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Pride or Prejudice?

Where is the Niner Nationpride?: Charlotte currently lacksthe school pride that it deserves.With numerous academic andathletic programs, whats not to beproud o ? Let

s make this campusNiner Nation green.

University receivesa $9.3 million gi t:UNC Charlotte re-ceived its largest

academic gi t in history rom Leonand Sandra Levine, owners oMatthews based Family Dollar. Theaward will be given to reshmen in2010.

No passport required, allyouve got to have is a posi-tive attitude, a little bit omoney or drinks, and theless clothing the better.

On the Inside

Sick pics o the Queen Citys fnestripping up the bowls and ramps atGrayson Skatepark.

Story on Page 6

Ryland Blackintonpage 5

Former Charlotte basketball stand-out, Lamont Mack, will pack hisbags and head to Greece to play

or the AEK Athens basketball

program.Story on page 7

The struggle or Charlotteootball continues: Several

obstacles that have arisen couldput a delay on 49er ootball, butthe athletic department hopes tokeep the start date at 2013.

Story on page 7

The Student Union Ten years in the making

RyAN FREEMAN AND KRiSTEN LiTChFiELDNews Editor and Editor-in-Chief

Students old and new congregated Monday, outside o UNC Charlottes mostrecent and promising addition. The Student Union ribbon cutting ceremony aptlyoccurred at 10:49 a.m. led by Chancellor Phillip DuBois and Associate Vice Chancel-lor or the Student Union Jim Hoppa and eatured cameo appearances rom Normthe Niner and ormer homecoming king and Radio Free Charlottes station managerBrandon Kirkley.

T-shirts ew into the crowd as Norm ung t hem rom the roo tops. UNC Charlottesown a capella group The 49th Measure sang in the new era o Forty Niner progress.

A ter ten years in the making I am here to tell you it was well worth the wait,beamed Hoppa.

This building has a lot o promise and the last ew days began to show us whatthat promise might be. A place where students can gather, relax and ulf ll their needs,explained Jerry Mann

Dubois concurred, [The Student Union] is a special place to gather or everyone

its more than a place o convenience.Several students shared the same sense o optimism as University o fcials. I cant wait or the movie theater, its going to be huge! exclaimed reshman Nicole Flo-ersch.

Im a big an o Einstein Bagel s mysel , interjected ellow reshman Nicole Cortaz-zo. The Student Union building will house several new acilities, an array o restaurantoptions and stores including a Barnes and Noble and the Niner Mac Store.

It wasnt all ribbons and revelry.The scissor ceremony was almost cutshort by a dangerous carbon mon-oxide leak in the campus Cameronbuilding. An armada o emergencyservice vehicles raced to the sceneincluding three fre trucks, an ambu-lance and a squad o police cars.

According to Larry Howell,Director o Management and Op-erations, the situation di used whenthe source o the leak was discoveredand repaired.

But thats not where the problems began. August 24, the movie theatre on the frstoor o the Union was supposed to open its doors to play the frst eature f lm, Twilight

at 7:30 p.m. ollowed by The Dark Knight at 10:30 p.m. However, the grand openingo the theatre has been postponed because neither the screen nor projector to play themovies has arrived.

Currently all o those students who were employed by the theatre are being placedin other various jobs around the Union, such as Wendys or Mamma Leones until thetheatre is ready to o fcially open.

Leaks occured throughout the building in addition. In Student Media alone there were three leaks prior to the ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday.

The tra fc in ront o the newest building on campus, is another story. With thestudent body eager to see the treasures the Union has to o er, the pedestrian tra fcis holding up the other tra fc on Carver Road and causing it to be backed up passedWoodward and Burson.

Bringing in the new year with a new face on campu

Climb aboard the Cobra Starship

Will Grier/photo

ABOVE:Norm the Niner made a special appearance at the ribbon cut-ting ceremony as he threw the ceremonial ribbon rom the topo the Student Union Monday morning.

TOP:The cutting o the ribbon took place at 10:49 a.m. Monday. Stu-dent Union will be the ocal point and center o UNC Charlottein the near uture as it houses many dining options, the campusbookstore, retail stores, Starbucks, movie theatre, art gallery,con erence rooms, o fces, and is home to several student or-ganizations.

Will Grier/photo

Aft er ten years in t he mak-ing, I am here to t ell you itw as w ell w orth the wait.

-Jim Hoppa, Associate ViceChancellor for the Student

Union

DANA NiGRoViewpoint Editor

Good Girls Gone Bad, the latest hit by Cobra

Starship, has been racing up the charts and is cur-rently holding the number nine slot on Billboardstop 100.

The University Times in conjunction with Ra-dio Free Charlotte had the opportunity to sit down with Cobra Starships lead guitarist Ryland Black-inton and talk about everything rom their upcom-ing tour to Gossip Girl Leighton Meester.

The tour is going great so ar, two thirds o the way through, said Blackinton. Its been aparticularly messy, sweaty tourits the hottesttime o the yea r and a lot o the smal ler clubs donthave AC.

The reason or the slew o smaller venues isthanks in part to Cobra Starships desire or moreo an intimate touring experience and return-ing to some o the previous areas theyve playedbe ore.

See Cobra Starship n page 5Photo courtesy o Cobra Starship

Story on page 4

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CAMPUSMEDIAGROUP

UNC Charlottewant students toStake Your Claim

newsniner

KRiSTEN LiTChFiELDEd

itor-in-Chief

As the ourth largest and ast-est growing university in the UNC

system, UNC Charlotte has beentrying to create its own identity.The branding campaign, StakeYour Claim, which began lastyear was created to build aware-ness throughout the universityitsel and the community.

The Stake Your Claimcampaign is an attempt to char-acterize UNC Charlotte as con-temporary, assertive, confdent,authentic, and decisive. The ad-vertisements will highlight Char-lottes research, arts and culture,athletics, scholarship and inter-nationalization.

