http://charlotte49erpresident.com A blog for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's Student Body President Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:44:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_171" align="aligncenter" width="199" caption="President Elect Joey Lemons"][/caption] Fellow 49ers, First, let me take this opportunity to thank you for your belief in me to be your next Student Body President. Jacob Pierce and I are truly blessed to have been afforded this opportunity. It was your concerns and your ... http://charlotte49erpresident.com/2009/04/20/president-elect-joey-lemons-letter-to-the-student-body/ This past Friday, the UTimes hosted the annual debate for the Student Government Presidential Candidates in the SAC. Senator Kyle Kirby and Treasurer Joey Lemons arrived prepared to put on what promised to be a remarkable show. The room was packed with SGA members, members of the UTimes staff, and ... http://charlotte49erpresident.com/2009/03/31/sga-presidential-debate/ SGA Elections are March 30th through April 1st, but why should you care? There will also be a live stream of the Presidential Debate on the SGA main site (sga.uncc.edu) on Friday March 27th, at noon. I'll try and repost that video here. http://charlotte49erpresident.com/2009/03/26/why-vote/ Haven't blogged in far too long. Here's the first post in a while. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Health Department Inspector was on campus again today.   We received the following scores: Residence Dining Hall     101.5 Mainstreet Market         101.5 Prospector Cafeteria       99.5 Congratulations to Chartwells and everyone that made this happen! http://charlotte49erpresident.com/2009/02/09/on-campus-health-department-scores/ The police department in Coralville, Iowa has started using twitter, not as an emergency notification system, but rather as a PR tool to improve communication. Something that I think would be interesting to have on campus here. You can read more about it here: http://media.www.dailyiowan.com/media/storage/paper599/news/2008/12/02/Metro/Police.Turning.To.twitter-3565357.shtml You can also follow me on twitter: ... http://charlotte49erpresident.com/2008/12/04/police-department-uses-twitter-to-improve-communication/ [caption id="attachment_142" align="aligncenter" width="199" caption="Holly Byrd - President Pro Temp"][/caption] My name is Holly Byrd, and I am the President Pro Tempore of the Student Senate. We in the SGA Legislative body are he to provide a link between the improvements that need to be made to our campus and the ... http://charlotte49erpresident.com/2008/12/01/sga-newspaper-column-pro-temp-holly-byrd/ Here is the link to a great article from Wired Campus about how Boston College has stopped giving e-mail accounts to new students. Instead they simply offer them a forwarding address that goes to their already established e-mail addresses. http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3473/boston-college-to-stop-offering-student-e-mail-accounts-to-freshmen-starting-next-year http://charlotte49erpresident.com/2008/11/20/boston-college-will-stop-offering-new-students-e-mail-accounts/ I should have had a post about this a week ago, but it's better late than never. The Board of Trustees officially approved football (old news). But I think that Chairwoman Shaw was correct in noting that this was the beginning of a journey and not the end. We're going ... http://charlotte49erpresident.com/2008/11/20/charlotte-49er-footballdone/ [caption id="attachment_117" align="aligncenter" width="199" caption="Secretary for Sustainability: Megan Smith (Photo: Wade Bruton)"][/caption] That’s not something you hear often in daily conversation, right? But as out of place as it may seem, students and staff across this campus are engaging in a dialogue about sustainability that is growing even as you read ... http://charlotte49erpresident.com/2008/11/12/sga-newspaper-column-let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-sustainability/ [caption id="attachment_114" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="View of the clock tower from the new Student Union Building. (Photo: Quincy Brewington)"][/caption] Recently I had the opportunity to tour what's been built of the new Student Union. As you can see from the picture it really takes advantage of it's position on campus, and the ... http://charlotte49erpresident.com/2008/11/12/view-from-the-new-union/