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SEMESTER REWIND As the semester comes to a close, lets look back at what has happened in the past few months
NEWS
By Alexandria Sands Photos by Chris Crews and Pooja Papsupula
Atkins Library is full of students studying for exams, Christmas lights are being hung and plans are being made for winter break. Once again, a fall semester at UNC Charlotte is coming to an end. Let’s look back at what has happened in the past few months.
saying “there was no intention to hurt anyone or insinuate that UNC Charlotte represented or approved of racist beliefs, nor do I believe in them.” In a mass email, Chancellor Philip L. Dubois said “intolerance and bigotry have no place within the inclusive culture we strive to achieve at UNC Charlotte.” Dubois also said the student would meet with university officials to review the incident under the Student Code of Responsibility.
Homecoming Stroll Competition, all of which led up to the Homecoming Parade. The Charlotte 49ers took the win at the Homecoming game against UAB. During halftime, Junior Tyriq Evans and Senior Ena Walker were crowned homecoming king and queen.
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One year since the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott The Black Lives Matter movement has been prevalent in the country since the shooting of Trayvon Martin in 2013 but it hit close to home in 2016 when Scott was shot by a police officer just a few miles from the UNC Charlotte. Protests erupted throughout the city and on campus. The events of that month were remembered this September, one year later, with several events hosted by UNC Charlotte including a social justice organization fair and a public discussion. “Colored” sign hung above resident hall water fountain A photo of a “colored” sign above a water fountain in Holshouser hall went viral on social media. The student responsible came forward to Housing and Residence Life staff in a written message
Students react to class scheduling change Forty-second annual International Festival The university held its annual International Festival on Oct. 14. The event attracts the Charlotte community to campus for a day of experiencing culture through food, dance and music. Over 50 countries were represented. Homecoming Week Niner pride was at its peak during Homecoming Week in October. Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson and Jay Pharaoh performed for the Homecoming Comedy Show in Halton Arena. Other events throughout the week included Trivia Night, Basketball Madness, Rave on Crave and the
The chancellor announced in a mass email that there would be a change in class scheduling starting Fall 2018. Any Monday, Wednesday class between 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. will be 50 minutes with a third class on Friday. Currently, these Monday, Wednesday classes are 75 minutes with no class on Friday. According to Dubois, the change is a proposed solution to congestion on campus. An online petition against the change received over 7,000 signatures. Andrew Sarber, the creator of the petition, wrote “many students like to construct their schedules so they are free on Fridays to do homework and free up their weekends.”
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DEMANDING CHANGE After five seasons, students and alumni begin to lose hope in football program By Alexandria Sands Photos by Leysha Caraballo
Four years ago, the first Charlotte football team walked out onto the field of the Jerry Richardson Stadium. The team took the win, 52-7, against the Campbell Camels. A sea of green in the stadium raved with each touchdown. At that inaugural game, hopes were high for the Charlotte 49ers, but they didn’t last long. The team finished with a 5-6 season, then 5-6 the following year, 2-10 in 2015 and 4-8 in 2016. For those years, 49er fans gave the excuses: They’re new. Charlotte football will get better. Give it a few years. They’re doing well for a new program. Over Thanksgiving weekend, the team finished with a 1-11 season, with a score of 25-24 on their sole win. The student body had a different reaction than the previous, excusable seasons. They’re demanding change. Many fans expected head coach Brad Lambert’s sixyears with the 49ers to come to an end but, on Nov. 27, Director of Athletics Judy Rose and Chancellor Philip L. Dubois announced that Lambert would be retained. The hashtags #FireJudyRose and #FireLambert have gone viral on Twitter, the campus has been chalked demanding her release and an alumnus paid $1,800 to fly a banner reading “Fire Judy Rose! Help wanted new A.D.
