Niner Times: February 2, 2016

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768 PINTS DONATED IN SEVENTH ANNUAL 49ERS FOR LIFE BLOOD DRIVE Participants gave enough blood to save over 2,000 lives

INDIRA ESKIEVA STAFF WRITER

On Jan. 28, UNC Charlotte collaborated with the American Red Cross to host the seventh annual 49ers for Life blood drive.

This year, the blood drive collected 768 pints of blood, which is enough to save over 2,000 lives in local hospitals.

The blood drive was held in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center from 8 a.m.–7 p.m.

It took 15 different student groups, the student health organization and 400 volunteers to pull the event together.

With an original goal of raising 1,000 pints of blood, event organizers placed signs and advertisements all around campus to increase participation.

Despite the fact that organizers were unable to meet their goal, American Red Cross account manager Laurie Walker is still satisfied with the turnout.

“We had a great blood drive with a ton of student participation,” said Walker. “Faculty and staff also really jumped on board this year and many came out to donate. We are so thankful.”

All of the donors on Jan. 28 received free T-shirts that read “I Bleed 49er Green” and ice cream.

Food was offered to the donors from various restaurants and over $2,000 was given out in prizes and giveaways.

Blood donations help save the lives of cancer patients, heart surgery patients, accident victims suffering

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Students lay back in chairs as they donate blood during the seventh annual 49ers For Life Blood Drive. Photo by Maria Saenz

from serious injuries and pre-mature babies.

According to the American Red Cross, over 41,000 blood donations are needed every day.

However, only 30 percent of the general population is eligible to donate blood, and factors such as current health condition, height, weight and travel history are all considered when deciding if a person would make a good donor.

The blood collected at the 49ers for Life blood drive was stored in iced coolers and transported to a testing facility near the amusement park Carowinds.

There, it went through multiple tests for safety. The donated blood must remain iced the entire time.

It will eventually be made into packaged blood products and sent to local hospitals.

Senior communication studies

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student at Tori Summers always tries to donate blood when she has the opportunity.

“It’s important to me because I know it saves lives,” said Summers.

“It’s such a great opportunity to give back and help someone in need.”

To determine if you are eligible to donate blood, potential donors are encouraged to read the guidelines on www.redcrossblood.org.

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Students experience Winter Wonderland on campus Despite the warm weather melting recent snow accumulation, students could still experience a faux winter wonderland, with ice skating and snowball fights ALEX SANDS STAFF WRITER

The snow from the weekend before last may have melted away, but the Office of Student Involvement gave students a second chance to play in the snow.

The office put on their one-time event “Winter Wonderland” the night of Jan. 26.

The event featured multiple winter themed attractions to entertain students.

“We just wanted to give students a chance to feel like the winter doesn’t always have to be kind of a downer. It can be fun on campus,” said Assistant Director of Student Activities for Student Involvement Cassidy Sansone.

There was also a dick jockey present for the event. Students all around campus noticed the music blaring from DJ JLEE’s table and gravitated towards the West Quad where Winter Wonderland took place.

A giant inflatable snow themed slide, made out of snowy tree tops and logs, sat by Belk Gym. One of the popular events of the night was the ice skating rink.

The Office of Student Involvement made it possible for students to ice skate despite the warm weather.

Skates were available in all sizes for students to rent as well.

The ice rink was strung with Christmas lights for a wintry effect.

With a view of the clock tower, students skated the night away.

Although the rink was actually iceless and synthetic, it was still popular among attendants.

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Snow makers pump snow on the West Quad of campus to prepare for the snowball fight later that night. Photo by Pooja Pasupula

Junior Josh Ascencio described the rink as slippery and hard to push off of, but that did not stop him from enjoying it.

“I was about to go study for Spanish, but I was like, ‘Screw it!

I’m gonna go play,’” said Ascencio.

“I’m sure I would bust it on real ice, though.”

There was a giant snow globe students could fit inside. They posed while friends took pictures on their phones.

Snow machines were brought to

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campus to created a field of real snow in the West Quad.

There was enough snow to make up to 49,000 snowballs to throw during the ultimate snowball fight that began at 8 p.m.

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POLICE BLOTTER JAN. 16-20 ACCIDENT JAN. 22

• Cameron Boulevard, driver of vehicle two stated they were headed west on Cameron Boulevard when a pedacycle cut across the intersection and they collided. Driver of vehicle two was transported to Charlotte Medical CenterUniversity hospital after indicating she had back pain.

Students ice skating at the Winter Wonderland. Photo by Pooja Pasupula

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• Phillips Road, officer responded to a hit and run that involved damage to campus property.

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• Lot 8, victim stated that while skateboarding near lot 8, a vehicle exited the lot and struck him and his skateboard. No injuries were reported.

