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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Madison Dobrzenski TABLE OF CONTENTS [email protected] PAGE 3 UNC Charlotte halts Johnson & Johnson EDITORIAL vaccine clinic Olivia Lawless MANAGING EDITOR Tyler Trudeau COMMUNITY EDITOR NEWS Megan Bird NEWS EDITOR PAGE 4 What happened to the value menu? Hiral Patel OPINION EDITOR Emily Kottak LIFESTYLE EDITOR Anders Hare A&E EDITOR PAGE 5 Unpaid and unhinged Bradley Cole SPORTS EDITOR Max Young COPY EDITOR Niyathi Sulkunte PHOTO EDITOR OPINION María Solano VIDEO EDITOR Nic Jensen LAYOUT EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITORS Jessica Ceballos NEWS PAGE 6 ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Chem trails over the Milo Cain OPINION Country Club’ Jake Pierce FEATURES Miles Ruder SPORTS April Carte COPY A&E PAGE 7 Developer Interview: Mail Mole Elizabeth McGuire VIDEO Brandon Mitchell LAYOUT Emma Lineberger LAYOUT PAGE 9 The international star CONTRIBUTING STAFF Vasiliki Gkoulgkountina, Lorenza PAGE 10 Men and Women’s Soccer recaps Medley, Gretchen Clarke, Amanda SPORTS NINER MEDIA Olson, Marina Kilmova, Julie Dam COVER IMAGE PAGE 11 DIY: Floral bookmarks @UNCCMEDIA Nic Jensen Dear Niner Times NEWSROOM 705.687.7150 NINERTIMES.COM/STAFF LIFESTYLE PAGE 12 Working as a nail technician NINER TIMES TWITTER @NINER_TIMES @niner_times CREATIVE DIRECTOR James Bourke READ + WATCH MORE ONLINE AT [email protected] MARKETING STAFF Ridge Grant NinerTimes.com UPTOWN AUDIO POLICE BLOTTER @uptownaudio 4/13: Larceny from an Auto Officers responded to Lot 20 in reference to a larceny from an auto report. LOCATED ON THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE STUDENT UNION 4/14: Breaking and Entering of a Building Niner Times • Uptown Audio Officers responded to Grounds Dept. in reference to a breaking and entering SANSKRIT Sanskrit Literary-Arts Magazine report. LIT ARTS Media Marketing • Technical THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE 4/19: Armed Subject/Arrest MAGAZINE Kelly Merges NINER MEDIA ADVISER Officers responded to Levine Hall in reference to a possibly armed individual. The @sanskrituncc Laurie Cuddy BUSINESS MANAGER Joshua Wood GRAPHICS & subject was located, arrested, and transported to Mecklenburg County Intake. 2 APR. 20, 2021 NINERTIMES PRODUCTION VIEW FULL BLOTTER AT Photo by Niyathi Sulkunte POLICE.UNCC.EDU/POLICE-LOG UNC Charlotte halts Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinic NEWSNEWS On-campus clinic ends after reports of blood clots by Vasiliki Gkoulgkountina and Lorenza Medley Staff Writers On April 13, UNC Charlotte Anthony Fauci, President Joe among the more than 180 million This investment was made and the public. This demonstrates released an announcement stating Biden’s chief medical adviser, people who received the Pfizer- in the efforts of combating that the safety systems we that they would stop providing the said that the pause would be BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. increasing vaccine hesitancy. have in place are working.” Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinic “More like days to weeks, rather On Wednesday, April 14, the Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director On April 15, UNC Charlotte due to the CDC reporting that than weeks to months.” White House released a statement of the Centers for Disease announced that they would six women who had received the Following this announcement, where Jeff Zients, Counselor to the Control, addressed the six blood be partnering with Atrium vaccine experienced significant the Advisory Committee on President, stated, “We’ve invested clot cases and stated, “I want to Health to set up a Pfizer vaccine blood clotting. In turn, UNC Immunization Practices (ACIP) $3 billion to help states and share with you my confidence in clinic on campus on Tuesday, Charlotte will be providing a reviewed this data from the seven community-based organizations the system that we have in place. April 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pfizer vaccine clinic on April 20. cases. It noted that the women build vaccine confidence, Jointly, CDC and FDA were able The first dose will be offered, On February 27, the had clotting in the brain, but a low particularly in the hardest-hit to identify these rare events and and the second dose will be Johnson & Johnson vaccine level of platelets, parts of the blood and highest-risk communities.” quickly alert healthcare providers offered on Tuesday, May 11. was approved by the Food that help form normal clots. and Drug Administration The members of the ACIP (FDA), which has amounted to concluded that there is not around 5% of immunizations enough information at the in the United States. Director moment to determine whether of Communications for the the Johnson & Johnson Division of Business Affairs vaccine is the root of the issue. Christy Jackson stated that “We do not know enough approximately 1,200 students at yet to say if the vaccine is UNC