needed!” in the sky before a home game on Oct. 21. Rose started her role as Director of Athletics in 1990, making history as the first woman to head a Division I athletics program. She has played such a key role in Charlotte Athletics that the football center was named the Judy W. Rose Football Center. However, some fans are using this legacy against her. “Given Judy’s glass-ceiling shattering appointment to an AD position as a female in the early ‘90s, the fact that she has never been given the opportunity to move up to a school in the ACC, SEC, or BIG 10 or other power conferences as they come and go, speaks volumes,” said Alumnus Job Fickett. Students pay an $824 athletic fee each year. The money helps fund maintenance and operation of athletic facilities and salaries, including Rose’s $300,000 a year. UNC Charlotte students pay more for athletics than any other school in the UNC system. “For years, Judy Rose has let our basketball program sink to irrelevance and has mismanaged our young football program. Paying the highest student fees, we as students are fed up. We are taking a stand,” said Sophomore Grace Fendrick. Protesters are wondering if their money is being wasted. A low percentage of students attend the games. During the football team’s fourth season in 2016, the highest attendance was their first home game against Elon with 4,648 tickets used, roughly 16 percent of the university’s population. Defensive coordinator Matt Wallerstedt, quarterbacks coach Jeff Mullen and receivers coach Damien Gary have been fired. Former offensive coordinator Greg Adkins will now coach the offensive line and running backs. Lambert will be responsible for filling coaching voids. “This has been a profoundly disappointing season for our team, department and fans,” Rose said in a statement. “We have to win games, plain and simple. With that said, coach Lambert and I have been in constant communication throughout this season. Coach Lambert is fully invested in making necessary changes to strengthen our program.”
“WE AS STUDENTS ARE FED UP. WE ARE TAKING A STAND.”
GRACE FENDRICK SOPHMORE
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Line of defense for Judy Rose
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Despite a large out cry from students for her to be fired, one student has come to Judy Rose’s defense By John Patrick Photo by Flickr/Michael Stennett Another Charlotte 49er football season ends in disappointment. Par for the course, I suppose. However, there is room for much optimism and glee- we broke our own record for losses in a singleseason, arduously falling an impressive eleven times out of twelve contests. Truly a remarkable feat. Some smart guy somewhere infamously coined that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. How prophetic, given this is the fifth straight season in which we have accrued more losses than wins. I do not intend to make light of our success at losing. I understand that our football program is relatively young and making the transition from the FCS to the Conference USA is a tough go. It takes years for programs to develop. Rome was not built in a day. But perhaps the empire did have something, anything, to show for after five years since its birth? Maybe? Hopefully? Luckily, winning football games is a lot simpler than imperial dominance. Since we’re cranking out blanks, I thought I might offer my advice for free, because I’m an altruist. To begin, I do not blame the UNCC Athletic Director for her unwillingness to let our football coach go. Despite a staggering 29-percent winning record, our coach has been with the program from its humble beginning. I don’t think such a record stems from a lack of effort. He’s a system guy with proven loyalty. That should count for something. Nonetheless, some radical changes are necessary
if we are to see the fruits of our labor materialize. My perfect recommendations are as follows: Don’t hire Greg Schiano. Since the Chancellor is a killjoy who mandates Friday classes, why don’t we just make the football
games mandatory as well. The product on the field is bound to improve if the entire student body and their mother is suffering alongside in the stadium. Run the ball, That’s it. Pound the rock. Knead the dough. Literally don’t do anything on offense, but run the ball. Extend an offer to Greg Olsen’s other brother. No one wants to see that; more importantly, no one wants to tackle that, save for perhaps the west coast teams. Get me Roger Stone. Choose all that apply. If none of the above sound commonsense enough, I will graciously accept the position as the new head football coach for the UNCC 49ers. I will even take a pay-cut to make this happen because I’m such a nice guy. Think about it. If Rose is so hell-bent on keeping a man with deep ties to the school as the coach, I can think of no better person than myself. I’ve attended this university for longer than I’d like to admit. I’ve paid my dues to this institution. I’m a real system guy. Rather than search the market for a proven gun-for-hire, promote someone from within the system. This is of course not to say I can guarantee winning seasons in the future. Far from it. If its unyielding loyalty to the program you want, then its unyielding loyalty you’ll get, be it damned if we actually win or not. We’ve got nowhere to go but up. And if I do keep in the spirit of losing, at least I’m doing it cheaper than any professional. Because if we’re going to lose anyway, shouldn’t we at least be practical and cost-oriented about it? So please, Ms. Rose, shoot me an email. I’ll be waiting.