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The UNC Charlotte Student Government Association (SGA) had their weekly legislative meeting Jan. 28.

Messages from the Senate Student Body President Mitch Daratony said that he is continuously brainstorming and trying to think of ideas to make UNC Charlotte’s campus more inclusive. He is ready to meet and speak with members of the SGA privately if they would like to make a suggestion.

Daratony informed members that the SGA reunion is scheduled for April 8 and 9. All previous student body presidents and SGA members will be invited to attend.

UNC Charlotte is also hosting the Association of Student Governments (ASG) banquet, which will be held on April 15 and 16.

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Academic and Student Affairs Committees Atkins Library will host a new exhibit starting Feb. 8.

The exhibit, titled “From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry,” will run until March 20.

More updates are supposed to be coming on an art project for UNC Charlotte’s Prospector building.

Niner Nation: Different Together Jasmin Rivers, secretary for Diversity Affairs and Student Union, Activities & Recreation (SUAR) communications intern, announced a new campaign which is set to launch in the next few weeks.

Niner Nation: Different Together is a 4-month campaign with the aim is to address the lack of unity at UNC Charlotte.

Rivers explained that she wants the campaign to connect students by uniting them over their differences.

The campaign is set to last until late April and will include social media campaigns, pop in events and group and panel discussions.

N.C. Bond Pack of 2016 Betty Doster, special assistant to the Chancellor for constituent relations, attended this week’s SGA meeting to discuss the NC Bond Pack of 2016.

She encouraged students to participate in the Statewide Primary Elections in March.

If the Bond Pack is approved, $90 million of the $2 billion appointed to UNC system schools will go towards the restoration of UNC Charlotte’s Burson building.

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• Student Union, officer responded to a call for an injured female. Victim stated she slipped walking up some stairs and hit her eye on the corner of a column. Victim was transported to Charlotte Medical Center-University.

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• Lot 8, officer took a report of damage done to a vehicle while parked in lot 8 by an unknown person.

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• McCall House, unknown person(s) caused damage to victim’s car, which was parked in a public area.

For more information on Mecklenburg County arrests, visit arrestinquiryweb.co.mecklenburg.nc.us

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RESILIENCY

BECOMING CHARLOTTE 49ERS’ TRADEMARK JARED ALLEN SPORTS EDITOR

It’s not about how many times you get knocked down, it’s about how many times you get back up.

The Charlotte 49ers are embracing this cliché motto this season as they push forward deeper into their Conference USA schedule. The 49ers have faced a number of obstacles thus far but continue to fight their way through numerous road blocks.

Whether it’s inopportune injuries, back-to-back road trips or cold shooting nights, Charlotte is growing as a team before our eyes.

To kick off the New Year, the 49ers welcomed Old Dominion to Halton Arena. Charlotte struggled to limit the Lady Monarchs’ offensive production and ultimately suffered a devastating blow in their first conference matchup. The result wasn’t what the team envisioned, but instead of hanging their heads,

the 49ers dug in. They went on to win both of their ensuing matchups (Southern Miss and Louisiana Tech) and posted the best defensive numbers in the conference over the two-game span.

“What a resilient win for our kids.

We faced just about every obstacle we could’ve possibly faced at that time,” head coach Cara Consuegra said after defeating Louisiana Tech, capping off their first C-USA homestand. “They had a hunger and fight in them that I could see it in their eyes the whole game.”

The irrepressible attitude didn’t cease.

Last week, Charlotte took the floor on the road at Marshall and battled the Thundering Herd right to the buzzer. The 49ers conceded a doubledigit lead in the fourth quarter but again, instead of letting hardships

Laia Raventós scored a career-high 16 points against FAU. Photo by Ben Coon

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define them, they inbounded the ball on the final possession and drained a 3-pointer to win the game.

Griffin Dempsey hadn’t scored up to that point in the game but embraced the opportunity. She stepped up and exhibited the confidence to take the significant shot although the momentum heavily favored Marshall.

Charlotte’s resilience carried them through a difficult road trip and it’s infected nearly every player on the roster.

They learned lessons during their time away from home and it showed this past week in Halton Arena.

“I think we learned a lot,” Consuegra said before taking on Florida International, Jan. 28. “In the Marshall game, we played really well for about 30 minutes and then they made a great comeback. We were able to execute really well to win that game but we learned a lot of things about that last quarter and how we need to continue to attack when we have the lead, because thats when we play our best.”

Although Consuegra used the word “attack” referring to her team’s mentality on the court, the term can easily be applied to the 49ers’ mentality off the court.

Again, prior to Charlotte’s matchup with Florida Atlantic, Jan. 30., Raventós was questionable due to injury. Consuegra wasn’t sure if she’d have the guard at her disposal.

