb. 14• Fretwell Bldg., verbal confrontation be-tween classmates occurred after class.Feb. 16• Craver Rd., known subject caused a disturbance in a public area.• Off campus, offi cer assisted CMPD in

reference to intoxicated males who were students of the university.

ACCIDENTFeb. 10• Van Landingham Rd., while making a wide left hand turndriver struck another vehicle.Feb. 13• High Rise Rd., driver let go of the clutch too rapidly causing vehicle to strike a concrete lamp post.• Mary Alexander Rd., vehicle one struck vehicle two in the rear.• Van Landingham Rd., vehicle one struck vehicle two in the rear.Feb. 14• East Deck, driver struck another vehicle while backing out of a parking space.• Craver Rd., while backing out of a park-ing space, driver struck another vehicle.• Lot 8, driver struck another vehicle while backing out of a space.Feb. 16• Mary Alexander Rd., driver struck a metal bollard at the loading dock.• East Deck, vehicle one struck vehicle two on the passenger side door while backing out of a parking space.• Cameron Blvd., driver over corrected

causing vehicle to slide left and fl ip on its side.• Robert D. Snyder Rd., while pulling out of parking space driver struck another vehicle.

VANDALISMFeb. 10• Lot 16, offi cer noticed the entrance gate was broken and lying on the ground.Feb. 14• Lot 7, victim’s vehicle was damaged while parked and unattended.• Van Landingham Rd., known subject attempted to drive off with a parking boot causing damage to the boot.Feb. 16• Lot 8, an unknown subject broke out the windows of two vehicles.• Lot 19, an unknown subject put nails into front passenger tire.

ARRESTFeb. 11• University City Blvd., subject operated a vehicle while license revoked.Feb. 14• Craver Rd., known subject concealed items in her backpack.

Feb. 16• FM & Police Bldg., student fount in pos-session of drugs and drug paraphernalia.

HIT AND RUNFeb. 12• Lot 20, victim’s vehicle was damaged while parked and unattended.Feb. 13• West Deck, driver’s vehicle was damaged while parked and unattended.

FRAUDFeb. 14• Cedar Hall, victim’s card was taken and used without permission by an acquain-tance.

TRESPASSINGFeb. 14• Student Activity Center, previously tres-passed suspect found on campus.

BURGLARYFeb. 16• Lynch Hall, an unknown subject entered unsecured rooms and removed money without permission.

Man arrested on campusSaturday, Feb. 11,

2012, Phillip Hoffman was arrested on cam-pus for driving while license revoked. The incident occurred at ap-proximately 2:30 a.m. on University City Blvd. Hoffman is not a UNC Charlotte student and graduated from Cen-tral Cabarrus High School in 2008. Eden Creamer

Item concealmentKrystal Murphy, 19,

was arrested on campus Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Murphy, who was ar-rested on Craver Rd., was found with concealed items in her book bag. Murphy was then charged with unlawful concealment. The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. Murphy is not a UNC Charlotte student and why she was on Craver Rd. with a backpack is unknown.Eden Creamer

Trespassing on Valentine’s Day

Desmond Hairston was arrested on cam-pus Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, around 7 p.m. The 22-year-old was ar-rested for second degree trespassing, after he was notifi ed not to come onto campus at a previ-ous date. The incident occurred at the Stu-dent Activity Center. Hairston is not a UNC Charlotte student. Eden Creamer

Man arrested for possession of marijuana

Matthew Leibel, a civil engineering tech-nology major at UNC Charlotte, was arrest-ed Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The ar-rest occurred around 7:30 p.m. at the FM & Police Bldg. Leibel lives in Hawthorn Hall. Eden Creamer


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Sparkling clean teeth and a new toothbrush are no longer the only advantages to getting your dental check-up. Dentists can tell many things from just a simple check-up, including symptoms of many diseases such as diabetes and oral cancer.

Dentists can also detect how well you take care of your teeth and if you have a healthy diet.

One thing college students are not known for is their healthy eating habits and with mom no longer nagging you to schedule your six month check up it may have descended quite a bit on your priority list.

However, with most college students addicted to energy drinks and fast food these years may be the most important to schedule an appointment and get some advice on ways to improve these bad habits.

Not convinced the dentist is worth your time? You may want to ask yourself why that is. Personally my least favorite part of the dentist is the fl ossing. This dreaded act is usually preceded by the question, “So, How often do you fl oss?” To which I respond, “Well, I do it occasionally.” Of course by that I mean that rare occurrence when you get some popcorn stuck between your teeth or maybe if you’re out of ways to

procrastinate on your essay and you have already alphabetized your books and color-coded your closet.

In the end if you brush and fl oss regularly the dentist won’t be nearly as awful and it could prevent p e r i o d o n t a l disease or tooth decay which cost a lot of money to amend. As my dentist always says, “fl oss the teeth you want to keep.”

Shockingly, energy drinks, sodas and ramen are not only detrimental to your health but also your teeth. Bacteria in your mouth convert sugar to acid which in turn erodes your enamel causing cavities. Realistically you probably aren’t going to just stop drinking those super addictive red bulls, however, there are many things that you can do to at least delay the process.

First and foremost never drink a sugary drink by itself always pair it with a snack. Another tip is to brush your teeth after you eat or drink something sweet.

As soon as the sugar enters your mouth and turns to acid it spends the next 20

minutes attacking your teeth hoping to encroach on the nerve and blood supply of the tooth resulting in a painful tooth ache (dentistry.com). The sooner you brush your teeth the less time it has to do so.