The branding campaign isgoing to assist the University, ac-cording to Ruth Shaw, chair o the Board o Trustees, I thinkthe tagline Stake Your Claimand the iconic pickax will helpstudents, alumni and communityidenti y with UNCC. They buildon Forty-Niner symbols that arealready amiliar, and Stake YourClaim provides a new twist. Itemphasizes this is our University.It takes time and repetition or abrand to become known, and Ibelieve our tagline and icon willstand the test o time.

The iconic Stake YourClaim pickax arrived on cam-

pus over the summer and oundits new home at the tra fc circlenear the ront entrance. Two iden-tical sculptures were installedin uptown Charlotte; one at theatrium o the Charlotte-DouglasInternational Airport and theother at the First Citizens PlazaCenter City Charlotte.

Stake Your Claim is beingunded through the Division o

University Relations and Com-munity A airs as no state undsare being used or the campaign.There ore, on October 24, thecampaign will host a 5K run/ walk undraising event. Theevent gives the University com-munity the opportunity to ben-eft students.

Business and research part-nerships, donor engagement,alumni support and recruitmento aculty, sta , and students aredirectly enhanced by a unifed,integrated brand. Stake Your

Claim embodies the pioneeringspirit o the University and in-vites people to claim ownershipo this great public university.It also provides the plat orm toshare stories o amazing stu-dents, aculty and sta who haveachieved great things by seizingthe opportunities UNC Charlotteprovides, said David Dun, ViceChancellor or University Rela-tions and Community A airs.

ERiKA SUMMERS Special to the UTimes

As the new school year is underway,students are busy exploring all that UNCCharlotte has to o er. Students are seek-ing places or dining and entertainment op-tions, as well as many academic o erings.The opportunities and various departmentsat UNC Charlotte can be daunting to anystudent, however it is essential that studentsknow (and use) all o the universitys re-sources available to them.

How much do you know about theUniversity Career Center (UCC)? Did youknow the UCC has programs designed orevery class level rom beginning resh-

men to doctoral students? One o the mostcommonly believed myths about the UCCis that the o fce can only be benefcial toupperclassmen that are seeking internshipsand ull-time employment. However, this is

ar rom reality. At the UCC, you have yourown designated career advisor or your aca-demic major (there is also a career advisordesignated or UCOL students!) to guideyou through your journey towards careersuccess rom your frst year here, all the waythrough graduation.

Why start early? Be ore you can begin toconsider internships or a ull-time job, youmust begin with a career goal. We encour-

age students who are just beginning theiracademic studies (as well as any studentneeding to clari y their career options or in-terests) to take one o our online career sel -assessments. For more in o visit w ww.career.uncc.edu, scroll over the Students menuand select Take a Career Assessment.Another way to explore career options isthrough our Career Prospector job-shadow-ing program. Through Career Prospectoryou can get a behind the scenes experi-ence in a career o interest to you. Group job-shadow experiences are also availablethroughout the year.

Did you know that 80 percent o May2009 graduates had completed a career-re-lated experience sponsored by the university

be ore they graduated? In a tough job mar-ket, experience is a necessity and the UCCcan help! We supervise students every se-mester enrolled in our Experiential Learn-ing (EL). Through the EL program, studentsgain access to 49ership, co-op, or servicelearning postings that employers send to theUCC and work or one or multiple semesters

or an employer in their feld!Something or all class levels is our job

and internship database, NinerJobNet. Nin-erJobNet holds job shadowing opportuni-ties, 49erships, co-ops, part-time and ull-time positions and is also our vehicle oron-campus interview sign-ups. Students and

alumni can access the database a ter attend-ing a brie orientation session or completinga web tutorial.

UCC sponsors several career airs andrelated events throughout the year. Upcom-ing airs include: Career Expo Fall 2009(9/16) and the Public Service Career Fair

or government and nonproft opportunities(10/6). Employers come seeking UNC Char-lotte students to fll internship, part-time,and ull-time positions. You can see whichemployers will be attending each air bychecking out the event link on our homep-age, at www.career.uncc.edu. In addition tothese two all airs, we also host Majors Dayon 10/21, at which you can talk with vari-ous academic departments about major and

minor prospects.The University Career Center is open orall students, and the use o the services andresources can help you tremendously. Ouro fce is open or students no matter wherethey are in their career planning. To makethe most o your university experience, besure to drop by the University Career Cen-ter!

Questions? Visit us at the University Ca-reer Center (150 Atkins, next to the library)or check out www.career.uncc.edu.

Campus Career Center offersstudents helpful advice

RyAN FREEMANNews Editor

August 18, UNC Charlotte received its largest academic gi t con-

tribution in its history, according to the Universitys website. TheLeon Levine Foundations contribution amounts to $9.3 million inmerit-based scholarship unding or students who excel in academ icsand community service.

The contribution comes rom Matthews, N.C. based Family Dol-lar owner Leon Levine and his wi e Sandra Levine. Thanks to thisextraordinary commitment by Leon and Sandra Levine, UNC Char-lotte will be on par with other major universities in North Carolinaand around the country in attracting exceptional young people toCharlotte, Dubois said. In addition, the programs emphasis on

community service will provide Charlotte with a cadre o truly com-mitted young people devoted to working in our neighborhoods and

with community organizations across the city The Levine Schol-ars Program will prove to be trans ormational or UNC Charlotte,touted Dubois. The awards will be provided to incoming reshmenbeginning in 2010 and will include $90,000 or each in state studentand $137,000 or each out o state student who is awarded t he schol-arship over 4 years. 40 students will receive the Levine scholarshipsin 2010.

Scholarships include community service and leadership obliga-tions and an $8,000 service grant supporting the scholars commu-nity work. The scholarship covers ull tuition, housing, books and alaptop. The deadline or school o fcials to nominate individuals orthe Levine Scholarships is December 1, 2009.

UNC Charlotte receives $9.3 milliongi t, largest in universitys history

Photo courtesy o UNC Charlotte Public Relations


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KRiSTEN LiTChFiELDEditor-in-Chief

The last time I checked I go to UNC Char-lotte. So why is it that when I look around cam-pus I see shades o blue and red t-shirts withother schools names written on them?

I you have not noticed you are in Niner Na-tion and we wear green.