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A&E
ECHOES OF WAR
by Tyler Trudeau Photo courtesy of Marvel Television/Netflix
“Marvel’s The Punisher” is a spinning a tale of vengeance and conspiracy
Marking the fifth character to gain their own solo series aboard the Netflix-Marvel vessel, a collaboration that has given comic-book fans a mostly-satisfying peek inside the darker realms of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Marvel’s The Punisher” rolled in with guns blazing and its humanity to bare as it delved into the haunting affairs of ex-Marine-turned-vigilante Frank Castle. Ultimately evolving far above the no-holds-barred barrage of gunfire I was expecting from the series, Marvel’s latest found itself exploring not only the tortured character of Castle himself, but also the unforgiving world around him that molds him into what he is now. Torn from his family by the men he once worked under, brothers in arms he thought he could trust with his life, ex-Marine Castle (Jon Bernthal) embarks on a deadly mission to hunt down those responsible for his family’s murder. As his oneman pursuit of vengeance leads him to become the infamous vigilante of New York City known as “The Punisher,” Castle gains the audience of Homeland Security agent Dinah Madani (Amber Rose Revah). Quickly uncovering a conspiracy that goes beyond the deaths of his wife and children, Castle is drawn into the affairs of his old friend Billy Russo (Ben Barnes), a man who has built a life of wealth and power beyond his past in the battlefield. Joining forces with a reclusive ex-NSA hacker (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) who shares a unique bond with him, Castle becomes embroiled in a desperate search for the truth as Madani and the faces of his past seek to bring him down. While Castle’s gracious introduction into “Daredevil” might have derailed the central plot for the better in effort to craft a compelling duel of ideologies between Castle and Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock, it also clued us into the violent and volatile tendencies of the hitman. From gunning down a pub of gangsters without remorse to unleashing chaos within the confines of a state penitentiary, Castle’s bloody journey towards vengeance was teased profoundly as the backdrop to Murdock’s own journey towards the truth.
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While I expected Castle’s own series to further the bloodshed in thirteen episodes of pure mayhem, I was surprised to find out that the series began quite slowly, yielding its gunplay in favor of diving into not what makes Castle the killing machine of “The Punisher,” but rather, the loving father-turneddisgruntledsoldier of Castle.
While the show, developed by “Hannibal” writer Steve Lightfoot, might turn up the heat as the series goes on, the first half of ‘The Punisher’ ultimately worked to show the audience not only who Castle was and who he becomes, but also the people around him who will have a profound impact on his life. Led by Bernthal’s conflicted antihero, who deals with the aftermath of his family’s death by living a life of secrecy and boiling rage, we see how each of the show’s supporting characters quickly get entangled within the same conspiracy as it comes to light. At the center of the series, of course, was Bernthal’s tortured soul in Castle. While we got a pretty fantastic introduction to the comic-book mercenary earlier on, his own series worked to pull apart the character from within. With Bernthal enveloping the character with his own breed of methodical performance, Castle instantly emerged on-screen as the commanding force of the series. As Bernthal injected as emotional and versatile a performance as that of Charlie Cox in “Daredevil,” with every impassive silence and tilt of the head speaking volumes to his character’s battle-scarred morale, the series expanded upon Castle’s damaged demeanor to deliver a compelling and unhinged leading man. Overall, while Marvel’s latest might not elevate beyond the sensational first seasons of “Daredevil” and “Marvel’s Jessica Jones,” “The Punisher” managed to deliver a far more fulfilling small-screen superhero chronicle than that of both “Iron Fist” and the team-up event “The Defenders.” While its focus might swing loosely between a compelling -- and rather violent -- chapter of vengeance and deceit through the eyes of its protagonist and a variety of less-thanmemorable subplots (including Frank’s awkward attraction to Micro’s distraught wife), “Marvel’s The Punisher” evolved from its violent comic-book origins to deliver a solemn, slow-burning thriller with an undeniably unnerving and compassionate hero-of-sorts at its core.