Cancer, diabetes and heart disease are all very prevalent, very serious diseases in the world today. These diseases are systemic which if you are in biology you know all about.

Basically they enter your blood stream and travel all around your body. Manifestations can be found in many places, your mouth being one of them. Some examples of these manifestations are swollen gums, mouth ulcers, dry mouth and excessive gum problems.

You may think these things could never happen to you but contrary to what most college students believe you aren’t invincible.

Although there is not a dentist on campus there are quite a few close to school. The Student Health Center suggests calling your insurance provider and fi nding out which dentists are covered and which are not. We all like our teeth right? Can’t you dedicate an hour every 6 months to what 83 percent of people believe are more important to their appearance than hair and eyes.

the dentist won’t be nearly as awful and it could prevent p e r i o d o n t a l disease or tooth decay

my dentist always says,

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When we come to college we come here for more than the grades. We all get a les-son in life, culture and fi nding out who we are.

Coming to UNC Charlotte we are all learning the lessons of independence and experiencing living in a different place with different people. So what would the differ-ence be between staying here for four years and spending a year studying in another country?

As a student from Kingston University in London on an exchange here in Char-lotte for an academic year I can say that I would push anybody to take the opportu-nity and embrace the chance to experience another culture.

My experience at UNC Charlotte has been probably the best experience of my life. The difference of college here and col-lege in the United Kingdom is huge. Aca-demically the systems are similar but the lifestyles are a million miles apart.

Landing here in August I didn’t know what to expect. I walked out of Charlotte Douglass International Airport after a 12 hour trip and was blown away at the differ-ence that one plane journey can make.

The obvious thing at fi rst was the ac-

cents and the weather. Even at 3am when I landed the humidity and the hospitality was jaw dropping. Since that day I have been fortunate enough to have the full American college experience. I mean I didn’t even know what beer pong was until I arrived here.

Some of the things that American peo-ple do on a daily or weekly basis are some things that I have never even heard of.

A couple examples of this are things like mac and cheese and Four Loko. There is also the difference of how Americans party, I consider myself a party animal and I love to drink but when we party back in England we have a few drinks and hit two or three clubs and stroll home at 4am.

Whereas in the U.S. I can go over to somebody’s apartment and the drinking can resume there all night. To me this is a weird way to spend a night out not in a bad way but it is a very different atmosphere.

If a student from UNC Charlotte were to go to London for one or two semesters they would not believe how different college life is. People always ask me things like, “So do you always eat fi sh and chips?” or “Why do you guys drive on the wrong side of the road?” and the best one that is “So why would you want to come to Charlotte?”

These questions get asked every day and my answer to all of them is, “Go to London

and fi nd out for yourself.” Study abroad al-lows people to embrace another culture. I thought I knew a lot about this country but I didn’t know anything.

I used to describe Americans as fat yanks that sat and played Xbox all day, eat-ing fast food whilst complaining how gas prices were too high. Now I know that what I thought was completely wrong. I love this country and feel at home walking around campus I even missed the U.S. over Christ-mas break, it’s that amazingly different here.

If I was an American student I would honestly be thinking about the hot Inter-national girls, the lower drinking ages, the special attention you will receive from professors, the amazing food, the differ-ent social events, the different sports and the general fact that you are establishing yourself and making international contacts for the future and if you are studying a lan-guage then it can be a bonus.

In 2010, 260,327 American students got on a plane and took their studies to another country; International Education Exchange reports and shows how popular the decision is.

If the opportunity comes, take it, it is very necessary and it will change you and mold you as a person with one great experi-ence to add to a resume.

Dentist commits murder Weapon: fl oss

Is an international education worth it?


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Is it just me or does every single person on this cam-pus listen to every type of music there is?

It seems that whenever I am to ask someone what type of music they enjoy, they always give me the exact same answer, “I like everything.”

So drop the generic “I am open-minded” answer and think to yourself what type of music you truly get down to. Then ask yourself, “Don’t I wish I really was familiar with more?”

While the Grammys award show was spoon-feeding everyone the same old thing you hear on the radio every day last week, the people behind the awards had an ace in the hole; one in the form of a film that was shown at AMC Carolina Pavilion 22 on South Boulevard on Thursday, Feb. 16.

Lucky for you, it’s returning for one more showing at the same place on Feb. 23.

The film, presented by Hyundai Veloster in asso-ciation with The Grammys, is titled “RE:Generation” and it captures a music project embarked upon by five world renowned DJs to do something truly different.

The DJs involved are The Crystal Method (two DJs, really), DJ Premier, Mark Ronson, Pretty Lights and Skrillex.

Each artist was assigned a genre that was completely new and obscure to them and told to make one great song with it.

DJ Premier, a hip hop DJ known by anyone who has ever touched a rap record, was told to make a song based on classical music.

Pretty Lights, an electronic music DJ, was assigned country and Skrillex, perhaps the most famous of the five at present time, was to collaborate with the three remaining members of The Doors.

The project could have easily fallen into a gimmick in multiple different ways.

The DJs might not have taken it seriously and sort of just made what they usually make incorporating a sample or two.

The collaborative artists could have all been too happy to help and everyone could have went home hap-py after a few studio sessions, more in tuned with the musical world.

This documentary beat back those gimmicks and, whether due to the elite class of DJs chosen for the project or just the science of the choices assigned to each, created a real diamond in the rough for music

film history.Each DJ truly tries to dive headfirst into the project

at hand and each one assigns it true meaning to them-selves personally.

