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For anyone looking to create new connections, college is ripe with opportunities to expand your crew. The key is being o...
19/08/2025

For anyone looking to create new connections, college is ripe with opportunities to expand your crew. The key is being open to these opportunities and looking in places you may not expect a beautiful friendship to bloom from. 

This four-year process is not linear, as life certainly never is. For some, college is more or less than four years, done earlier or later in life than usual or possibly completed without ever setting foot on campus. The ‘real world’ may be around the corner, but college is aimed at giving you the time and tools to meet it with direction and confidence. Everyone deserves and can benefit from that. 

Read the full story at ninertimes.com (link in bio).

🗞️: Emsley Jackson/Niner Times
📸: Blaise Uy/Niner Times
📱: Emmanuel Perkins/Niner Times

Taking place during the first week of classes, one of the most anticipated weeks of the school year, Gold Rush introduce...
18/08/2025

Taking place during the first week of classes, one of the most anticipated weeks of the school year, Gold Rush introduces newcomers to campus life with a packed schedule of events that highlight the spirit, diversity and opportunities at Charlotte. From cookouts to resource fairs, there will be plenty to do during Gold Rush.

Gold Rush is designed to help you feel right at home from day one. It is your first chance to meet fellow Niners, connect with student organizations and experience the pride and traditions that make UNC Charlotte such a dynamic community.

The 2025 Gold Rush runs Aug. 14-28. Classes begin Aug. 18, so students have the opportunity to enjoy Gold Rush activities before, after or in between classes. The following are some of the top events and activities throughout the week.

Read the full story at ninertimes.com (link in bio).

🗞️: Sofia DiStefano/Niner Times
📸: Courtesy of UNC Charlotte


Come stop by! If you’re interested in what we do, working for the Niner Times or just want to say hi, we’d love to see y...
18/08/2025

Come stop by! If you’re interested in what we do, working for the Niner Times or just want to say hi, we’d love to see you come out!

See you soon!

“It is the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency that will be at the fair, not ICE,” wrote UNC Charlotte Deputy Chie...
16/08/2025

“It is the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency that will be at the fair, not ICE,” wrote UNC Charlotte Deputy Chief Communications Officer Christy Jackson in a statement to the Niner Times.

“The University does not exclude any employers from participating in career fairs based on political or policy positions,” continues Jackson’s statement.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been less involved than ICE with the Trump administration’s recent mass deportation efforts, but has aided ICE in raids.

Earlier this week, rumors swirled on social media that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would be tabling at Charlotte’s fall career fair.

Read the full story at ninertimes.com (link in bio).

🗞️ : Davis Cuffe/Niner Times
📸 : Megan Bentley/Niner Times File
📱 : Davis Cuffe/Niner Times

The Niner Times needs YOU! We are hiring for all positions, and all work is paid! Apply now at the link in our bio; you ...
12/08/2025

The Niner Times needs YOU! We are hiring for all positions, and all work is paid! Apply now at the link in our bio; you won’t regret it!

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Matthew Kingsley, UNC Charlotte’s SGA UNCASG liaison and president of the campus chapter of Turning Point USA, appeared ...
25/07/2025

Matthew Kingsley, UNC Charlotte’s SGA UNCASG liaison and president of the campus chapter of Turning Point USA, appeared in a new YouTube video with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, discussing Israel, antisemitism and other political topics.

The third-year mechanical engineering major is seen multiple times in the video expressing his views on Israel and the future of the GOP.

The video was published on Kirk’s YouTube channel on Thursday afternoon and is titled, “AM I ANTISEMITIC?! — 25 Gen Z Students + Charlie Kirk Discuss Israel, Netanyahu, Gaza, AIPAC.”

Kingsley is the first participant to get real talking time after Kirk starts the discussion by asking, “What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear the word Israel?”

After other participants answer, “aid,” “tax dollars” and “Judaism,” Kingsley answers “Mossad,” which is Israel’s national intelligence agency.

Kingsley declined to comment on his appearance in the video upon the Niner Times’ request.

Read the full story at ninertimes.com (link in bio).

🗞️ : Davis Cuffe/Niner Times
📸 : Courtesy of Gage Skidmore
📱 : Davis Cuffe/Niner Times

Donald J. Trump, two-time president of the United States and one of the few presidents to have nonconsecutive terms; the...
16/07/2025

Donald J. Trump, two-time president of the United States and one of the few presidents to have nonconsecutive terms; the only convicted felon to ever be elected president and one of two major TV personalities to hold office. What a collection of stats. Another trailblazing move Trump has decided to take on is being arguably the first president of the United States of America to take myriad active and bumbling steps toward authoritarianism with what looks eerily like moves from a certain Austrian’s playbook. 