MOZZA LOSES THE SHOCK FACTOR By Aaron Febre Photo by Samuel Gehrke Morrissey returns with his eleventh studio album, which follows 2014’s “World Peace Is None of Your Business.” Coming into this album, I was expecting Morrissey to go out and do what he always does. The only thing is, I wasn’t expecting to be completely shocked like I was when he wrote songs like “Margret On the Guillotine” or “The National Front Disco.” Opening track “My Love, I’d Do Anything for You” confirms this direction for me: the crunching guitars, Morrissey’s distinctive yet aging croons and lyrics of how you must have your kids turn away from the propaganda of the media because it is all a bunch of nonsense. “Jacky’s Only Happy When She’s Up on the Stage” is Morrissey’s commentary on Brexit using performer “Jacky” (the Union Jack) as a metaphor and stating that she is nothing without any sort guidance from the script or crew (in this case, the European Union). “I Spent the Day in Bed,” the lead single from the album, has really cool wonky keyboard parts that have the potential to get stuck in my head but somehow don’t reach that level. This track also
reminds how annoying it can be at times Morrissey tries to turn you away from the media. It’s already enough that we heard him say that on “My Love,” and it makes me want to say “Okay! I get it! I get it!” But once you get to the second half of the record, its sound moves away from rock presented from the first half. You have to give producer Joe Chiccarelli some credit for bringing this new change to the album. “The Girl from Tel Aviv Who Wouldn’t Kneel,” for example, has elements of Latin music that is actually nice to hear. I love how the piano sounds like one that hasn’t been used for decades. The track is notable for its commentary that the reason for United States intervention in the Middle East is for the oil those countries have. “All the Young People Must Fall in Love” has this stomp-clap rhythm that is really catchy. Again, this really emphasizes my point of the second half of this album. It’s standard to see Morrissey criticize politicians, and several lyrics show Morrissey take a dig at President Trump, which backs up my problem with the lyrics throughout this album; you start to roll your eyes more and more every
time. Not that I think it’s wrong to take a dig at a politician, it’s just that I have heard it all before. The last two tracks creep me out: “Who Will Protect Us from the Police?” contains eerie synthesizers with a tragic story about a child asking their father about who will protect them from the violence and ends with having the father telling the child to run away as the police presumably kill the father. “Israel” has some startling lyrics: “You realize, if you’re happy. Jesus sends you to Hell” is the opening the line from the song. This gives an almost pessimistic and oppressive scenario, saying that we’re “born as guilty sinners,” “Earth is just one big asylum,” that those who abuse you are jealous and you should only love yourself to weather through. This brings the album to a dramatic close with a repetitive piano melody and military-like drum beats. Die-hard Morrissey fans will most certainly love this record and play time and time again. However, if you’re new to Morrissey, I would recommend looking into his work with The Smiths and his critically-acclaimed solo albums.
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ACROSS 1 Knight’s “shining” protection 6 Elegant 10 WWII servicewomen 14 Car body style 15 Mennen shaving lotion 16 Get one’s ducks in __ 17 Devotee of singer Gloria 19 Heavy book 20 Buck or doe 21 Beluga yield 22 Viewed to be 24 Precise price 27 Mineral springs 30 Believer’s suffix 31 Five-time Wimbledon champ Björn 32 Portion out 34 “Westworld” network 35 Bon Ami alternative 39 Mata Hari story, e.g.