Each also finds soon enough that it won’t be an easy road to travel.

The muscle of the movie is conflict, and there is no shortage of it. Some is comical and got the biggest laughs out of the audience, while some gives the viewer an awkward standoffish feeling and leaves a bitter af-tertaste.

This conflict is born in the fact that every DJ is at-tempting to collaborate with at least one classic artist from their given fields.

While DJ Premier brings longtime friend Nas in and Mark Ronson calls on longtime collaborator Ziggy Modeliste, even they have to step out of their safe zones at least once.

One of the toughest parts of the movie to watch is a collaboration between electronic artists The Crystal Method and Martha Reeves, a queen of Detroit before Motown became a nationwide sensation.

The two DJs tour the city with her and even watch alongside her as the first auditorium she ever performed in is torn down. The team thinks they’ve experienced enough to write a love song for Reeves’ hometown that she will then record for them.

Once in the studio, The Crystal Method soon realize that she is not willing to simply sing what is written in front of her and she wants a say in the entire process. The term diva comes to mind, and not with a negative connotation, but an understandable one.

It was just simply inevitable that these three people would clash coming from the complete opposite cul-tures they come from.

If the muscle of the movie is conflict, then the music is the heart, and it is the reason this movie is a must-see for any true music fan. It is simply amazing to see Ronson move around in a room full of genius musicians and treat it as if he’s playing with his Garage Band app.

Conflict or not, the movie is ultimately about under-standing and bridging generational gaps through mu-sic. It even worked on me.

When I walked in the theater, I would tell you hon-estly that I don’t care an ounce for electronic music and don’t care to ever hear a Skrillex song.

Walking out, I may not be buying tickets for any up-coming shows, but I understand it. I respect the artists and can dig the appeal.

That’s what this movie is about.

Music project bridges genres and generations through five electronic DJs who examine music past, present and future

Photos courtesy of Brian Nevins

Skrillex

The Crystal Method

Mark Ronson

Pretty Lights

DJ Premiere


Tricia [email protected]

“Arrietty” is based on “The Borrowers,” a novel by Mary Norton. This mov-ie tells the story of the very little people living amongst human beings.

This phenomenon of-fers an explanation for the small things that often go missing in human house-holds.

The pin that Arrietty occasionally brandishes as a sword? Borrowed. The postage stamp “paintings” that hang in her family’s hallway? Also borrowed.

As Arrietty’s father ex-plains to her, borrowers take what they need to sur-vive.

While the life of a bor-rower seems quaint and simple, it is also danger-ous. An unfriendly cat, a vicious crow and an unhinged hu-man being all pose threats to a small borrower.

The film begins with Arrietty’s much-anticipated first bor-rowing, a sort of initiation into the adult world where she will learn how to fend for herself. This initiation tests the rest of Arrietty’s family as she inadvertently brings danger to their home.

Everything changes for the adventurous Arrietty (Bridgit Mendler) when Shawn (David Henrie), a sickly teenage boy, moves into the house.

The two young individuals, so different yet so alike in that they are both closed off from the world, inevitably make an everlasting impression on each others’ lives.

Because it is based on such a well-known story, this film has one of production company Studio Ghibli’s least surpris-ing plots.

Once that is acknowledged, “The Secret World of Arrietty” is easy to enjoy for what it is: a beautiful, heartwarming tale full of small adventures.

The cast does a magnificent job of breathing life into the film’s characters. Amy Poehler is particularly memorable as Arrietty’s comically frantic and loving mother, Homily. Voic-ing Arrietty’s father Pod, a man of few words, is Will Arnett, who is also Poehler’s real-life husband.

Homily takes care of the household and Pod goes out and forages for necessary items like tissue paper and sugar. While doing so, he must avoid cockroaches, rats and the like. He also must not be seen by human beings.

In this sense he is very much like an Indiana Jones char-acter. Arnett’s calm and collected Pod is the perfect foil to

Poehler’s ever-worrying Homily.Just like Poehler and Arnett have experience playing a

couple, not only in real life but also on “Arrested Develop-ment”, Mendler and Henrie have also acted as romantic in-terests in Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place.”

Even though the voices for the film were recording in-dividually, the cast works well together and could not have been better.

“Arrietty’s” soundtrack, written by French singer Cécile Corbel, is delightful to listen to. The music feels like a mix-ture between Japanese and Celtic music. The acoustic, rustic melodies add an organic feel to the film.

With the intricate attention to detail that is especially shown in the natural surroundings and the borrowers’ min-iature belongings, Yonebayashi’s experience as an animator shows.

Having been an animator for Studio Ghibli fan favorites that include “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle,” it’s no surprise that Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s debut film is full of stunning animation.

Yonebayashi’s storytelling style slightly differs from that of Hayao Miyazaki, who is most known for creating the Ghibli brand. These differences lie in two themes that often appear in Miyazaki films: supernatural forces and/or strong social and political commentary.

“Arrietty” does not have the magic that “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” have. It also does not contain the political undertones of “Howl’s Moving Castle.”

Since “The Secret World of Arrietty” is Yonebayashi’s first film, it is hard to say what his directing style will prove to be. Will he continue to do adaptions of children’s novels? Only time will tell.

GHIBLI STUDIOS BREAKDOWN

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

The biggest similarity between “Spirited Away” and “Arrietty” is that both films feature a coming of age story that features a young girl.

One of the most fascinating qual-ities of “Spirited Away” is that this film’s world is so different that it is impossible to know what to expect next. From people turning into pigs to little animated balls of soot, this world is full of its own unexpected norms.