It pains me to see the lack o pride taken inthis university bysome o the studentbody.

UNC Charlotteis the ourth largestand astest growinguniversity in theUNC system andit will continue toexpand or manyyears to come.

Aside rom theoutstanding aca-demic programs o -

ered here at UNCCharlotte, our ath-

letic programs continue to outshine other com-petitors and claim title a ter title.

However, one thing is missingyou on thesidelines cheering them on.

In case you were in hiding or the last year,lets do a recap o Charlotte athletics.

The one thing I am sure you remember is therecommendation rom Chancellor Dubois to add

ootball to 49er athletics in 2013.Aside rom the act that Charlotte is current-

ly without a ootball program, there are severalother reasons why you should be a proud Char-lotte an.

In 2008 alone, t he womens soccer team wentunde eated in Atlantic 10 play, won their thirdstraight con erence title, had an NCAA Tourna-ment appearance, as well as winning an NCAATournament game over the Tennessee Volun-teers.

On the mens side, they ound way into therecord books as the program saw its frst nationalranking i n ten years. The 49ers started out stronglast year, but did not fnish the season as strongas they would have like.

November 1 was a big day or Cha rlotte crosscountry as junior Adu Dentamo and sophomoreAmanda Goetschius claimed the A-10 crosscountry individual crowns. These were the frsttitles the program has seen since joining the con-

erence in 2006.Indoor track also had a success ul season as

the womens team picked up their ourth strai ghtindoor con erence title and the men picked uptheir third title in the last our years.

Not only did the indoor track team fnd suc-cess last year, but also the outdoor squad. The

womens track and feld team won their ourthconsecutive crown and the men picked up theirsecond outdoor title.

Even though the mens basketball team drawsthe biggest crowd to Halton Arena in the winter,the womens basketball program won the 2009A-10 Tournament Championship on our cam-pus.

The Niners also made an NCAA Tourna-ment appearance last season.

I bet you did not know the Charlotte gol team has won our consecutive league titles andseveral ormer Niners have qualifed and partici-pated in the U.S. Open.

Now I ask you, rom all o the things I justnamed to you, whats not to be proud o ? I real-ize Charlotte is not in the ACC, but i you look at

some o the programs that are in the Atlantic 10,they are just as good.Some o you may say well I was raised a tar-

heel. First o all Im sorry that you were raised tolike the tarbabies, but you are now a Forty-Ninerso its time or you to take some pride in YOUR school.

This year, many o our athletic programs willlook to build on their success and some support

rom the student body would be appreciated.This university is growing at a rapid rate, and

it is up to the student body to represent UNCCharlotte and all that is has to o er, whether it bein the classroom, on the feld, or on the court.

I urge you to take pride in this university andshow your support. You are a part o Niner Na-tion now so take o that tarbaby blue shirt andthose ugly red Wol pack shorts, get a giant trashbag and throw them in there.

I you like that school so much better, thango there. This is a green campus and we are all49ers.

For those o you who have conti nued to showyour support or this university, thank you. AndI want you to help me in making this campus agreener one.

I hope to see you out there supporting Char-lotte and as always, GO NINERS!

view point Will Grier Managing Editor Jim Ghegan A&E EditorRyan Freeman News Editor Josh Carpenter Sports EditorDana Nigro Viewpoint Editor Shannon Morgan Photo EditorSarah Jones Layout Editor Rob McCormick Jr. Feature EditorKristen Litchfeld Editor-in-Chief

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PRIDE?The lack of Charlotte school pride is dissappointing

Clash over clunkersJiLLiAN MULLEN

Staff Writer

Cash or Clunkers (the Car Al-lowance Rebate System) was estab-lished to encourage consumers totrade in their old, less uel-e fcientcars and buy new, more uel-e fcientcars to replace them.

The dealers ront the moneyor the rebates and then they are

reimbursed by the government. Itsounds catchy, it sounds promising

and money is involved. Itmust be good, right?

W r o n g .When reading the FAQs and re-quirements o this deal brings on amigraine, the deal is obviously not worth it.

Mr. Ray LaHood, the UnitedStates Secretary o Transportation,said the Car Allowance Rebate Sys-tem (CARS) program was a li e-line to the automobile industry, jump starting a major sector o theeconomy and putting people back to work.

However, i this program was sogreat, then why was there an end toit?

This nation has enough to deal with, especially the car industry-- what is the government doing mess-ing with an industry that has beentanking so much in the past ew

years? The saying Dont beat a deadhorse comes to mind.

The CARS program does havebenefts, but when those benefts areshrouded by worries over money andthe already-horrendous economy,they hardly seem worth it.

It looks like a good deal, but withevery seemingly good deal producedby the government comes draw-backs. With cars selling so ast andthe program running out o money,the dealers were a raid about the un-certainty o not getting paid.

According to Associated Press,some dealers stopped participatingin the Clunker program be ore thecuto date. The Greater New YorkAutomobile Dealers Association, which represents dealerships in theNew York area, said about hal its425 members had le t the program

because they cannot a ord to o ermore rebates.

So thanks, Congress, or turn-ing a seemingly positive plan into

a problem.The $1 billion allowance or

CARS was exhausted by July30, 2009--and the expectedend date was November 1,2009. I was under the impres-sion that we were in a reces-

sion.The government is encour-

aging people to go out and par-ticipate in CARS, yet the govern-

ment is scrambling to scrounge upthe money to support the program.

No one expected the consumersreaction--not even Congress or thecar dealerships.

The government wasnt preparedor the madness, and in turn, they

didnt prepare anyone else. Associ-ated Press also said that car dealersmade Cash or Clunkers deals weeksin advance even though they wereadvised against it.

This mayhem created a big back-log the moment the program o -fcially began, which continued onthroughout the existence o the pro-gram. Basically, CARS was doomed

rom the start.I these are the kinds o ideas

Congress has to boost our economy,I think were in worse trouble than we thought.

Connecticut Attorney GeneralRichard Blumenthal, who sent a let-ter to LaHood asking him to re ormCash or Clunkers, said it best: Theprogram is choking on its own suc-cess.