Charlotte received the single related to or caused this health dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine issue,” said the CDC in a during the week of March 31. statement. However, the cases The Food and Drug are similar to some “seen in Administration announced on Europe after vaccination with Tuesday, April 13, that they were the AstraZeneca vaccine.” leading an investigation into the According to the CDC, “The six cases of rare and significant AstraZeneca and Johnson blood clots in women aged 18 & Johnson vaccines both to 48, one of whom died out of use an adenovirus vector” the 7.5 million who received to deliver instructions to the shot. The Center for Disease a cell. “These vaccines are Control and Prevention (CDC) different from the Pfizer and and the FDA recommended that Moderna vaccines, which providers stop distributing the are mRNA-based vaccines,” Johnson & Johnson vaccine. said the CDC. As of April 13, Photo of Student Activity Center, location of on-campus clinic, by Niyathi Sulkunte On Tuesday, April 13, Dr. no cases have been reported NINERTIMES.COM APR. 20, 2021 3 by Brandon Mitchell Graphics courtesy Asst. Layout Editor of Canva Over the summer, UNC and Food Services, “So certain options for some items. took that much longer to get Charlotte launched its Niner they had to close locations “If we have four or five out as well. They were making Diners Mobile Ordering app because everyone would be different sizes of nugget boxes, two sandwiches, getting to prevent long lines and considered a close contact.” let’s scale that back down to nuggets and then something reduce social contact during To keep operations efficient two or something like that.’ said else to fulfill one order.” the pandemic. However, many and safe, the app’s menu Hutchison. “And then you look But there is still hope for value items have disappeared was limited to a smaller at which ones sell the most, students craving value items from the app’s menus over selection of the restaurants’ just so there aren’t so many like Wendy’s biggie bag. the past few months. most popular items. offerings available. That helps Although they aren’t available Erin Hutchison, director “We dug as much into it with the speed of service too.” on the app, students can still of retail of UNC Charlotte as possible and pulled some Hutchison said that order many of the lost items Dining services, said that she detailed reports of what was many students would order on the two kiosks located and her team work closely selling,” said Hutchison. multiple value items within in the Market on Craver. with the franchise restaurants “One of the really big driving one purchase. This would Hutchinson said that her team on campus to provide a menu factors was making sure that cause each ticket to take hopes to put more kiosks that satisfies customers and we kept our associates as longer and make social within the Union soon. allows for social distancing. safe and socially distanced as distancing more difficult. The University will be “We did have to look at possible in what is normally a “It became bigger orders watching state regulations and our kitchen operations to be pretty crowded kitchen space,” because they’re ordering will return the app’s menu back able to keep our staff socially said Thompson. “With Chick- four or five value items,” said to normal as soon as it is safe distanced while executing fil-A, we had conversations Hutchison. “So each ticket for the restaurant employees. the menu as quickly as about removing possible,” said Hutchison. the milkshakes “We had heard from and removing “One of the really big driving factors was numerous other universities even some great that if one of their team sellers because making sure that we kept our associates as safe members tested positive, of that inability and socially distanced as possible in what is it would wipe out the to necessarily entire operation.” said Jody social distance.” normally a pretty crowded kitchen space.” Thompson, interim director The team of UNC Charlotte Auxiliary also took away - Jody Thompson 4 APR. 20, 2021 NINERTIMES UNPAID AND UNHINGED WHY WE SHOULD ABOLISH THE UNPAID INTERN COMPLEX OPINION by Hiral Patel Opinion Editor It’s that time of year for college students, care of first. In summary, the famously where we put forward our heavily revised controversial Congresswoman Alexandria resumes and present the best version Ocasio-Cortez said, “Experience doesn’t of ourselves to receive an interview. pay the bills!” Internships are hard to earn in general, This extra weight on top of a busy but you know what’s harder? Earning an schedule and lack of pay not only internship that pays. discourages students while they are in As college students, we have enough school but even when they are looking to burnout from rigorous coursework, settle for a job. Unpaid internships usually extracurriculars, training (especially if you include tasks that are basic and quick to are a student-athlete), keeping up with learn at paid internship opportunities.