In a way, this makes it easy to relate to Chihiro’s occasional feel-ings of hopelessness and fear as she journeys through this foreign world to save her parents. Arrietty is very much like Chihiro in the sense that she is a brave girl and will do any-thing to protect her family.

The ending for “Arrietty” is sim-ple and clear-cut compared to that of “Spirited Away,” which simulta-neously leaves the audience with a resolution and an unanswered ques-tion.

THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY

SPIRITED AWAY< <

“Howl’s Moving Castle” is most known for Calcifer, the feisty fire demon and Sophie, the young hat-maker who falls under a curse because of Howl, a magician.

While “Howl’s Moving Castle” is full of dynamic characters, as is the Ghibli standard, the plot is confusing and frustrating at times.

It is clear that the film stemmed from Miyazaki’s paci-fist views, yet the audience might have benefited from knowing what exactly has sparked the war that everyone seems to be caught in.

The ending’s resolution seems too simple and offers little to no explanation.

Like “Arrietty,” which is based on the novel “The Bor-rowers,” “Howl’s Moving Castle” is based on a novel of the same name.

The production company’s most recent films in order of critical acclaim

The Secret World of Arrietty presents heart-warming, magnificent adventure

Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures

Stroll for educational

equality Anna Leatherman

[email protected]

UNC Charlotte’s Latin sorority, Chi Up-silon Sigma (CUS), is hosting its fi fth an-nual “Weak Hearts Need Not Apply” Stroll Competition Saturday, February 25 at 7 p.m. in McKnight Hall.

This is a highly diverse event that has been very successful and lively in years past. Jessica Arenas, the competition’s host, is to quick to promise that it will be “a guaranteed good show”.

“I’m excited about this event because this stroll competition is where I was first introduced to CUS.

I’ve seen it grow over the years and now that I’m a sister, I’m excited to be part of it,” said CUS member Arenas.

Many of the groups participating in the event are representing fraternities and sororities from other schools, which is one of the many reasons why CUS is so excited about the competition.

“We’re excited to see what they have to bring,” says Arenas.

CUS will be one of the nine groups competing for the win.

Arenas states, “CUS, as a diverse group of women, we like to add unique flavor to our strolls.”

Tickets are being sold Monday through Friday of this week at a table in the Student Union for $3 a piece and may also be purchased at the door the night of the show for $5.

The women of CUS are encouraging everyone to come out not only because “it’s awesome, and the hype music is go-ing to make you want to dance,” but also because the events proceeds will go to their charity, the I Have A Dream foun-dation (IHAD).

IHAD works to ensure that all chil-dren from any background are given the opportunity to pursue higher education by providing them with tuition support and the appropriate tools to succeed.

“I can’t wait to see the turn out, it’s going to be so much fun,” said Arenas.

“Visually lush, refreshingly free of family-friendly clat-ter, and anchored with soulful depth, The Secret World of Arrietty lives up to Studio Ghibli’s reputation for high-quality animated fare.” - Rotten Tomatoes

Members of the Chi Upsilon Sigma sorority. Photo courtesy of Jessica Arenas


Where a Niner’s spare moments go

WE WANT TO KNOW

Lee PhamCOMMUNITY@NINERONL INE.COM

Charlotte is a large school with many nooks and crannies. But even with 25,000 students there are still some areas that are lonely, sketchy and downright creepy. It isn’t that these places are haunted or breed criminal activity (for the most part), but most would rather avoid them because they evoke a sense of vulnerability. The campus has its share of questionable areas, from gravesites to dense wooded walkways that, while alarming, some fi nd intriguing while others go out of their way to avoid. Perhaps the only way to know for sure is to check them out for yourself.

Sketchville: creepiest places at UNC Charlotte

Haley TwistL I FESTYLE@NINERONL INE.COM

So I have major spring fe-ver. I am count-ing down the days until spring break arrives, but as the days go by and spring break grows nearer and nearer, the amount of work

I have to do grows larger and larger. I have been busier in the past two

weeks than I have at any other time since I’ve been in college.

The school work intensifi es, the tests get harder and I fi nd myself at my two jobs more frequently.

When I get up in the morning run-ning off of a fi ve-hour sleep night and not having enough caffeine in my sys-tem, I fi nd it harder to put the same amount of effort into my appearance as I normally do.

I hate feeling rushed in the morn-ing so I normally wake up about two hours before I have to be in class. This allows for me to relax while I drink coffee and take time to get ready, even having the TV on while I do so.

I actually look forward to this part of my day because I allow myself enough time to take it easy.

But last week I was so tired I could barely get out of bed in the morn-ings. I ended up giving myself about 45 minutes to get ready instead of my normal surplus of time.

So this forced me to choose be-tween some of my routine beauty choices since I did not have time for all of them.

This has truly shown me what I can and can’t live without. My proven must-haves are as follows:

Face powderI have very fair skin with reddish

tones to it, so I normally always wear some type of power to even out my skin tone. My routine process is to intricately circle my powder brush around on each part of my face so that I make it as even as I can. But that takes time.

So last week, when I was in a hur-ry, I took my largest powder brush (that I normally use for blush) and swooped it around my face only a few times. I thought this would come out looking unfi nished, but I was pleased when the results looked very natural.

EyelinerMy favorite thing to do with my

choice charcoal eyeliner is to line the insides of my eyelids. This takes about 5 seconds per eye and makes them re-ally pop. It is the perfect thing to do when your eyes are tired from a sleep-less night of studying, as it brightens your eye area right up.

