Archive for September, 2007

Decision on ASG Leads to Attention Across State
September 28, 2007

Our recent decision to publicly voice concern with ASG has started to draw serious attention across the state. Hopefully this attention will lead to serious reform. For the Appalachian Online, Nick Ianniello covers this story:

“ASG is just a huge drain of money right now for basically zero results,” UNCC SGA President W. Justin Ritchie said.
“I [...]

49ers Take Over I-85
September 28, 2007

On the way back from our Executive Branch retreat in Ararat, VA we were about 20 minutes away from Charlotte, passing by Exit 68 on I-85 when traffic came to a halt and we realized that we were stuck. I then realized that this would either make or break the retreat… and oh… did it [...]

Retreat! – Episode 2… Executive Cabinet
September 24, 2007

The Executive Cabinet headed out to Jane’s Cabin in Ararat, VA so that we could spend some time getting to know each other and so we could set some goals for the year. The retreat started off with a tour of the health center and then we headed out to the Cone Center to load [...]

Tour of the New Health Center
September 24, 2007

The new UNC Charlotte health center opens Oct 10th, right after fall break. On Friday before we left for the retreat, the executive cabinet took a tour of the new facility.

Most of the Executive Cabinet could make the tour… pictured on the right is Health Center Director David Rousmaniere

49ers Men’s Soccer vs UNCG
September 20, 2007

I had to miss the Men’s Soccer home opener vs. Davidson on Saturday where we won 5-1 because I was just getting back from the Senate retreat. But I definately made it out to our matchup vs UNCG on Wednesday night. For some reason we all thought that UNCG was ranked #20… but they weren’t [...]

49er Football in the Raleigh News and Observer
September 18, 2007

49er Football continues to get press coverage across the state. In an article about smaller schools considering football “Small Colleges Adopt Football” News and Observer reporter Jane Stancill talks about football at schools across the state of North Carolina, but when talking about the addition of a college football program there is no one better [...]

NinerOnline is Awesome
September 18, 2007

I truly appreciate our student media branching out and exploring new methods for covering events on campus. Most recently, I was impressed with the NinerOnline YouTube video that presented the issue of street preachers on campus.

Retreat! – Episode 1… The Senate
September 16, 2007

The Senate held the Fall ‘07 retreat this past weekend and we all had a marvelous time getting to know each other and exploring our limits on the intense rope course! I got a chance to talk with Maddy about how awesome the retreat was. Episode 2, the Executive Retreat is next weekend. 

Maddy and [...]