“She went through shoot-around today and was cleared to play so we didn’t even know coming into this game if she was going to be ready to play,” Consuegra said after defeating

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FAU, Jan. 30. “That kid is beat up but she played so hard tonight.”

It wouldn’t have been uncommon for Raventós to play tentatively. She was nursing multiple injuries but ignored the pain and scoffed at the chance to make excuses.

Raventós sported a shoulder wrap and white medical tape on her right wrist. As Consuegra said, it didn’t slow Raventós down or shackle the freshman. Instead, she tallied a career-high 16 points and dished out five assists. She didn’t play hesitantly and executed the offense with confidence.

Furthermore, Alexis Alexander and Grace Hunter provided a lethal post presence. Ciara Gregory showed faith in her 3-point shot and drained two momentous triples halting the Owls’ offensive momentum.

Charlotte’s team effort powered them to their fifth conference victory and propelled them into the fifth spot in the C-USA standings. Now after three long weeks, the 49ers can rest. They can finally enjoy a few days off and can prepare for the gauntlet that rests in front of them.

“We’re going to be practicing rest, I can tell you that right now,” assistant coach Nicole Woods said.

“Making sure we get our girls healthy and some extra rest and then we’re going to get back in it.”

Needless to say, health will go a long way in determining how the 49ers will finish the season. They’ve shown thus far that they can weather any storm and possess the attitude and resiliency to overcome just about any obstacle.

That makes them dangerous.

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WELCOME BACK BASEBALL After a rollercoaster season in 2015, the 49ers set out to prove doubters wrong TREVOR WILT

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

The 49ers baseball team is back in action under head coach Loren Hibbs (24th season) witha lineup close to that of lat year, but already, Charlotte is being doubted by the Conference USA preseason polls, picked to finish tenth.

“The past two years we have fallen short of expectations. We know we are better than how we performed the past two years and we think that this team can get a lot of wins and get to the conference tournament,” said junior Logan Sherer. “We know what we have and we think that whatever lineup we put on the field, it will be better than what the other teams put on the field.”

After coming off a season in which they finished 19-29, coach Hibbs seemed very optimistic for the 2016 season in the first media day of the new season. “We’ve gotten better. We look more physical. We are quicker and have more depth. Just need guys to step up,” said Hibbs. “We had a couple good recruiting classes over the last two years and we only have three seniors.”

With one of those seniors being Derek Gallello, who received a medical red-shirt last season for a broken wrist, he feels a different bond in the clubhouse with the new group of guys. “The chemistry has been a lot better than the past couple years. The seniors are all hanging out with the freshmen. We

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are just a big group of friends, one big family.”

Two other seniors taking the field for their last time are two righthanded pitchers out of the bullpen, Nate Traugh and Micah Wells. Wells received the most appearances out of the bullpen last year for Charlotte, 24, piling up over 30 innings with a

5.38 ERA. Traugh looks to improve from his 2015 season performance, posting an ERA over 10 in 11.1 innings pitched.

Brandon Vogler who pitched just under 50 innings last year, both from the bullpen and the starting rotation, said the Charlotte pitching staff looks stronger and

are just ready to go. “We have a lot more options this year and more depth.” Pitching Coach Brandon Hall went to the 6-foot-3 Vogler a lot last year, knowing that he will get a solid showing from the junior from Lewisville, N.C.. “Every day in the bullpen [last year] put some pressure on the elbow but I’ll do

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anything to help out the team.”

The 49ers’ starting rotation will be led by the 6-foot-7 left-handed from High Point, N.C., Sean Geoghegan.

The red-shirt junior received high honors from C-USA, being named to the CSM’s All C-USA Second Team.

Geoghegan posted a 2.46 ERA in 87.2 innings last year for Charlotte, tallying up six wins. The lefty, who isn’t exactly known for his velocity on the mound but for the movement on his pitches, will bring lots of fans and scouts out to the ballpark when he takes the rubber every Friday night.

Another 49er selected to the C-USA Second Team is sophomore standout Brett Netzer. Netzer, a highly recruited infielder from Fort Mill High School, showed why he got much attention in his first year at Charlotte. Netzer batted .318 last season for the 49ers in 41 games, good enough to be named to the C-USA All Freshman Team.

But after a great first year in left field for the freshman, Netzer is taking the lead reps at second base and looks like the favorite to start up the middle for Charlotte. Netzer is coming off a great summer league campaign, winning the batting title in the Cal Ripken League, hitting .349 for the Alexandria Aces. If

Netzer continues his dominance and makes a clean transition to second base, look for Hayes Stadium to be packed with even more scouts this upcoming season.