Cheek stainMore than anything else, I can’t

go without my cheek stain. While this takes about 2 minutes for me to apply (versus the 5 seconds it would take to simply dab a brush into some powder blush and rub it on) the results are worth it and creates a dewy look that is fresh but ever-so-subtle.

CAMPUS TREND ALERT

Beauty in a rush

COED-CHHS TunnelOne of UNC Charlotte’s worst kept secrets, the tunnel between the College of Educa-tion and College of Human Health and Ser-vices buildings is eerily wide and quiet. It is located underground so even day visits can feel somber. You can enter the tunnel via the bottom fl oor of COED.

Lot 25Students commonly refer to lot 25 as “the rape lot,” though no incidences of sexual assault have been reported in the parking lot that services north campus housing residents. Perhaps it is its isolated location on the north edge of the school and next to a wooded area that makes students uneasy when parking. Ironically, it is located next to the UNC Charlotte police station.

Highrise trailsThe woods are no stranger to residents of Moore, Sanford, Scott and Holshouser Halls. Although they can be convenient shortcuts the trails are sketchy to say the least. At nighttime few lamps aid visibility and signs warn students not to walk alone - neither of which are settling.

Unmarked cemeteryJust a few hundred feet from the construction site of Charlotte’s future football venue McColl-Richardson Field and directly beside the baseball fi eld lays an unmarked cem-etery. The site used to belong to a county hospital before the school acquired the land. No one is certain how many bodies are buried. Fox Charlotte reports that some graves date back to the 1930s.

Bonnie Cone’s graveThe founder of UNC Charlotte, Bonnie Cone, is buried in the Van Landingham Glen (botanical gardens) just across the street from Fretwell. Her fi nal resting place is under a black granite memorial for visi-tors to remember the legacy of the school’s most important fi gure. Cone died in 2003.

WHAT PLACES DO YOU FIND PARTICULARLY EERIE? EMAIL YOUR CREEPIEST SPOT TO [email protected].

Photos/Scarlett Newman

Photo/MCT Campus


49erGentleman:

GROOMINGJordan McSwain

[email protected]

No matter how nice your clothes are or how suave of an attitude you have, groom-ing is the highest rated characteristic of a gentlemen. Haircuts, cologne, teeth clean-liness and facial hair: all of these things need to be taken care of daily.

A gentlemen’s hair should never be un-kempt. If it looks messy, then messy needs to be the look you were aiming for and not just because you got out of bed twenty min-utes before class.

There are countless places you can fi nd forums for the newest and most stylish haircuts, so if you feel like getting rid of the lengthy hair you’ve had for years, you can easily fi nd a replacement.

I’m speaking from personal experience. I had long hair for seven years and real-

ized it was time to grow up and get ready for the real world, so it is now all gone. If you are looking for a good barber, Gary’s Barber and Styles at 2825 W. Sugar Creek Road is a true man’s barber shop. This is where I went for my haircut and will not go anywhere else unless I am forced.

When it comes to personal grooming, showering every day is a must. Trial and er-ror will lead you to the best shampoo and either body wash or bar soap for you.

For body wash, Old Spice has an exten-sive line of gentlemanly scents. Shampoo is a “to each his own” deal because of the varying hair styles, textures, lengths, and goals.

Before you leave your dorm or house to face the day and impress everyone you come in contact with, brush your teeth and even use mouth wash if you have it. A smile is a man’s unspoken invitation. Make sure your invitation is presentable.

Nothing is manlier than a beard, but you don’t want to look like you go to Ap-palachian State. Beards are respectable and something people remember you by, so make sure it is trimmed before you go out each day.

When you meet someone who could be important, you don’t want to look home-less. Trimming back the beard keeps it well rounded and symmetrical so that you look well-put together and ready to show off and even compete with your fellow man’s facial hair.

To match a well-tailored suit and a smooth talking mentality, look and smell your best every day. Keep it consistent, form a routine and don’t forget to add “storm the world” to that list.

Gentlemen’s Tip of the Week: Learn to network. As they say, it’s not what you know but who you know. Of course you need to know things, but fi nd out who is important in your path and make friends with them. It will pay off in the end.

Until next time gentlemen, cheers.


On South Boulevard is Saigon Palace, a restaurant that offers Chinese and Viet-namese food.

When you step in the restaurant you see little dragon statuettes and a fountain. In the dining area there are tropical-looking trees, tables covered in red and chandeliers.

It’s a bit cheesy and a little reminiscent of the places I used to go when I was little, minus the dim sum carts. Bustling around the place are waiters, most of whom are very quiet, but polite and attentive.

Their extensive menu can be intimidat-ing and has the thickness of a short novel. The reason for this is that the restaurant has owners that are Vietnamese and Chi-nese, making the list of their food offerings very extensive. Considering that the place has been open for ten years it sounds like it was a solid business plan.

The crispy fried egg roll order comes with 2 for $3.25. They came to the table pip-ing hot, and I almost burned my mouth on one. And then I almost burned my mouth again because I really wanted to eat some egg rolls. Dipping them in the duck sauce helped cool them down.

By the time I was fi nished I found my-self wishing that I had ordered a bunch of them for my lunch. So far they’re my favor-ite thing on the menu.

While the Vietnamese yellow pancakes bore the resemblance of two huge omelets, it didn’t make them any less tasty. Stuffed with tofu and bean sprouts, the pancakes

make a decent vegetarian option. I happily doused my share of the pancakes in vin-egar.