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Previously published in the UniversityTimes. Looking back at October 21, 2001.

JAMiE BRoWN Staff Writer

While the media and civilians aredetermined to fnd all the aws o President Barack Obamas attemptat a car industry turn around, alsoknown as the Cash or Clunkers pro-gram, the success is seen within thenumbers. Number o cars sold, theamount o buyers that traded in theirolder vehicles, as well as the numbero laid o workers that were rehired.

Transportation Secretary Ray La-hood said the program has been ali eline to the automobile industry, jump starting a major sector o theeconomy and putting people back

to work.Due to the broad range o trade-in requirements, such asreceiving 18 or less mpg andless than 25 years old, now lessgas greedy and air-polluting carsare on the road.

According to the AssociatedPress, about 490,000 new vehicleshave been sold so ar under this pro-gram, equaling nearly $2 billion.

Sure, there are the stories con-cerning the week it took to run outo the frst $1 billion provided andhaving to add $2 billion more to theprogram. However, the real problem was not our presidents hasty deci-sion but rather the predicament thecar dealers placed upon themselves.A ter receiving a months knowledgeo this new program, car dealers des-perate or sales made deals weeksin advance. This created backed uppaper work be ore the program evenstarted.

Then there is the simple littledetail o being le t out o the paper work that has helped back up thesystem. Dealers are required to writeJunk Automobile, Cars.gov on the

orms being flled or these trade-ins,however dealers have neglected thisrequest.

Lahood explained, The ormthat needed to be flled out by the cardealer was inadequate and we hadto send it back. He went on to say,that caused a great deal o delays.

On the bright side, the govern-ment agency has had to triple thesta working on the program, whichhas been a rare sight in the last year.Employment also spiked or severalcar manu actures.GM recently announced plans torehire more than 1300 workers, withHyundai recalling 3000 workers in

Alabama. Automakers have evenbeen paying workers overtime to in-crease production.

These impressive statistics all goback to the numbers. The increase inthe number o cars sold during thisprogram has meant businesses seek-ing employees, as well as more money

or car dealers and automakers.Even though this program was

created in hopes o improvement orthe auto industry, the number o cus-to me rs that have partici-

pated

shocked many in-volved. Early ana-lysts believed thatthe cash or clunkersprogram would only provide a smallbump in sales. Even the governmenthad estimated each dealer wouldmake only about 12 sales under theprogram.

However, a new survey suggeststhat dealers were making about 14sales each, with some making morethan 100.

Daniel Smith, an associate ad-ministrator overseeing the programproclaimed, We were not antici-pating the number o transactions would be anywhere near what it is atthis point. Although it is a very wel-comed shock. Conor Clarke, a writer

or the Atlantic, expressed it the bestsaying, The speed with which theprogram is shutting down is a testa-ment to its success, not its ailure.


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UTNORTH

arts &entertainment

JiM GhEGAN A & E Editor

Its not o ten that a musi-cian rom the era o classicrock puts out an album thatis honestly nothing less than aBest O or Greatest Hits.These compilations albums arenothing more than the artistssqueezing out tired versions o the songs that they have beenliving o or orty years now.

Its even harder to fnd themtouring because o the height-ened age o most the starts romthe golden age o rock. How-ever, I changed my opinion onthis topic when I came acrossthe album Roadsinger: ToWarm You Through the Nightby Yusu ( ormerly Cat Stevens)This album was a pleasure tolisten to and even harder to fndon shelves.

That could be because o some o the past legal troublessurrounding Yusu and his con-troversial stance ollowing hisconversion to the Muslim reli-gion in 1977.

As Cat Stevens he recordedmajor hits such as Peace Trainand Oh Very Young, yet heabandoned everything or a li eo solidarity and peace away

rom the vanity o pro essionalmusic.Still he has lived not without

controversy, in 2004 he was de-nied entry to the United Stateson a plane or being labeled onthe no y list, even though heclearly stated that he was againstthe September 11th Attacks anddonated millions to the relie

und.To this day Yusu has tried

to fght this charge, but it hasgreatly a ected his image, espe-cially within the United States.

Yusa has tried to avoid thelimelight o his ormer success,but these new burdens have

brought him back into the re-cording studio or another tryat a musical career under a newname.

This is the second main-stream album released byYusu . Roadsinger still eelsas i youre listening to the sameBritish olk artist you or yourparents may have loved romthe seventies. His trusty acous-tic guitar accompanies most, i not every song on the album.

Yet this time I eel this al-bum is very personal and hegoes on an introspective journey

through what hes been throughsince his heyday in the seven-ties.

An introductory line o thesong Welcome Home is as

ollows I was still alone and noone knew my ace. I think thatshows that he missed stardomand the recognition o being theman behind such great songs.

Also the title trackRoadsinger really shows howhe elt during the controversyo denied entry into the UnitedStates. The second line peoplestood and stared and closedtheir doors as he passed shows

just how nobody was listening tohis side and just looking at himas a potential terrorist or some-one who could cause harm.

This album is something Ireally encourage you to listen to.Yusu Islam ( ormerly Cat Ste-vens) shows he still relevant andvery much able to write great

olk songs that really make youthink about li e in a post 9/11

world.He touches on topics such as

ear, isolation, and eelings towards other people. Hope ullyother artists rom the classicrock era will take notice andstop living o those countlessroyalty checks and write a newalbum worth our time.

ALExA MASSAU Staff Writer

Wearing dark shaded sunglasses, in a dimly lit room, BrianKan shows a goo y side be ore removing the shades to talk abouthis ambitions in the music industry. Kan, 21 and UNC CharlotteInternational Studies major, hopes to graduate in May o 2010.His close riends know him as Brian, but i he puts on a showin Charlotte or creates and sells an album many know him asBlack Dragon.

Heres a glimpse at the making, oundation and uture o Black Dragon

Q: Where does Black Dragon come rom?A: We were rapping in a [circle], and everyone gets a turn to

spit or rap whatever they want. I said a real sick line and Woosays they should call you Dragon, because you spit fre, andever since then, as corny as it may be I thought Black was amenacing color, you know. Im not going to pick Pink Dragonthat would be kind o weird.