Charlotte found themselves with a great recruiting class, bringing in players that can and will make an immediate impact to a team who is returning every starter but one from last year’s roster. Derek Fritz, transfer from Pensacola State Community College, will help out in the middle of the lineup for the 49ers, possessing the ability to send a ball halfway up the lights at any ballpark.

True freshmen Drew Ober and Reece Hampton will be competing over the next couple weeks for a spot in the outfield, attempting to fill the shoes that Brad Elwood left for them. Hampton provides top-notch speed in the outfield and on the bases to create havoc for opposing teams. Ober is another player that can make an immediate impact, providing great pop wherever he is inserted in the lineup, with the ability to cover lots of ground in the outfield.

Charlotte added a lot of depth to their pitching staff with arrivals of eight pitchers. Colton Laws and Phillip Perry are two right-handed

pitchers that transferred from East Carolina University and are ready to go this year. Another player who had to sit out last year due to NCAA rules is 6-foot-6 pitcher, Brandon Casas. Casas transferred from Maryland and will provide power from his big body frame either in the starting rotation or out of the bullpen.

Zach Jarret, son of Hall of Fame NASCAR driver Dale Jarret, and Logan Sherer look to keep their consistent play up as they both start their junior season. Sherer belted six home runs last year with his teammate, Jarret, one-upping him with seven home runs. Although Jarret and Sherer didn’t receive any preseason honors, look out for these young men to produce big numbers throughout the spring and guide the 49ers young team to many big victories over their tough schedule.

Charlotte opens up a seven game home-stand on Feb. 19 against William & Mary and Toledo. The 49ers will play three games this year at the beautiful BB&T Ballpark in Uptown Charlotte, hosting Georgia on March 8, N.C. State on March 29 and starting as the visiting team against Winthrop on April 5.

Teammates Brett Netzer and Nick Daddio greet Logan Sherer as he crosses homeplate. Photo by Ben Coon.

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DEAR NINER NATION, An open letter to everyone ignorning 49ers basketball

ANDY GUSTAFSON STAFF WRITER

Charlotte men’s basketball is on the come up. Despite their record (7-14), these young 49ers are giving those connected to Charlotte a reason to cheer. Fresh off a threegame winning streak, the 49ers will blackout Halton Arena on Saturday, Feb. 6, welcoming Conference USA rival Old Dominion.

What makes this game so special?

First, this is a rematch. Charlotte nearly ended the Monarchs 32 homegame winning streak in their first matchup on Jan. 2. Nearly 7,000 fans came out to watch the game on the road. Halton Arena has been the setting for such a crowd this season, especially the Davidson game. The atmosphere was electric.

In college basketball, the crowd makes a huge difference and can even define a program. Think of the Cameron Crazies of Duke. Niner Nation could have the same impact.

In fact, the student section was alive and well in the early 2000s. It’s time for the student section to come back to life and there is no better way to do so than in a rematch.

As for the game itself, the 49ers are emerging as one of the hottest teams in C-USA. Mark Price is orchestrating an exciting brand of basketball as Charlotte ranks second in conference play, scoring on average 80 points a night.

They’re doing so in all sorts of ways:

knocking down three-pointers and scoring in the paint almost at will.

Their offensive production ranks them fourth in the conference in field goal percentage.

Another reason to come out to Halton Arena is to witness history.

Joseph Uchebo has led Charlotte miraculously on one knee all season.

The senior is eighth in the nation in rebounding, averaging 11 per game, and has recorded two 20-rebound performances this season. Uchebo could set the single-season mark for consecutive double-doubles. The senior has seven right now.

Lastly, Saturday will boast a fun matchup to watch. Charlotte is sporting one of the best backcourts in the conference and they will have a job to do, defending C-USA’s leading scorer Trey Freeman, averaging 21 points per game. The combination of Jon Davis, Braxton Ogbueze, Curran Scott and Andrien White make up the majority of the 49ers production. It’ll be interesting how Charlotte combats the dynamic guard from Old Dominion. One thing is sure, the two backcourts will provide plenty of fireworks next weekend.

To Niner Nation, it’s time to start paying more attention to the Charlotte 49ers basketball program as a return to the glory days could come sooner than expected.

Joseph Uchebo flexes as Niner Nation gets fired up. Photo by Chris Crews

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How reliable is SafeRide?

SafeRide is an important service for disabled students, but it needs improvement to ensure consistent reliability MIA SHELTON

ASST. OPINION EDITOR

If you go to UNC Charlotte and have been or are currently permanently or temporarily disabled, you know about SafeRide.

For those of you that don’t know, SafeRide is a service here at UNC Charlotte where a small cart that holds about 8-10 people takes people who have temporary or permanent disabilities around campus. I am currently using SafeRide because I had reconstructive knee surgery about a week and a half ago after I dislocated my knee getting ready for a date (it sounds strange, but that’s what happened).