The beef and meatball pho, a Vietnam-ese staple, came in a gigantic bowl accom-panied by a plate of bean sprouts, lime slices, peppers and an assortment of herbs.

Thin slivers of beef and sliced meatballs fl oated above the soft, tender rice noodles.

The meatballs were spongy and it felt like the meat in general was infused with broth that was just OK. Compared to the pancakes and eggrolls, the soup wasn’t as memorable. But maybe that’s just because this dish didn’t have dipping sauces that were either incredibly acidic or sweet.

The sesame chicken is pretty standard and not much better or worse than the kind you can get at a food court. You can order it with either white rice or fried rice.

My favorite to-go item from their menu is the taro bubble tea, which has a slushy-like consistency. Once in a while I’ll end up with a drink that has a handful of hard tapioca bubbles that were overcooked, but I love that the bubble tea stays cold for hours.

Saigon Palace has a pretty good assort-ment of beverages that include mocha bub-ble tea, green apple bubble tea and durian smoothies.

Saigon Palace5215 South Boulevard(704) 529-0098Price range: $10-$15/person

NINER TIMES RECIPEHOnEY-GlAZeD BABY CARrOtS WITH CHEDDAR AND HARD CIDEr FoNDUE


INGREDIENTS:• 12 Baby carrots• 2 tbsp Honey• 1 tbsp butter• ¼ cup vegetable or chicken broth• 1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese• 2 tbsp fl our• 1/3 cup Crispin hard cider• 1/3 cup vegetable or chicken broth

DIRECTIONS:1. In a medium-sized saucepan, melt butter and honey over low-medium heat.2. Add broth and stir.3. Add carrots to the saucepan. If carrots are not completely covered in liquid, add a little more broth so that the carrots are just covered. Let simmer for 20 minutes, or until tender when pierced with a fork. 4. In a separate small saucepan, mix hard cider, chicken broth, and garlic powder over low-medium heat.5. In a small bowl, toss the shredded cheddar cheese until it is coated with fl our.6. Mix the cheese into the saucepan until you get a smooth, creamy consistency. 7. Pour the fondue into a small bowl and serve with the carrots.

Considering that I’m a cheese-lover it’s surprising that I went 22 years without trying cheese fondue. I found the price of restaurant fondue to be too high and I didn’t see the need to buy a do-it-yourself fondue kit for something I would make once in a blue moon. Once I discovered that I had all the ingredients at home to make my own fondue, I had to give it a try, fondue set or no fondue set. It turned out better than I expected. Other good ideas for fondue dippers include cubes of toasted bread, mini hotdogs and thin vegetable slices.

Vietnamese restaurant offers extensive menu but falls short with signature dish

The seasame chicken is served with either white or fried rice. Photo/Tricia Bangit


DOWNTIME

February 21, 1965Malcolm X assassinated.

February 20, 1985Ireland allows sale of contraceptives Service.

February 22, 1980U.S. hockey team makes miracle on ice.

February 23, 1945U.S. fl ag raised on Iwo Jima.

February 25, 1964Clay knocks out Liston.

February 24, 1836Alamo defenders call for help.

THISWEEK IN

21 Tuesday 22 Wednesday 23 Thursday 24 Friday 25 Saturday 26 Sunday

Distinguished Speakers Forum: Charlie ToddMcKnight Hall7:00p.m.-9:00p.m.

Let’s Talk About It: CitizenshipStudent Union 2665:30p.m.-6:30p.m.

Build Your Own BiltmoreStudent UnionRotunda12:00p.m.

49ers Basketball vs. George WashingtonHalton Arena7:30p.m.

Exploring SpainCollege of EducationRm 402 - Free9:00 a.m.

Student Niner Media Open HouseStudent Union-Lower LevelStudent Niner Media Conference Room3:00pm - 4:00pm

Charlotte 49ers Baseball vs. ToledoRobert and Mariam Hayes Stadium4:00p.m.

Culture ShockStudent UnionNorm’s & Rotunda7:00p.m.

49er Men’s Bas-ketball Pre Game GiveawaysSAC Patio5:00p.m.-7:00p.m.

Senior Night - Men’s Basketball vs. St. BonaventureHalton Arena7:00p.m.

Rock Climbing Anchor TrainingsCrowders Mountain State Park (meet @ Cone Center)All Day

Winter Garden Walk and Plant SaleMcMillan Greenhouse1:00p.m.


SPORTS SPORTS SCHEDULE

SPORTS RESULTS

TuesdayBaseball

@ High Point4 p.m.

Men’s BasketballLOSS

@Dayton

65-75Women’s Basketball

WINvs. Rhode Island

72-35Men’s Tennis

WINUNC Greensnboro

4-3

Men’s Tennisvs. Wofford2:30 p.m.

Women’s Basketball@ St. Louis

8 p.m.

Men’s BaseballSWEEPSt. Peter’s

4-15-210-0

Men’s BasketballLOSS

@Richmond

52-53

Women’s BasketballLOSS

vs. St. Joseph’s

73-85

WednesdayMen’s Basketball

vs. George Washington7:30 p.m.

Travis DurkeeTCDURKEE@ UNCC.EDU

It’s no surprise the Charlotte baseball started the 2012 season with high expectations. Head coach Loren Hibbs returns his entire starting staff from a 2011 team that fi nished 43-16.