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43 Simplicity 44 The “I” in TGIF 45 Family car 46 Disney’s “__ & Stitch” 48 Above-the-street trains 50 Chapter in history 51 Garden purchase from a Lowe’s rival 56 Truck capacity 57 Coffee order: Abbr. 58 Image to click on 62 Gadget’s rank: Abbr. 63 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, it’s 63 for retirement 66 Slugger Sammy 67 Earth orbiter 68 Wafer brand 69 Jacob or Esau 70 Choice word 71 Not reached, as a goal
DOWN 1 Scored 100 on 2 Went up 3 Sound-off button 4 Wagner work 5 Striped-shirt wearer 6 Happen as expected 7 Buyer’s proposal 8 BART stop 9 Hammer or screwdriver 10 Nixon Era scandal 11 Pleasing smell 12 Tailed celestial body 13 31-Across, by birth 18 Rainbow shapes 23 Poetic “always” 25 Credit in a footnote 26 “Dancing Queen” group 27 Place for valuables 28 Not guilty, for one 29 Gift for the poor 33 Skillet for folded egg dishes 34 Growth chart nos. 36 Green stone 37 Banned apple spray 38 TV warrior princess 40 It’s often followed by .pdf 41 On the summit of 42 Old U.S. gas brand 47 Swearing-in words 48 Timeless, in verse 49 Women’s links gp. 51 Lift up 52 Televised as we speak 53 Soccer great Lionel 54 Black-and-white cookies 55 Marketing gimmick 59 Period “before the storm” 60 Look at lasciviously 61 Without ice, at the bar 64 TV loud-soft control: Abbr. 65 Bearded antelope
NOT YOUR AVERAGE
FRESHMAN
OPINION SPORTS
How freshman Octavia Wilson has grown into the player she is today Story by Kathleen Cook Photo by Pooja Pasupula and Chris Crews
Octavia Wilson began playing basketball in the fourth grade, since then she’s developed into a strong scorer and just as a freshman, has emerged as a leader for the Charlotte 49ers. “I’ve always liked basketball, it was always something that I wanted to do. I just found it fun. I wouldn’t do anything else, I would just go outside and play basketball,” Wilson said. Going into her eighth grade year, Wilson’s mother passed away. Her emotions and funneled them into her playing. “It took me to another level for it. I just put that toward my motivation,” Wilson said. And she did go to another level, making the varsity team her freshman year and remaining on the team as a starter for all four years. Wilson always put up impressive numbers for her team in high school, but during the regional championship game her junior year, Wilson posted 58 points, including a buzzer beater that allowed her team to advance. “At the end of the game, my friend runs up to me and is like ‘you scored 58’ and I was like ‘what?’ I didn’t even know. I thought I had at least like 20, because earlier in the game I started out slow. I was like ‘I don’t believe you, let me see the book,’” Wilson said. Wilson said she uses her mom as motivation “every time I step on the court, every time I accomplish something I want to accomplish.” She continued, saying “using it as motivation, I tend to accomplish a lot.” One of goal Wilson wanted to accomplish was playing Division I basketball. She made that dream a reality when she signed with the Charlotte women’s basketball program. Ending up Charlotte was like a second home for Wilson with family members from both her mom and dad’s side of the family living in the area. However, even with having relatives in the around, she still found herself missing home when
she reported for summer school. “During the summer I was home sick, I’ll admit I was homesick. It was the first time I had really been away from my dad, my sisters. I have two nephews now and they were living with me, that was the hardest part, being away from them,” Wilson said. Though she was missing her family, her teammates stepped in and attempted to fill that void for Wilson. “The team, we would hang out a lot. I see them as another family. Being with them, they make it a lot easier for me not to miss home,” Wilson said. Before the start of the 2017-18 season, Wilson had a new standard for herself. With a large bulk
of the 49ers’ scorers from last season not on the team anymore, she knew that she would have to step up and take on a scoring role for the the Niners. “I set a goal for myself, saying every game I would at least score ten points as a freshman. I’ve kind of been sticking to that goal. As we’ve been going on, I don’t like to lose, I’m real competitive,” Wilson said. Prior to Charlotte’s first game this season, head coach Cara Consuegra announced the starting five for the Niners. Among the names read was Wilson, which took her by surprise. “After she said my name, me and Coach Cara had a little bit of a talk. I was nervous, it was my first college game,” Wilson said. In that first game against Duquesne, Wilson posted 10 points and went a perfect 6-6 at the free throw line. After the game, Consuegra commended Wilson’s efforts during the contest. “I was really proud because she did not play well at the beginning of the game. She looked a little rattled and looked like a freshman at times. We went back with her in the second half because she has earned that right in practices to show what she can do,” Consuegra said. After their home opener, the 49ers traveled to Wisconsin. Wilson didn’t shy away from the basket, shooting 6-for-9 from the field, registering her first three-pointer and totaling 15 points in the game. With two double-digit scoring performances to open her collegiate career, there was no surprise when Wilson was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Week for the first week of the season. The following game against Rutgers, Wilson posted an impressive 21 points. With her oldest sister playing for Rutgers when she went to college, Wilson felt a need to perform well. “I really was trying to prove something because my sister was here, the coach from Rutgers has known me since I was little. I had to go off a little