I don’t know if it was overexcitement, clumsiness, or the fact that after you get out of the shower your clothes stick to you like glue, but while I was getting dressed my skirt wrapped itself around my knee. While I was trying to get it off, my kneecap dislocated. I lost my balance, fell and popped it back in place. After weeks of wearing a brace and going to physical therapy, my knee did not improve. It got to the point where I had to push in my knee just to be able to bend it.

In December I got the unfortunate news that I had to have surgery.

Due to my surgery, I now have to spend six weeks on crutches. Due to my temporary immobility, I needed help getting around campus.

After I made up my schedule for pick up and drop off, and got all the required documentation turned in, I was ready to go. Monday was my first day back after my surgery and my first time using SafeRide.

It started off shaky because no one told me the pick up location from my building. I needed them to come

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get me from the Student Union. So, with no information to the contrary, I figured they would pick me up from the parking deck.

I stood outside my car for about 5 minutes. When no one showed up I called the dispatch number, it was busy. I then called the department head on her cell number, and again, no answer. Finally when I called the office, I finally got an answer. I had to walk around the perimeter of the building to find the pick up. In pain and frustrated, I finally was able to get to class (late) and back to my car.

The next day was just as eventful.

It started off with me having to walk down six flights of stairs in East deck 3 on crutches because of the lack of convenient parking spaces.

After that the rest of the day went fairly well. I got to all my classes in good time and was able to run some important errands. The driver even changed up his route to help me run my errands. It wasn’t until my last errand that things took a turn for the worst.

I needed someone to pick me up around 5:15 p.m. and take me to Fretwell. The driver said I just had to call before or by 5 o’clock and someone would take me. So, after I completed my errand I called dispatch at 4:50 p.m. to get a pickup.

They told me that they could pick me up, but I would have to wait 1015 minutes. When I went out at 5:10 p.m., no one was there. So I waited.

By 5:15 p.m., no one had come, so I called dispatch again to see how far away the cart was. He told me that they coudn’t come get me because they stop running at 5:15 p.m. and that they already had two people to

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take somewhere.

Furious doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt. I almost cried, I was so angry. I was told I could be picked up, but I just had to wait 1015 minutes. Now I am being told I can’t be picked up 15 minutes before my class starts. Not to mention the driver before him told me that I could be picked up as long as I called prior to or at 5 o’clock. The email I received from the department said that SafeRide ran from 7:30-5:30, as did one of the drivers. I needed to be picked up at 5:15. Plus, I was going to Fretwell, which is a short distance drive because they’re able to take short cuts.

So I had to walk from the Student Union to Fretwell to get to class.

To add insult to injury I passed the SafeRide cart while on my way to class. Instead of giving me a ride the driver said, “Sorry, we stop running at 5:15,” and kept going. Mind you he already had someone else in the cart. It was only two days in and I already have a bad taste in my taste

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about SafeRide. The only thing that makes it a little sweeter is that the driver who drove me around that day was very nice, helpful, attentive and charismatic.

In my opinion SafeRide is a good resource that is definitely needed and appreciated, but it needs some tweaking. They need to better inform the person riding where the pickup locations are at every building. They also need to communicate better with their staff and get into agreement about what time SafeRide stops. It’s confusing; “We close at 5:30,” “No, we close at 5:15,” “Yes, we can pick you up at 5:15,” “ No, we can’t pick you up at 5:15.” It causes an inconvenience and looks unprofessional. They also need more efficient people answering the phone. No one answers when help is needed, and when they do some of the people who answer don’t know what they are doing.

It’s unorganized, confusing and unprofessional. It can also hurt business.

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Why Jimmy Buffett?

And why now?

There’s only one escape from the melancholy of winter

JOHN PATRICK INTERN

Why don’t we get drunk and screw?

Oh, sorry, just another day’s work at quoting Jimmy Buffett songs.

It is right and a good thing to do (to quote Jimmy Buffett, I mean) as the rough temperament and frigid climate of winter is fast upon us. So instead of conceding to the winter blues I prefer to take arms against this beast that is bleak weather.

Margaritas in company (I’m legal), I’m on a search for my own paradise, even if I’m hundreds of miles from the nearest tropical beach.

It’s bewildering how ignorant most people are of Buffett songs. You’d be surprised, really. I know this because of how often people name off their favorite song of his after finding out I’m a fan. “Brown Eyed Girl” and

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“Southern Cross” seem to top the list of the most common responses I receive of their cherished note. This is odd, given that those songs are not pieces of Buffett’s origination. A significant amount of tongue-biting is had, because I grin and bear their illiteracy out of politeness.

If it sounds like I’m coming off as arrogant in my Buffett prowess, you would be right. I take pride in being a parrot-head connoisseur, a Jimmy authority with a license to chill. I take pride in knowing his more obscure and off-the-beatenalbum songs. I take pride because I understand the mastery in his craft.