Q: Whos your main audience?A: I guess my main audience would be the kids that really

liked the classics o rap. Like Wu-TangBig L, up North morelike lyrical type music, underground music, and hip-hop is myaudience.

Q: How many songs have you written and recorded, approxi-mately?

A: Ive had two mix tapes out and a lot o other side collabo-rations, but I couldnt give you a defnite number.

Q: Do you have a avorite-recorded song?A: I do! Its a song called Pushing It. My crew and me

were actually going to get signed to a record label; they weregiving us a development deal. We didnt get it. One o mycrewmembers blamed it on me, saying it was my ault, because I

wasnt developed enough at the time, since it was a developmentdeal. So that got me really mad and that is when I wrote thattrack. I eel out o all my tracks that are my most breakthroughtracks its the best, and a lot o people love that track as well. Its

just about never quitting you cant give up, put your all intoit. I this is what you love and your passion, then you cant justquit like that.

Q: What motivates you overall to write your lyrics?A: Li e, just plain li estories, predicaments that we ace.

Thats what makes me rap, competit ion too. Im a real com-petitive person, and the common competitive nature o hip-hop

thats what really makes me do it.Q: What techniques help when you rap?A: Its just more like anything else practice. You have to prac-

tice ree styling. A lot o rappers now dont appreciate the art

o ree styling. Its basically o the top o your head making therhymes. You know like resh, act li ke were talking right now,Im thinking about concepts, what I want to say next, but youhave to do it in a rhyme orm. When I get bored I go on You-Tube, fnd instrumentals and I reestyle. Either I fnd a rhythmor a ow, basically that I want thats really complicated, or

word choice to keep my reestyle up.

Q: So, youre doing this in college right now, and youre study-ing International Studies. What are your plans a ter college?

A: Really, rap isnt my oremost main ocus. This years beenpretty great so ar; I built a studio in my room. I guess collegeis my backup. Im going to do well in school, and when I dograduate Im going to move out to L.A. to pursue my music, orNew York.

A ter questions Kan good-naturedly gave shout outs tothose he has collaborated music with: Producer Soul ull, DanteFawkes, Royaltee, Woo and Cyrano. To fnd urther in ormationon Black Dragon and listen to recorded songs go to his MySpace

Cat Stevens releases

greatest hits albumThis BlackDragon spits freGet up with Brian Kan, the queen citys fresh faced rapper

In October however, they will begoing back out on tour to larger venuesalong with Boys Like Girls.

The hit song Good Girls Go Bad,eatures a cameo appearance by Leigh-

ton Meester, better known or her role asBlair Waldor in the CWs Gossip Girl.Though Blackinton only worked withMeester on a ew occasions, he couldnthelp but notice how pro essional she was.

She was immensely pro essionalbuthas an incredible sense o humor, headded.

Meester wasnt the only celebrity Co-bra Starship had help rom on their latest

album. They also collaborated wit KevinRudol and Kara Dioguardio. It was awe-some, my frst co-write situationit wasan immense learning experience Blackin-ton explained.

The way [Kevin Rudol ] works in thestudio is so cooland I thought the expe-rience was so un, he said. Kara broughtsort o this pop airy dust[she] helpedus hash out Good Girls, he continued.

When asked about what inspires Co-bra Starships beats and music Blackintonexplained, the key is experiment with alltypes o instrumentationsit makes youlook at music a di erent way. There is no

science to the right way to it, you just needto orce yoursel into variety.

With a play on words, Blackinton en- joys being re erred to as Pleasure Ryland.Fans have even gone as ar as to make and

wear yellow and black t-shirts themedaround his name.

In order to get to Pleasure Ryland, nopassport required, all youve got to haveis a positive attitude, a little bit o money

or drinks, and the less clothing the bet-ter. So really its what you dont need, helaughed.

Cobra Starship will be going back outon tour in October.

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DANA NiGRoViewpoint Editor

Over the past ew decades the notion o aUNC Charlotte radio station has been consid-ered and some even came close to ruition. Thisyear the Student Media Board has recognizedRadio Free Charlotte (RFC) as UNC Charlottesnew o fcial campus radio.

Scott Phillipson, a pro essor at UNC Char-lotte and Brandon Kirkley, a graduate student(also better known as the ront man or BrandonKirkley and the Firecrackers) were the driving

orce behind bringing the station to l i e. I hadthought about [starting a campus radio station]

or a long time, but about two years ago I didsomething about, Phillipson said.

Out o two semesters o classes Phillipsonhad his students ocus on how to create a thriv-ing radio station on campus. A student came up

with the phrase its a new norm or campus.That is what they hope it to be.

Though the station is young, Kirkley ex-plained, support rom the students has beengreat. The most surprising thing about RFC isthat so ar it was thought o researched, aired,and approved or no money at all.

When a new club is approved by the Uni-versity, they are given a sum o money to estab-

lish themselves. RFC has at least 100 studentsinvolved and still no unding, Phillipson said.However i the station continues to grow and

branch out, there are still things we need und-ing or, Phill ipson explained.

RFC is its own beast. The music that will beaired is unlike what can be heard on any otherCharlotte radio station. Its music or studentsto listen to, a place to listen to something alittle di erent, Kirkley said. It has anedgy, underground sound, almostelectronic, he continued.

The music is unique yetsomething everyone can enjoy, with songs rom thebands Ladytron, Fisch-erspooner, and Metric.RFC wont only consisto music but it will bethe only station aroundthat will cover specif-cally UNC Charlottenews, sports, andevents.

Kirkley went on tosay, Its not just some-thing or students to lis-ten to, but something orthem to get involved with.

RFC is looking or DJs andthey also have leadership posi-tions available, Phillipson said.Though it is recognized by the StudentMedia Board, all positions remain unpaiddue to the lack o unding.

We want school spirit, we want to bring stu-dents together to have something to be proudo , Phillipson said, we want people to tune inand then tune back in.

