Former UNC System Presidents, Bill Friday and Dick Spangler spoke to the UNC Charlotte Faculty Council on Thursday February 21st to try and raise up the faculty against the Chancellor as he makes his decision on adding a football program. But, unfortunately for them, the public participation period of the process is over. There were [...]
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Moving Forward With The Name Change
February 5, 2008
To start out our 2nd semester of SGA Podcasts, I sit down with Student Body Vice President Tim Ernst to talk about our options in pursuing a quality branding solution for UNC Charlotte. Should we change our name? Should we become the University of Charlotte? Why would a change in our name help or hurt [...]
Feasibility Committee Says Overwhelming Yes to Football at UNC Charlotte
December 23, 2007
The first step to football at UNC Charlotte is complete as the Chancellor’s appointed Feasibility Committee decided to recommend an overwhelming and unanimous yes to answer the committee’s charge of deciding whether UNC Charlotte should add a football team.
On the Friday afternoon before the Christmas holiday, the mood was electric as media onlookers from [...]
UNCASG is as Defunct as Ever
November 4, 2007
After retuning from the November meeting of the UNC Association of Student Governments there were definitely some signs that the organization was doing something after the former ASG president resigned, the new ASG president Cody Grasty has the organization clearly heading in a direction other than straight downhill. But that direction seems to be nothing [...]
The Season Begins!
November 1, 2007
It’s time for Charlotte 49ers men’s basketball! The season kicked off tonight with an exhilarating demolition session vs. the Ottawa Gee-Gee’s. (If you want to know what a Gee-Gee is you have to listen to the podcast). The Gee-Gee’s barely broke out of the single digits in the first half and finished down almost 60 [...]
The First and Hopefully Not Annual UNC Charlotte Transit Tax Debate
October 24, 2007
Tonight was the UNC Charlotte (SGA, Non-Partisan Political Action, College Democrats, College Republicans) Transit-Tax Debate. We had some great debaters in Keith Larson and Jennifer Roberts and a great moderator in Jason Saine. The issue at hand was the transit tax in Mecklenburg County that has deep reaching consequences for either side of the decision. [...]
Alumni Football Forum
October 16, 2007
Last night was the first of three forums to discuss the topic of adding football at UNC Charlotte. Small groups of alumni broke down consequences of adding or not adding a team. Some of the consequences I saw as I walked around the room included a continued deterioration of a conference affiliation and the inability [...]
College of Engineering Picnic!
October 16, 2007
One of the best times of the year for College of Engineering majors, this past Friday was the College of Engineering Picnic where thousands of students, faculty administrators and about 70 employers came out to do what college affiliated groups do best… eat and socialize. This was my fourth COE picnic and it has grown [...]