And with the season that turns a Köppen climate classification of humid subtropical into a barren wasteland, it’s as important as ever

to open your eardrums to his island inflection.

So when people say they love his rendition of Van Morrison’s song about a brown-eyed girl, when they overlook the genius that is “Tin Cup for a Chalice” or “A Pirate Looks at Forty,” it’s a crying shame. It is so because they are neglecting the true brilliance and artistry that rests in his musical prose.

All of this is to say that the identities of his songs are relaxed, putting the audience on a reclined mental ease. They emulate good vibes and unwind life to a tune of pacified positivity. And they’re humorous—Buffett is a tactician of insightful wit. Formed collectively to elude reality, as us parrot-heads prefer the option of paradise.

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In short he can, through his dexterity, sketch a scene of one laying on a beach in Shangri-la with two Landshark’s (the beer company he owns) in each hand, bikinis whipping in breeze, just taking it easy.

He is able to accomplish this even when you’re stuck in actuality, juggling the hum drum of everyday life. Buffett’s music puts people in a good mood, meeting the burden that Margarittaville isn’t a place, but a way of life. So while we bear the colds of January, put on a Buffett song and paint a picture of your dream paradise because I guarantee it is closer than you think. Besides, the trip was the cover; the cover was a trip!

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The cast of ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ gets down and dirty about twisting a classic HUNTER HEILMAN A&E EDITOR

Admit it, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” sounds genius, because I won’t take no for an answer. Perhaps it’s the horror fanatic in me, but I think adding supernatural elements to anything immediately improves it, case in point: Seth Grahame Smith’s wonderful novel for which this film is based upon. Recently, the cast of the film, Lily James (“Cinderella”), Bella Heathcote (“Dark Shadows”), Matt Smith (“Terminator: Genisys”) and Douglas Booth (“Jupiter Ascending”) sat down with the Niner Times to talk about the film and why this absurd sounding film works so wonderfully well.

How surprised were you when you read the title of the script?

Matt Smith: I was very surprised, actually.

I think it’s quite interesting if you add zombies to any story. Somehow it makes the stakes more dynamic and then I picked up the script and I read it and I thought it was an interesting spin on a classic tale.

Lily James: Yes, I was pretty surprised. I thought how could this possibly work? Then I actually read it and I loved it. And I loved the film too, so all’s well that ends well.

Douglas Booth: I was quite surprised. But I had heard of the book because it was a New York Times bestseller so a lot of my American friends

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were big fans of it so I’d heard of it, but I hadn’t read it, so I really wanted to somehow get in on the action, regardless.

LJ: I thought it sounded terrible and then I read it and thought it was wonderful. It’s bizarre how it works and it’s rare that you get a script that you sort of love that much. It was pretty exciting.

“Pride and Prejudice” is for many people, Jane Austen’s magnum opus, and a lot of people will go see a movie if it has the words “Pride and Prejudice” in the title. But how do you sell the concept of it with zombies to those Austen purists?

LJ: I think that there’s been a lot of “Pride and Prejudices” before in the past. It’s been done very, very well and I think it’s always interesting, especially if you love something, to see it done in a different way and what we all found was kind of crazy was that putting something so, so surreal and strange as zombies in “Pride and Prejudice” and somehow the scenes and relationships in the book become heightened and become really clear, like Liz Bennet gets to beat the crap out of Darcy which is really a sort of a physical expression of all her sexual frustration and that’s a very basic analysis, but it was just interesting how the zombies kind of contributed.

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Bella Heathcote: Jane Austen’s all about female empowerment, as this film is too and it just has a cynical expression, because we get to beat the crap out of zombies. I think they’d like it.

LJ: Girl power! Jane Austen would love girl power and so would Jane Austen purists.

MS: They’ve probably seen it done so many times. It has been done, near perfectly a few times, so it’s kind of cool for them to see it in a different way.

This being “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” and putting that modern twist on a classic tale, what other classic tale would be interesting to see turned into a supernatural/action tale?

BH/LJ: (simultaneously) All of them.

MS: I think “Macbeth and Zombies” could be interesting or if you apply it to any work of Shakespeare— LJ: “Romeo and Juliet and Zombies” MS: Or “War and Peace and Zombies?”

LJ: The stakes are higher, everything’s life and death and that adds a sense of excitement and danger.

BH: Arguably, anything that’s a romance is great with zombies because when the stakes are high and the love’s there as well, you want them to end up together even more.

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This novel has had a long, slow road to the screen and has gone through a number of different directors and writers. Did any of you have any trepidation about this prior to the beginning of the shoot?

LJ: To make a film happen, I’ve learned, is such a long journey.