JohN RADER Staff Writer

In what is without question the best movie o the summer so ar, Brad Pitt stars as LieutenantAldo Raine, an o fcer leading a band o Ameri-can Jews, as well as German and French dis-senters, on a mission o terror against the Naziregime.

Directed by Quinton Tarantino, IngloriousBasterds pushes the l imit o taste ul moviemak-ing and comes out on top.

Using his blend o intense character dialogueand absurd situations, Tarantino tells a storythat is suspense ul, laughably entertaining, andthought provoking all at the same ti me.

It is worth mentioning, to those who arethinking about seeing the movie that this flmis not or everyone. The sensitive nature o thethemes touched on in the movie, combined withviolence that is graphic, and at times completelyover the top, may be more than some viewers

care to witness.The violent scenes in the movie that are elud-

ed to in the previews are every bit as violent asone could have imagined and the cheapness with

which human li e is treated is, in its own way,even more disturbing.

For Tarantino ans, this is nothing new, butmay shock some viewers that are new to his style

o story telling. Remember this is the man whoenvisioned one woman brutally take down anentire Japanese gang and the accidental shootingby a hit man at point blank range in a car.

Like a number o other Tarantino movies,Inglorious Basterds is divided up into severalchapters. In addition to breaking up the inevi-table monotony o a movie o this length, thechapters allow instant mood changes.

Each chapter tells a little bit o the back-ground o one character or another, and eachcontaining their own mini climax. Then theyeach contain an intense con rontation betweencharacters. The result is a movie that has a astpaced eel throughout.

Tarantinos use o wartime France as a settingis one o the more di fcult eatures o the mov-ie to appreciate. Given the importance o theevents o Second World War to human society, it

would seem ideal to stick to historical accuracyas much as possible. For a Tarantino flm, andhis notorious ego.

This is something that is clearly deviated

rom. Instead, Tarantino goes so ar outside thebounds o historical accuracy, that it becomesa caricature o the events themselves. Historybu s be warned, this movie is about as histori-cally accurate as The Matrix.

All in all, Inglorious Basterds is a movie with more than enough entertainment valueto overcome some o the qualities that suit themore acquired tastes o long-term Tarantino

ans. With action, comedy, suspense, and bril-liant script writing it really has something oreveryone. In act, or any moviegoer that is not a

an o Tarantinos work, this may just be the besttime to become one.

New campus radio station hits the web

These Basterds were worth the wait

RyAN FREEMANNews Editor

On Saturday the sun scorched down on the asphalt o Grayson Skate Park where a ood o youths eagerly tore up the park i n a closely contested tourna-ment Battle Slam Jam 2009, de ying the boundaries o age and athleticism.The skaters ew around the park at breakneck speeds per orming acrobatictricks that, at times, appeared almost impossible.

Grayson Skatepark sits at the transition o Eastway and Wendover Roads

in Charlotte in the Grier Heights. The park has a large bowl (a eature resem-bling a drained pool that skaters use to pick up speed and get big air) andseveral ramps and rails the skaters used to show o their skills in a series o heats to determine the best skater o the day.

The skate renzy included several merchandise stands, a car show withrides rom Dirty South Customs and musical per ormances rom rapper Capi-tal Ill and band Kid Monsters who hit the mic as the skaters battled each otherin the preliminary heats.

The University Times caught some great shots o these youngsters pullingout impressive ip tricks and grabs, but the most amazing thing we witnessed

was a run by a 12 year-old boy who per ectly executed a back ip on a skate-board. Think about it, a back ip! This boarding prodigy, Clay Kreiner, hailed

rom Simpsonville S.C. and had already been riding or our and a hal yearsand skates on hi s Celtic brand board every day.

As the scorching day came to a close I could only come to one disheart-ening conclusion, there is a kid at twelve who is cooler than I will ever beever.

Twelve year-old skaters go big or go home

TiSh WELLS McClatchy Newspapers

Ben H. Winters never expected to endup writing collaboration with Jane Austen.In Sense and Sensibil ity and Sea Monsters,Winters take Jane Austens 1811 classic noveland in uses it with horror-movie seasoning.Instead o being set in the placid Englishcountryside, the Dashwood amily has takenup residence on an isolated island a ter the

ather is killed by a hammerhead shark.Add pirates, mysterious chanting and nu-

merous vindictive denizens o the deep, andyou have quite a bouillabaisse.

One o the real joys was getting to fgureout ways or Austens work to intermingle withall these other writers that I loved, Wintersexplains. Its a literary game and a really unone to imagine, what i (H.P.) Lovecra t andAusten sat down and wrote a book together_ its just preposterous, but what would hap-pen? And to think about how the vocabulary

would interact and the themes could interactis really whats so un about writing the book.I really hope its un to read also,

Winters is highly respect ul o his co-author because there is so much to admirein her writing, its so sophisticated and verysly. How she lets you know so much sayingso little _ the societal restrictions on whatcan or cant be said, and the way you can sayit. Much as (the character) Elinor says in thebook, there are certain things that cant re-ally be said, and certain things that shouldntbe said _ and the way Austen gets around itand lets her reader know whats underneath

whats being said; its just ascinating. Shes amaster ul writer. The book wouldnt be any

un i Austen was a bad writer.Sea Monsters mixes Austen to otherclassic writers: Robert Louis Stevenson orpirates, Jules Verne or undersea antasy andLovecra t or otherworldly horror.

He tried to combine the avor o JulesVernes scientifc specifc vocabulary withAustens intimate descriptions o her belovedcountryside. When were in the underseaportions, were getting an eye ul o this _ theglowing plants and the ungi and the coral,lots o coral ree s, _ (I tried) to give the readerthe same sense o depth.

A graduate o the Washington Univer-sity in St. Louis, Winters actually pre erredCharles Dickens to Jane Austen. He was anEnglish major, history minor, student who

worked various jobs, fnally ending up inNew York in 2001. His love o old Englishliterature added avor to Sea Monsters.

Im a big believer in actually picking upa thesaurus rather than using Thesaurus.comor online re erence sources. I fnd the experi-ence, as a writer, o digging up words in theold books is so satis ying.