The parallels between the rise of the N**i regime and the start of the second Trump term should make the hairs on your arm stand up. Whether it is scapegoating Jews or scapegoating immigrants, the Schutzstaffel (SS) on Kristallnacht or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) blazing through Los Angeles, Anne Frank or your 12-year-old neighbor who was brought to the United States as a baby, Joseph Goebbels or Karoline Leavitt, a strongman or a Sith Lord, it leaves a sickening feeling in one’s stomach that cannot be shaken. 

A cruel, cowardly, racist, authoritarian narcissist who introduced fascism to his country’s government and deported innocent members of that country’s society without due process or a lick of mercy is how Adolf Hi**er is seen by history. And it is exactly how Donald Trump will go down, too. 

Read the full story at ninertimes.com (link in bio).

🗞️: Niner Times Editor
📸: Camila Surinach Peralta/Niner Times
📱: Emmanuel Perkins/Niner Times

Editor’s Note: Anonymity was offered to both students in this story. The Iranian student featured chose to remain anonym...
13/07/2025

Editor’s Note: Anonymity was offered to both students in this story. The Iranian student featured chose to remain anonymous and referred to under the pseudonym “Arya” in this story. The Niner Times offers full anonymity to anyone fearing punishment from the federal government for speaking out and did so here. We invite you to read our anonymity policy online at our website.

Read the full story at ninertimes.com (link in bio).

🗞️ : Davis Cuffe/Niner Times
📸 : Leysha Caraballo/Niner Times File
📱 : Davis Cuffe/Niner Times

Through a storm of controversy and delays, President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) was signed into law Frida...
09/07/2025

Through a storm of controversy and delays, President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) was signed into law Friday, June 4, putting the 870-page tax cut and spending package into law.

The bill includes steep funding cuts to Medicaid and extends the 2017 tax cuts from Trump’s first term, which heavily favored the wealthy and allocates $170 billion to immigration enforcement.

Indiscriminate in its effects, the bill will affect all Americans, including college students. Here is how it may affect you. 

Read the full story at ninertimes.com (link in bio).

🗞️: Davis Cuffe/Niner Times
📸: Lexue Zhao/Niner Times
📱: Emmanuel Perkins/Niner Times

The Charlotte Ballet lost a $15,000 grant that would have supported the ballet’s Reach program, which provides need-base...
28/06/2025

The Charlotte Ballet lost a $15,000 grant that would have supported the ballet’s Reach program, which provides need-based dance scholarships to students who demonstrate potential for dance training.

Charlotte Ballet Academy and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte partner to offer a program that enables college students to earn an undergraduate certificate in ballet while pursuing a degree at the University. 

Charlotte Ballet is currently a $8.1 million organization, employing over 120 full- and part-time staff members and engaging with approximately 42,000 members of our community annually.  

Read the full story at ninertimes.com (link in bio).

🗞️: Emma Kate Williams/Niner Times
📸: Courtesy of Charlotte Ballet
📱: Emmanuel Perkins/Niner Times

Accuracy in Media (AIM) is a nonprofit, right-wing news organization founded in 1969 by economist Reed Irvine, who fough...
27/06/2025

Accuracy in Media (AIM) is a nonprofit, right-wing news organization founded in 1969 by economist Reed Irvine, who fought against a claimed liberal bias in news media at the time.

Today, AIM is involved in the hidden camera videos showing administrators advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) since the UNC System’s repeal of DEI in May 2023. Adam Guillette is the president of AIM.

Editor’s Note: The following is an uncut interview. It is not meant as an endorsement of AIM’s actions or Adam Guillette’s beliefs.

Read the full story at ninertimes.com (link in bio).

🗞️: Wes Packham/Niner Times
📸: Niner Times File
📱: Emmanuel Perkins/Niner Times

Over 50 Charlotte community activists gathered at Romare Bearden Park and marched a half mile to Trade and Tryon streets...
27/06/2025

Over 50 Charlotte community activists gathered at Romare Bearden Park and marched a half mile to Trade and Tryon streets, calling for “All eyes on the Middle East.”

The June 26 protest was organized by Charlotte United for Palestine, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and Jewish Voice for Peace.

“This issue doesn’t just impact Palestinians. This issue impacts everybody,” said an anonymous organizer.

The organizer, while trying to speak up for those who cannot, also shared that she must remain anonymous to maintain her position as an employee of UNC Charlotte.

While not directly opposing the protest’s message, the three individuals holding the “Jesus saves” signs followed the group throughout the march, yelling over the group’s chants.

Read the full story at ninertimes.com (link in bio).

🗞️ : Sofia DiStefano/Niner Times
📸 : Megan Bentley/Niner Times
📱 : Davis Cuffe/Niner Times

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