Films can be in development for like 13 years. In fact, it really drew me into the project because when you hear—I think at one point, Bradley Cooper and Scarlett Johansson were going to do it. These are people that I would really sort of respect in the role, so I think it—there’s obviously something special about something so hard fought for. We hoped that an alchemy came together this time which is why it happened with Burr Steers, the director, and there’s no rhyme or reason to why things happen when they do, but we’re really happy that it did with this lovely cast.

What kind of training did you guys have to go through to fight off all those zombies in the movie?

BH: The girls went through quite a bit of training. I did about three months by myself in Los Angeles and got really into kung fu, then came to London and met up with all the other girls and we did lots of different skill training with weapons and choreography and got very into it. I loved being on set with the zombies even when they scared me.

LJ: I was very unfit and very lazy prior to shooting, so I had to do a lot to get into shape and I loved it. We had such a fun time but yes, beating the crap out of zombies who were very frightening on set, especially

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when you’re trying to eat your lunch and the person opposite you face is melting into their meal.

MS: The woman that played with her face as it was falling off. It was really amazing prosthetics that she had on, but she actually looked like that and we were trying to eat lunch.

Why did you all choose to take on these roles, and how has this film compared to your other projects?

DB: What was different was, there was actually quite a lot of us who knew each other before. I had worked with Matt before, I had known Lily through drama school and we actually really get on, we’re really good friends and made really great new friends. So it’s not that the other jobs are not fun but this is particularly a really, a really cool, young fun cast.

LJ: We had a riot and especially because we got to fight and we all became like a girl band.

DB: With swords.

BH: Ninja Spices! Now, I wanted to take it on because it’s pretty rare that I get to kick ass. I usually get cast as the girl next door wallflower or something so it was nice to have a physical role and actually get to beat the crap out of someone and to get to rescue the boy for once.

LJ: Especially for me because I had done “Cinderella,” her strength came from within but was very peaceful and so it was fun to sort of scream and scratch and bite and kick and beat—strong in a different way.

See the whole interview at http://ninertimes.com/ and check out “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” in theaters Feb. 5.

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How to eat healthily at Subway JOHN LINEBERGER LIFESTYLE EDITOR

So we all know Subway, the big sub sandwich fast food chain that started off as a meat-lover’s paradise, but has since changed their focus into healthier eating. With the new motto “Eat fresh” and a bunch of green leaves adorning the sub wrapping paper, Subway has become one of the most popular and successful chains in the world as a “healthy” fast food alternative.

Let’s take a look at the options you can pick from Subway and figure out what is really healthy, and what’s not.

FOOT-LONG VS 6-INCH

Unfortunately, it is impossible to eat an entire foot-long sub from Subway and consider it “healthy.” It’s just too much bread. You’ll consume at minimum 85g of carbs and 1200 mg of sodium, which is close to what you should getting in an entire day.

BREAD

None of the bread options are super healthy or far apart from each other, but the wheat and honey oat options are definitely the best.

They both pack a lot of dietary fiber and are relatively low calorie and sodium. The main thing to avoid is Italian herbs & cheese. It is high calorie and high sodium, and you haven’t even started adding meat to it yet.

MEAT

The healthiest option here is to just have a veggie sub, but let’s be real. The best meat options are turkey, oven roasted chicken or roast beef. They are all lean meats with a lot of protein, healthy fats and fairly low calorie

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count.

Any of the other meats though—ham, salami, pepperoni, steak, buffalo chicken, Korean pork, etc.—they’re going to be considerably higher in sodium and saturated fat. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the average person should be getting somewhere around 1500-2300mg of sodium per day. If you choose any one of the latter meats, you could hit that number by midday.

VEGETABLES

This part is pretty much free reign. You choose any and as much vegetables as your heart desires. My only suggestion would be, if you’re trying to decide between lettuce or spinach, shredded lettuce is a pretty neutral food that isn’t going to hurt or benefit you if you eat it, but spinach contains a good amount of iron and vitamin A, making it the best choice.

SAUCES

Once again, there aren’t too many good options to pick from here. Vinegar and olive oil are the best two, but Subway also has sweet onion sauce, honey mustard, yellow and deli brown mustard, all of which are fat free.

I’ll be the first to admit, I absolutely love spicy food. I’m extremely tempted to put sriracha and/or chipotle southwest on my sub every time, but beware that if you are trying to be healthy, those two sauces are egregiously high in sodium. Subway’s mayo and ranch are also pretty bad for you, both being really high in saturated fat.

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Bread: Honey Oat Meat: Turkey Vegetables: Spinach, Cucumber, Red Onion, Bell Peppers, Black Olives Sauce(s): Olive Oil and Vinegar Just remember, take everything in moderation. If you’ve been eating well for a while, then it’s okay to splurge on the sauce, the meat or the bread choice every once in a while.