For example, what word would Austenhave used to describe the layer o gooey eshon the underside o a man-eating snail? A -ter digging around, he ound mucocutane-ous, and Then you go, Thats great!

He adds, And in a book like this whereyoure both trying to write in a Regency styleand describing the hideous monsters, yourebound to come up with some un new words

un old words, I should say.Winters hopes that his audience can

range rom 14-year-old boys who are just re-ally, really into monsters and adventure allthe way to literate college educated pro es-

sor types _ or just Austen ans who loved theoriginal work and will enjoy re-experience itin a new way.

Wintersoffers takeon Austensclassic tale

Image courtesy o Universal Pictures

New Norm

Shannon Morgan/photoShannon Morgan/photo


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niner sports SPORTS SCHEDULEWomens Soccer vs. Appalachian State Fri. Aug. 28, 7pm, Charlotte, NCVolleyball at Wake Forest Fri. Aug.28, 7pm, Winston-Salem, NCMens Soccer Alumni Game Sat. Aug.29, 6pm, Charlotte, NCMens Soccer at South Carolina Tues. Sept. 1, 7pm, Columbia, SC

Mack heads to GreecesAEK Athens team

Womens soccer looks to buildon three seasons o success


For three consecutive seasons the nationally rankedCharlotte 49ers womens soccer team has won the At-lantic 10 regular-season title and two straight con erencetournament titles. This year the Niners are looking oranother title, but this time without ormer head coach Jon Lipsitz.

In December Athletic Director Judy Rose announcedthe resignation o Lipsitz, who decided to take the headcoaching position at the University o Kentucky.

Lipsitz coached the 49ers or our seasons and fnishedhis Niner career with a 58-23-4 record, three Atlantic 10regular season titles, two Atlantic 10 Tournament titlesand two NCAA Tournament appearances, and in 2007was named Atlantic 10 Coach o the Year.

Replacing Lipsitz is ormer 49er John Cullen, whoplayed or the nationally ranked mens soccer team inthe early 1990s.

Cullen coached at Catawba College or the last eightyears, where he led his team to win two South Atlan-tic Con erence championships, as well as leading theCatawba Indians to our NCAA Division II Regionalsand a pair o regional fnals.

The London, England native was a our-time SACCoach o the Year as well as being named the NSCAARegional Coach o the Year in 2005.

The womens soccer team returns 10 starters and 21letter-winners rom the 2008 team who won a school-record o 18 games including a per ect 11-0 record inleague play, as well as advancing to the second round o the NCAA Tournament.In addition the nationally ranked team also gains six new

reshmen this season.Among returners are senior midfelder Hailey Beam,

and juniors orward Whitney Weinraub and de ender Whitney Bryant, who were named to the preseason All- Atlantic 10 team.

Beam, Bryant, and Weinraub were essential membersto the 49ers as they won their third straight A-10 regularseason title along with their second straight A-10 Tour-

nament title. Last years team was also able to make theprograms ourth NCAA Tournament appearance.

In 2008, Beam became the programs frst All-Ameri-can as well as being named A-10 Midfelder o the Yearand A-10 Championship Most Outstanding Player orthe second straight season.

The midfelder rom Cornelius, N.C., led the leagueand was ranked in the nation with 17 goals, 13 assistsand 47 points, which is the third highest single-seasontotal in Charlotte history.

Weinraub was named A-10 O ensive player o the Year, second-team Soccer Buzz All-Southeast Regionhonors, frst-team All-Atlantic 10 honors,, and A-10 All-Championship team.

The Pennsylvania native fnished the season second

on the team with 12 goals and 33 points.Bryant was a third-team Soccer Buzz All-SoutheastRegion honors and was a frst-team All-Atlantic 10.The Marietta, G.A. native led the Charlotte de ense thatrecorded 13 shutouts and limited 16 teams to a singlegoal or less last season.

The Niners will host 11 regular-season games atTransamerica Field including games against Georgia, ACC rival NC State and Big East oe Villanova. Charlottewill also play host to the con erence championship onNovember 5-8.We are excited about our 2009 schedule, we play somehighly established and traditionally strong programs,said Cullen. As always the highlight o the season isthe Atlantic 10 con erence Championship which will beplayed in ront o our ans at Transamerica Field.Despite winning back-to-back-to-back con erence titlesand making NCAA Tournament appearances, the 49erswere picked to fnish second, behind Dayton. However,the womens soccer team will not let the preseason At-lantic 10 poll stop them rom having another success ulseason.Charlotte began their season on the road at Williamand Mary, where the Niners shutout the Tribe 3-0. TheNiners will host their frst home game at TransamericaField tomorrow night, August 28 at 7 p.m. where theteam will take on Appalachian State.

JoSh CARPENTER Sports Editor

Former Charlotte 49er standout orward Lamont Mackhas signed with AEK Athens in Greece. AEK Athens

competes in the top pro essional division in Greece, the A1 league.Be ore joining the 49ers, Mack was a Junior College

all-American at Angela Community College in Lu tin,Texas. Mack was the 49ers most consistent scorer dur-ing his two-year tenure with the team. The 6-7 orwardscored in double fgures 52 times in 64 games played andscored 20 or more points on 10 di erent occasions.

As a senior, Mack scored in double fgures in 28 o the 31 games he played in and managed to reach doublefgures in all 18 A-10 games, including a career-high32 point e ort against Richmond in his fnal game atHalton.

Mack was a consensus 2009 third-team all-Atlantic10 choice a ter leading the team with a 15.2 scoringaverage and averaging 5.7 rebounds. He ended his two-year campaign with the 49ers with 908 points and 353rebounds and was named A-10 player o the week onFeb. 14 a ter averaging 19.7 points over a three-gamespan.

The Chicago native is projected to start at strongorward or AEK Athens, a team that has won 8 Greek

championships throughout its 85-year history. AEK wasthe frst Greek team to participate in the Euroleague FinalFour in 1966 and throughout their storied history, haswon 2 Saporta Cups, 8 Greek Championships, and 3Greek Cups.