Almost equally as important as the guys that take the mound are the ones sitting behind the plate and Hibbs has two really good ones in Ross Steedley and Miguel Rodriquez.

Steedley, a graduate student from East Rowan High School, is coming off his healthiest season ever after playing in 44 games and recording a .342 batting average that earned him All-Atlantic 10 First-Team honors.

Steedley has battled two knee surgeries and a major shoulder surgery that forced him to miss the entire 2009 season and all but the last few weeks of the 2010 season. Hibbs said that he and his coaches thought he might never play baseball again.

“It wasn’t anything I really did,” Steedley explained. “It was just bad luck.”

Steedley used those missed seasons as learning experiences and chances to become a better player.

“It taught me a lot. It made me work hard,” Steedley said. “I think it put a fi re in me to want to prove that I could come back and play and prove to myself that I still got it.”

In Steedley’s absence Miguel Rodriguez fi lled the role as the 49ers starting catcher. A third baseman by trade, Rodriguez didn’t play catcher until his senior year at Cape Coral High School in Florida.

“My freshman year at Charlotte I still had to develop a lot,” Rodriguez said about becoming a college level catcher. “I thought I was ready but I wasn’t even close.”

Rodriquez played 17 and 37 games in sophomore and junior season respectively. Now as a senior he plays several different roles on this team. Rodriquez is the back-up catcher behind Steedley but is expected to see time at other positions as needed to take advantage of his bat.

“I’ll play anywhere as long as I can be in that line-up,” Rodriguez said. “As long as we win that’s all that matters.”

Rodriguez knows that being as versatile as possible is what’s best for the team and himself.

“There’s only one catcher and we all want to be in the line-up every single day,” Rodriguez said.

Despite playing the same position and battling for playing time, Steedley and Rodriguez are among the closest players are the team.

Rodriguez stresses that despite the fact that they may be friends; they are highly competitive on the fi eld during scrimmages and practices.

“On the fi eld we’re competitive but

I never wish anything bad upon him,” Rodriguez said. “If he throws someone out I’m going to throw someone out. If he backpicks I’m going to backpick,”

The friendly competition has already begun during the opening weekend of the 2012 season.

In the fi rst game of a doubleheader against Saint Peter’s on Feb. 18, Steedley blasted his fi rst home run of 2012. Not to be outdone, Rodriguez got the start in the night cap and went two-for-three with two runs batted in.

It’s clear that both Steedley and Rodriguez want success for each other and for this year’s Niners baseball team, regardless of who’s calling the pitches from behind the plate.

“Miguel and I are best friends and road roommates,” Steedley said. “We push each other more than we would ever cheer against each other.”

Friends and CompetitorsNiner Catchers: Ross Steedley and Miguel Rodriguez

Catcher Ross Steedley hit his first home run of the season in a 10-0 win over Saint Peter’s Sat-urday afternoon. Photo by Chris Crews

Catcher Miguel Rodriguez went 2-3 with two RBI's in a 5-2 win over Saint Peter's on Satur-day. Photo by Chris Crews

Michael [email protected]

This spring make sure to keep an eye out for the 49ers Men’s Club Lacrosse Team.

Last year the 49ers advanced to the second round of the South Eastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC) Division II playoffs but were defeated by in state rival Elon.

This season, the team has fallen to College of Charleston 16-9, The Citadel 11-6 and Shorter 18-15, but still has a full schedule ahead of a them.

Last season in their playoff run, the Niners had a huge victory against Davidson in the opening match that came as a huge momentum swing after previously being defeated by the Wildcats 13-6 to open the 2011 season.

This semester, the talented 49er team has the intention of returning to the playoffs and hopes to take advantage of several new roster changes.

With a few roster changes here and there and the addition of some new starting personnel, the 49ers are poised to be a heavy contender in the SELC Division II battle.

A bright future for the 49er lacrosse team lies specifi cally with their newest acquisition on offense, Ned Nedvesky.

As a freshman, Nedvesky leads the team

in goals and points per game in addition to solidifying his starting spot for years to come. Even Nedvesky’s teammates have been impressed by his stellar play.

“He’s a top shelf offensive player who can take the ball to the cage and score” said Joe Nix, a starting defenseman for the 49ers.

It’s diffi cult not to be awed by his talent; leading the offensive stats for any team as a freshman is quite remarkable regardless of the sport.

The team has had additional offensive contributions from Sam Carter and Sean Ryan.

Strong defensive efforts have also been anchored by junior goalie, Eric Fuschino. From their roster, the biggest threat that the Niners can impose on opposing teams is a young and electrifying offense.

Three of the fi ve scoring threats for the Niners are underclassmen, and only one is a senior.

Yet, when it comes to senior scoring threats, Ryan scored three goals against Shorter and one in both the College of Charleston and Citadel matches.

Since his arrival at UNC Charlotte in 2009, Ryan has scored 50 goals over the span of his college career.

Entering the season, he was ranked fi fth all-time in the team’s career points, and

third in most points in a season.This season the 49ers will bring their

offensive strength against notorious SELC powerhouses Appalachian State, Ohio University, and Coastal Carolina.

All three of which are either leading their respective division or are nipping at the heels of the current leader.

The Niners have their hands full with competition this season in the South Eastern Lacrosse Conference. Inter-conference rivals Elon and SCAD both took part in last year’s championship game and both have promising programs again in 2012. Elon won their fi rst match against the Citadel 11-4.

The 49ers will take on the Elon Phoenix again on Sunday Feb. 26 at Elon.