Subway also offers the double meat option, so if a 6-inch just isn’t going to do it for you, then you could try having double meat for a while and it’ll still be cheaper than a foot-long and way better for you than eating all of that bread.

Pretty much anything you choose to have at Subway is going to be better for your body than a double cheeseburger and fries at McDonalds or an XXL burrito from Taco Bell.

Remember that this body you have is the only one you’re going to get. Keeping it in good health is going help you live a much longer and happier life. Much of today’s foods are processed and loaded down with carbs that increase our appetite, sugar that turns to fat and sodium that sky rockets our blood pressure.

Don’t forget that Subway’s website also has a meal calculator, so you can know exactly what you’re eating. Counting your nutrients in every meal may seem like a hassle, in the end it’s going to be one of the most useful decisions you’ve ever made.

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Jobs. They pay the bills, they put food on the table and they make fun excursions possible.

Some people love their jobs and others cannot stand them. Yet, it’s our decision to decide to apply to these jobs, so what is with the unhappy, tragic stories we hear all the time about others and their workplaces? What can we all be doing better when we look for a job, and what can we expect when we interview for them?

Here are some tips and some real life advice:

First, where are you looking?

Certain websites like indeed.com, Monster. com and even Jobs.com are what I consider to sometimes be dead ends. When you apply for positions on these websites, you are less likely to hear back from busy employers who tend to post job listings and forget about them. I cannot tell you how many times I have applied for a job with the hopes of hearing back, and I never got anything in return because someone has already been hired, and the employer forgot to take down the listing. Sometimes they also never sign back into their account to check for applicants. It is annoying and not helpful for someone who has bills to pay.

Instead, if you are looking for a job at the mall, instead of walking around the mall and asking for applications—which is not to say walking around the old fashioned way is not a way to get a job because it certainly is—fill out the application online. Many times you waste time asking for applications when they turn around and send you on their website to fill out an online application. You can easily,

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in the comfort of your own coach or bed, go to the mall’s website and look for Retailer Job Postings. These make it super easy to apply, and can narrow your search. As far as any job goes, going to their website and looking for the “careers” tab is another fast and efficient way to find out if a company is hiring.

Do your research.

With technology as rapid and resourceful as it is, researching has no end. Find out where it is located and understand their mission. Is this something you stand for? If you are someone who has no religious beliefs, do you still want to apply to be a communication intern for a new and upcoming church? Probably not.

Understand the basis of the job and decide if you can actually handle the job description.

They are not there to skim over, think of them as a checklist of qualifications that you may embody. Employers nine times out of 10 will ask if you know any background information about them. This would be your perfect chance to shine.

They gave you the job, now what?

Just because you were in dire need of a job two months ago does not mean you make yourself so flexible that you have no you time.

When I took a job two years ago, I gave them my total availability. That was a huge mistake.

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decompress. You will thank yourself later.

A professor I had last semester said to the class one day, “If you prioritize your job at crapplebees before your school work, you have got a problem.” Those words have never rang so true. You are in college, doing well is very important. Some people can juggle school and work at the same time and still turn out and do well. Good for them. Unfortunately, I am not one of those people. If you are feeling a heavy workload, and if your boss is making your job more important than your schoolwork, they have a problem, not you.

When should you leave your bad job?

If you are experiencing drama, tension or stress at your job, you should make sure you take the proper precautions before you drop the mic and peace out.

Lining up a couple of interviews, or even waiting until you have got a new job is the smart and the best “adult” strategy. Leaving your job because you are angry or annoyed is not a good enough excuse. Being independent and an adult go hand in hand, so make sure you have all of your priorities in check before throwing in the towel.

“Adulting” or being self-sufficient is what we all should aim for. We all want to work at a fun and flexible job. It takes a special person to sit at a computer all day and book appointments, and it takes a special person to tend to customers and keep a friendly smile on all day.

It may take a while to find that perfect job, but we can all be realistic and take the right precautions before we get there.

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ANGIE BAQUEDANO STAFF WRITER

“I was 13 waiting for my dad to pick me and my twin brother up from football practice. He was about an hour late at that point so we just sat down on a bench waiting for him to come. Then one hour turned into two. When he finally got there, he noticed all of our friends were playing and running around and my brother and I were just sitting on the bench waiting.

He asked us what was going on and we said, ‘We were waiting for you. We wanted to make sure that you were going to come’ and he got so angry with us when he heard that. So he sat us down and he said, ‘I’m your dad; I love you. I’m always going to come for you. If I’m ever late, you play. I am never going to leave you,’ and that was the first time, I wouldn’t have said it at the time, but that was the first time I understood the love of God.” Brent Campbell

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