Other notable players that have played in the A1League include New Orleans Hornets head coach ByronScott, nine-time NBA All-Star Dominique Wilkins, San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Roger Mason, and ormer

Stan ord star Josh Childress. AEK Athens is the only teamother than Panathinaikos and Olympiacos to have wona Greek championship over the last 17 years.

File photoIn Macks senior year at Charlotte hescored in the double digits in 28 o 31games.

File photoJunior Whitney Weinraub was named the Atlantic 10 O ensive Player o theYear as well as being named to the A-10 Al l-Championship team.


Obstacles tend to be in the way whenever youre going

a ter something you want, and or UNC Charlotte its nodi erent. Numerous obstacles have been in the middle

o the road when it comes to the uture o theForty Niners ootball program.

The universitys fght or ootballcontinues, as the sales o Forty-Niner SeatLicenses (FSLs) are slow.

Initially the plan was to raise $45million and build a 12,000-seat stadiumon-campus, as well as meeting the goal tosell 5,000 FSLs at $1,000 a piece in orderto begin the inaugural ootball season in2013.

However, due to the unstableeconomy the athletic department has hadto scale back their plans.In the new plan, $20 million would haveto be raised and rather than building a brandnew stadium, an option would be adding onto an existing structure. One such option is

the Belk Track & Field Complex.Despite the scaled-back plan, the sale o 5,000 FSLs isstill a requirement. When the Chancellor made his recommendation to theBoard o Trustees in September 2008, 5,600 people hadsigned on to want FSLs, said Athletic Director Judy Rose.However, no money was to be collected at the time.For those purchasing FSLs, a quarter o the payment wasto be received by April 3 and at that time the numbero names on the reservation list dropped rom 5,600to 1,600.I people really want ootball they better put their moneywhere their mouth is, said Rose.

Due to the lack o commitments the athletic depart-ment was receiving or FSLs, they decided to take a salesteam approach.

We have seven captains at the top, (Judy Rose, MikeHummer, Gene Johnson, David Houser, Bob Hall, JoePrice and Steve Lukewire), all o us are responsible orselling 20 FSLs, said Rose. We are then responsible orrecruiting fve co-captains, who are also responsible orselling 20 (FSLs). Then they get fve team members whoare responsible or selling 10 each.

Be ore the sales team approach, about 1,800 FSLs had

been sold. As o July 28 1,971 FSLs have been sold.The frm deadline to sell FSLs through this approach

is October 15.We think this approach is going to work, i everybody

does what they say theyre going to do, said Rose. Thisis a critical time or us, an important t ime or us. I wantus to stay on schedule i at all possible, and i we are ableto sell these and show theres support we have a muchbetter chance o not delaying ootball.

Even i the sales team approach proves to be the keyto selling the required FSLs, Charlotte ootball will haveanother obstacle to overcome: the Board o Governors.

Theres so much concern over the cost o educationor students that there would be a question on whether

or not the Board o Governors would be willing to ap-prove that ee, said Chancellor Philip Dubois. It may beprudent just to say lets think about starting a year later,or two years later when were certain the environmentis going to be a little more conducive to raising money. We have a great plan it just hit the streets at the wrongtime.

Thus ar a defnite answer on a delay has not beendecided on, but the athletic departmen t plans or every-thing to go on as originally scheduled.

The fght or Charlotte ootball rages on

KRiSTEN LiTChFiELD & ERiN REEVE

Editor-in-Chief & Staff Writer A ter an exciting day at Rec Fest and 49er New Year,students gathered at Transamerica Field to cheer on menssoccer team, as they kicked o the frst season with anexhibition game with the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs.

The 49ers controlled the ball or most o the game,and only allowed the Bulldogs to score once as Charlottede eated Gardner-Webb, 5-1.

Fi teen minutes in to the game, the Niners were giventwo penalty shots and a throw in back to back, with stillno end result. Dribble attempts were made by senior LukeExley and sophomore Justin Tucker, but neither fnishedthrough.

The frst goal did not come until twenty minutes in tothe game, when sophomore Evan James dribbled romthe right side o the feld, to shoot the ball in to the upperright corner o the net.

The ball remained in Gardner-Webbs de ensive sideand sophomore Charles Rodriquez capitalized on that,as he came rom his de ensive position to score a header

with fve minutes le t in the frst hal . A ter hal time, the 49ers started o the second hal

with fve resh new sets o legs. And a ter scoring twogoals early in the second hal (rounding o his hat trick),sophomore Evan James was taken out as well.

This experimentation may have not allowed or the oneand only Gardner-Webb goal at the twenty-fve minutemark, making the score 4-1.

With two minutes le t in the game, the last goal was

scored by reshman Jennings Rex with sophomore Owen

Darby getting the assist.The Niners will hit the road or the teams next threegames, frst heading to nearby Columbia to take on SouthCarolina. Charlotte will return to Transamerica Fieldon Saturday, September 12 7 p.m. to take on CampbellUniversity.

The womens soccer team began their season on theright oot, as the three-time Atlantic 10 champions shutout William & Mary, 3-0 in the 49ers season opener togive new head coach John Cullen his frst win.

Junior Whitney Weinraub, reshman Car-rie Dail, and senior Hailey Beam led the Ninersin scoring with senior goalkeeper Lauren Brownkeeping the net empty.

I am very pleased with our per ormances to-day, said Cullen. I am very proud o the team inthat we beat a very good William & Mary team onthe road to begin the season. We have a new style o play and our players responded to that style today.I was really pleased with our de ense. We had a loto good individual per ormances. I was particu-

larly pleased with the play o our new players whoresponded in their frst college game.Charlotte le t the game with an 11-8 shot advan-

tage over William & Mary.With the win, Brown recorded her 20th career

solo shutout and had three saves in the game.Charlotte will host thei r frst game at Transamer-

ica Field, as they take on Appalachian State Friday,August 28 at 7 p.m.

Charlotte soccer haswinning weekend Men defeat Gardner-Webb and women shutout William & Mary Sunday afternoon


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