The 49’ers will know shortly if they can compete at a playoff-caliber level for the 2012 season, based on the strength of their matchups for the next few weeks.

The team will travel everywhere from Lynchburg, Va. to Conway, S.C.

With a majority of their games being played in Charlotte.

Their game against Liberty was postponed due to inclement weather on Sunday Feb. 19.

Club lacrosse hopes to capitalize with young talent


Game ThreeStrong pitching propelled Charlotte

(3-0 overall) to a doubleheader sweep of the Saint Peter’s Peacocks with a 5-2 win at Hayes Stadium Saturday afternoon.

The Peacocks posted the fi rst run of the game in the top of the fourth inning due in thanks to two errors by the 49ers defense.

Charlotte center fi elder Shane Brown answered the Saint Peter’s run with a deep triple to left fi eld. Catcher Miguel Rodri-guez would drive in Brown two batters later with his second “seeing eye” single through the right side of the infi eld. Freshman sec-ond baseman Brad Elwood plated Tony Montalbano with a sacrifi ce fl y to right fi eld for his fi rst career RBI giving Charlotte a 2-1 lead after four innings.

In the bottom of the fi fth freshman out-fi elder Leland Clemmons belted the fi rst home run of his collegiate career; a solo shot that gave the Niners a 3-1 lead.

“Right from the jump I knew it was out,” Clemmons said. “I just watched it and jogged around the bases.”

Clemmons day was not done. In the sixth Clemmons blasted a double off the left fi eld wall that plated Elwood for the Niners second run of the inning.

However, Saint Peter’s appealed Clem-mons touching fi rst base and the umpire ruled that he missed the base on his way to second and called him out to end the in-ning.

Confusion quickly set in as to if the run would still count. The umpire upheld the run but Clemmons was not credited with a base hit. The Niners led 5-1 after six in-

nings.Charlotte starter Corey Roberts left the

game after rendering four hits, one un-earned run and striking out two in seven innings.

Senior pitcher Tyler Pilkington took the mound in the eighth and gave up one un-earned run in two-thirds of an inning be-fore pitching coach Brandon Hall turned the game over to sophomore Ryan Mas with the bases loaded. Mas needed just one pitch to get the fi nal out of the inning.

Charlotte junior John Hamilton came on in the ninth and secured the 5-2 victory for the 49ers.

Clemmons went two for four, includ-ing a home run and with two RBI’s to lead the Charlotte attack. Rodriguez and Shane Basen each added two hits.

Niners sweep St. Peter’s in home openers

The Niners celebrated after Leland Clemmons rounded the bases from his first home run as a Charlotte 49er. Photo by Chris Crews

Check out Game Two at NinerOnline.com

Travis DurkeeTCDURKEE@ UNCC.EDU

Game OneCharlotte 49ers baseball proved victori-

ous in their season opener with a 4-1 win over the Saint Peter’s Peacocks at Hayes Stadium Friday afternoon.

Saint Peter’s outfi elder Preston Aldridge led off the game for the Peacocks with a sin-gle into left, the only hit allowed by Smith, and later scored on a fi elder’s choice off the bat of designated hitter Chris Grimes.

The third inning belongned to Charlotte left fi elder J.J. Elseser. Elseser made a slid-ing catch towards the left fi eld line in the top of the frame and later tied the game up at one in the bottom with a single to cen-ter fi eld scoring Justin Roland from second base.

Smith retired the Peacocks in order in the fourth, fi fth, and sixth innings with a little help from catcher Ross Steedley’s arm behind the plate with a strike-him-out

throw-him-out double play to end the sixth.Steedley singled in the bottom half to

set up Shane Brown for an RBI double to left fi eld to give the Niners a 2-1 advantage after six.

Smith walked two consecutive batters in the top of the seventh after recording the two outs and gave way to junior pitch-er Wes Hatley to fi nish the frame with no damage done.

Smith left the game allowing only one run on one hit and added fi ve strikeouts.

Shane Basen led off the bottom of the seventh with an infi eld to third base but was caught trying to steal second base a few pitches later.

The Niners eventually loaded the bases in the inning but stranded all three base runners on a line drive to right fi eld by Steedley.

Hatley kept the Peacocks at bay in the eighth allowing the Niners to rally in the bottom of the frame.

Roland led off with a bunt single and then Shane Brown reached safely on an er-ror by Saint Peter’s second baseman Mike Sciutella putting men on fi rst and second.

Elseser came to the plate and grounded into a double play to the fi rst base which seemed to be the rally killer despite Ro-

land advancing to third. Basen knocked in Roland with a single up the middle to give Charlotte a 3-1 lead.

From fi rst, Basen stolel second base and advanced to third on the same wild pitch. Corbin Shive then plated Basen with a single to right fi eld pushing the lead to 4-1 after eight innings of play.

Junior John Hamilton came to the mound to close the game for the Niners in the top of the ninth. The Peacocks put a scare into the Niners after they put runners on fi rst and second with two outs. Hamil-ton would shut the door on the Peacocks by striking out Matt Mancini to give the Nin-ers a 4-1 victory in their season opener.

Charlotte ended the game with 12 hits with three each from Basen and Elseser.

Smith was credited with his fi rst win of the season and Hamilton got the save for the Niners.

“Overall, I’m pleased with the perfor-mance,” head coach Loren Hibbs said. “The fi rst one is usually the toughest one to get.”

Andrew Smith allowed only one hit and one run in 6.2 innings in Charlottes 4-1 victory over St. Peter's Friday afternoon Photo by Chris Crews

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