Talk:University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Excellent job to whoever has been editing this page recently -- the page is MUCH BETTER and very extensive! -- A UNCC student, written on 07-07-05.
Does somebody have an authoritative story behind the school's athletic teams being called the 49ers? 49er says it's because of a gold rush in the Charlotte area, but I read several years ago it has to do with highway 49 in the area, and I see in this article that the school was founded in [[1949]. RickK 07:30, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)
It is from the founding of Charlotte College in 1949. Although Hwy. 49 runs along side of the school, and the first major gold find in the US (Reed Creek) is nearby, these are _not_ the reason for the '49ers nickname. -Rick (UNCC class of '92)
Actually I don't know if that is true. The school was actually founded in 1946. I believe we are the 49ers because we were saved from being closed in 1949 or it had something to do with us have a pioneering spirit, like the gold miners, for knowledge that kept us afloat. I'm pretty sure its somewhere in "Growing Up Together" but I have yet to read the book. -Charlottedude
Towards the end of the blurb about Dubois, the article reads, "Dubois is expected to oversee the process of the University becoming the third research-intensive university in the State." Is this a mistake? Perhaps it should read "...research-extensive...". -Jim, UNCC class of 2003
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[edit] Removed Section(s)
Copied/pasted below are sections that I took out of the article because most if not all of these people are not very notable. Best to leave this stuff out until the list(s) can grow substantially. --64.12.116.138 16:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Notable alumni and faculty
[edit] Alumni
(with year of graduation in parentheses)
- Eddie Basden, Chicago Bulls guard/forward (2005)
- Calvin Brock, undefeated heavyweight boxer (1999)
- Jon Busch, Columbus Crew goalkeeper (1996)
- Bobby Lutz, Charlotte 49ers head basketball coach (1980)
- John Maine, New York Mets pitcher
- Benny Moss, UNC Wilmington head basketball coach (1992)
- Cedric Maxwell, NBA great with the Boston Celtics and commentator (1983) (playing career ended in 1977)
- Robert A. Niblock, Lowe's Chairman, President, and CEO (1984)
- Melvin Watkins, head basketball coach at Charlotte and Texas A&M (1977)
- Clay Aiken, American Idol Runner-up (2005)
[edit] Faculty
- Jamie Franki, designer of the 2005 American Bison United States nickel and the 2006 "forward-facing" nickel
- Kathy Reichs, bestselling author and inspiration of the FOX television drama Bones
- Blair Rudes, professor of linguistics that re-created the extinct language of Virginian Algonquian [1] for Terrence Malick's 2005 film The New World
- James D. Tabor, Religious Studies Chair, designated occult expert in the case of Waco, Texas
[edit] Notable Alumni Independent Page?
Why does the notable alumni section have its own page? We have like 20 people on our list. I think we should leave the section on the page until we have a larger number of notable alumni. Right now, the independent page looks a little pitiful, especially with all those empty subsections. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Charlottedude (talk • contribs) 06:12, 6 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Reinsertion of Removed Segment
I put this section back in on 7/13, as I see no reason for it to have been removed. Regardless of whether they are nationally known or what-have-you, they are still notable 49er alumni.
[edit] Removed the link to a football site
I removed a paragraph with a link to a site promoting football at UNCCharlotte--edgester 23:31, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Why would you do that? It's not an ad or anything. People who are interested have a right to be informed and it also serves as a citation. --Charlottedude 12/06/06
[edit] Going Forward/Future Colleges section
I'm not sure whether anyone else agrees, but I can't see any way to justify adding a section on what someone thinks the university needs to do in order to be successful. If there is some sort of plan to actually do these things then it makes sense, but an un-sourced statement about what a newspaper thinks the school should do (I searched the archives of the paper and found no such article) isn't enough. JCO312 03:33, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
TO JCO312:
Obviously you haven't used the right keywords on your search, here it is:
http://www.publicrelations.uncc.edu/default.asp?id=30&objId=36
[edit] Football Section
Can everyone please stop messing up the football section? Every time I come back there is some ridiculous mistake or error made when someone attempts to change it.