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bit,” Wilson said. She continued to “go off” in tournament play over Thanksgiving week. Against Consuegra’s former team, Iowa, Wilson registered 13 points and six rebounds. The following game against South Dakota State Wilson turned in 10 points. In her first six contests in the Charlotte jersey, Wilson has only had one game with less than 10 points: Nov. 18 when she tallied eight at UNC Ashville. Wilson currently shoots over 80 percent from the charity stripe and averages over 10 points per game. Watching Wilson on the court will always provide entertainment for the fans, and even for head coach Consuegra. “It’s been fun watching Tae play. Every game she keeps getting better because she plays so hard and competes at a high level. Some of the drives and scores she’s had in the first few games have been impressive. She’s going to just keep getting better,” Consuegra said. Even if she’s not reaching double digits in the points column, Wilson aims to improve herself and her teammates each game. “Each game I try to get better. Even if I’m not scoring 10 a night, I just want to try to contribute to the team by getting other people to score,”
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Wilson said. While she has a passion for basketball, family is the main priority in Wilson’s life, as it is for the Charlotte 49er’s womens basketball program -- making the two a perfect fit. “This program is my family and we operate that way. We treat each other with love and respect and we genuinely care about each other... that goes for players, coaches and staff,” Consuegra said. “I think Tae in her recruiting process was looking for that. She comes from a very large and supportive family so that was important for her. And because we love and respect each other we can also be real with each other.” In losing such an important member of her family, Wilson drew upon the strength of her family members as her support system. That familial support has continued throughout her basketball career and now extends to her family on the court. “We lost something big, but us being that family that we are, it’s like we all still have each other,” Wilson said. “That’s how we did it. We can’t stay in the past. My dad and my sisters, we’re all close. For me, a big part of life is family. So that’s why the team, I see them as my family.”
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Editor’s Choice The Best Makeup of 2017
LIFESTYLE
By Hailey Turpin
The end of the year is near. Us beauty lovers have had a year of squiggly eyebrows, faux freckles, anti-highlighter, feather brows and so many more trends that may or may not have caught on in the beauty community. This year was a year of new-found beauty lifesavers and hacks and here are a few products I can’t get enough of. Green Color Corrector If you’re anything like me, your skin is very sensitive and gets red easily. I found L.A. Girl Pro.conceal concealer in the green correcting color, which helps mark out red blotches. Wet N Wild Primer Wet N Wild gets a lot of bad raps. This is probably one of the best primers I have tried. It doesn’t smudge my foundation and is really inexpensive. Make Up Forever Foundation Even though this was a tester sent to me and is not quite my skin color, the formula is great and I will be getting more. Kat Von D Concealer THIS IS MY HOLY GRAIL. This concealer is very pigmented and lightweight. It lasts all day and covers everthing. Kat Von D Setting Spray Another holy grail. A few sprits of this on the face and you’re ready to go. Sephora Brand Bronzer On lazy days (everyday) this is my go-to for contouring. It smells amazing and never has let me down.
ABH Brow Definer My very first sephora item I purchased was from Anastasia Beverly Hills and it will forever be my favorite brand. This brow pencil is shaped like hair so that the strokes come out more natural. Make Up Forever Mascara Another trial that was sent to me in the mail I fell in love with. So much that I bought the regular size before I finished the tester. Amazing formula and is easy to remove when you need to (no tear stains). Tarte Blush I never used blush growing up because I always had red skin. But this soft shade of paaarty is light enough to bring more life to my skin. Mario Badescu Facial Spray This rosewater, aloe and herb spray is very refreshing, soothing after washing your face and lets nourishment into the skin. What more could you want? Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick This is the first matte liquid lipstick I have tried from Kat Von D and to my surprise it gave my favorite ABH liquid lipstick a run for its money. The shade I love and hold near to my heart is her popular Lolita. ABH Glow Kit in Sugar at ABH, they know how to highlight those cheekbones. This was a recent purchase of mine, but I will never go back.
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By Lea Thompson
“I chose to pursue a career in elementary education due to the influences I had growing up from my teachers. I had an awesome first grade teacher. Being a teacher is really rewarding and you get to have a true impact on your students. I plan to incorporate fun things into my classroom so that the kids actually enjoy learning.�
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