First of all, the entire section is not about Charlotte 49er Football Initiative (CFI) nor is it about the struggle in general. The section is simply about the fact that we do not have football. Paragraphs which talk about what is currently going on are only parts of the section but not the main topic. Therefore, the title should not be "UNC Charlotte 49ers Football Initiative/Drive" or anything to this effect. It should be titled something like "Football Issues" or something similar in meaning. A title like the aforementioned one conveys the correct message about the section and will not lead people to feel the section is a shameless advert for CFI, which I have seen it turned into several times.
Secondly, I don't know why this was put at the top of the section: (in code format)"*UNC Charlotte Football Initiative" but it makes absolutely no sense being at the top or anywhere for that matter. "*UNC Charlotte Football" doesn't even link anywhere, "UNC Charlotte Football Initiative" isn't the correct name of the organization I assume you are trying to talk about, there is already a link to said organization's web site, and, again, the article is not mainly about the campaign or initiative for a football team.
I am a firm proponent of the addition of a football team to Charlotte and a supporter of CFI, so if you question where my opinions on this matter come from, maybe that will clear things up. If you are also hoping to help out the campaign, then please take seriously these suggestions because I want only whats best for the movement. If the section gets all messed up or turns too much into an advert for CFI or the movement, it can only hurt us. If, on the other hand, you are against the movement and keep messing up the section to hurt us, then that is pretty pitiful and classless don't you think? Let's keep this fight clean. Thanks. Charlottedude 10:24, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Just so you know, I have made changes to the areas I complained about. I changed the section name to "Football Issues" but if you can think of something more appealing, feel free to change it, just as long is still conveys the correct message. Maybe if people are going to keep changing it every week, we could just discuss it in here for a bit and finalize the pick. Charlottedude 10:40, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Traditions Section
Did somebody comment the traditions section out on purpose? When I was editing the football section it was in that section commented out for some reason. I uncommented it so it is showing up again now. Charlottedude 10:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Attention pep-rally editors
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It is not for unverifiable or opinionated information that cannot be proven like pic axe hands, "our beloved Lutz", an advertisement to get people to sign a football petition, for unrealistic lists of colleges you wish would be added to the university, cutesy, poetic things that state every student is a member of the alumni association in place of the list of notable alumni. Please keep your bias out of the article. Wikipedianinthehouse 02:22, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey dude, what the hell is wrong with you? Removing the entire football section? Who the hell do you think you are? Do you even go to Charlotte?? Pick axe hands is something we do. It's not biased or pep rallyish. The football thing is a real deal. There was no advertisement for football. It was just a segment about our longstanding desires for a team and the fact that some people are trying to get a team. I wrote two whole freaking paragraphs about why I thought that section should stay and how it should be done, and you come in here and take the whole thing out along with other stuff without so much as a legitimate argument??? Charlottedude 03:17, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedianinthehouse
Wikipedianinthehouse, Before you go and start changing the whole page to one that is 2+ months old, please make sure to spend the time to look into the facts. You might not be best searcher in the web and thus not able to find the facts. Agreed that such as the football drive should not be included. But you ended up reverting much more information that are factual. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Yongrhee7 (talk • contribs) 03:04, 5 January 2007 (UTC).
Wikipedianinthehouse, you are way outa line, son. Check yourself. See above section that you started for more details. Charlottedude 03:18, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Photos?
I've got quite a number of photos taken while roaming campus, would any of those be appropriate to supply, eg., of points of interest or academic buildings? -MalkavianX 01:30, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Colbert
when uncc sga gets around to naming its offices after Stephen Colbert, please include it where you see fit. WillC 02:56, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
This resolution was rejected. 70.61.100.232 05:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
User: 70.61.100.232, in response to your comment made while changing the first paragraph of the page, are you a psychic? How do you know it will 'never be called' University of Charlotte? I would be willing to wager quite a large amount of money that it will one day be called that. Charlottedude 07:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
