The Nugget

Back in February I went to a conference in Raleigh with SAA and I was given this book called the FBook. The FBook is produced by a student group at the University of Florida and is distributed to all of the freshmen, 9000 copies are produced and the extras are sold at the bookstore for $5 a piece. It costs $3 each to produce. The idea behind the FBook is to orient students to Gator traditions and reward them for accomplishing a certain number of traditions.

When I heard about the book I thought it was a very unique idea and I wanted to see it implemented at Charlotte. So I gave the book to a girl named Raegan Perry who was running for the UNC Charlotte Student Body President at the time. She loved the idea and put some pretty heavy emphasis on it in her platform.

I was approached a few weeks ago by a student named Joel who wants to start something similar to the FBook on campus. I was referred to Joel by one of Raegan's roommates who also knows Joel. Its funny how things come back to you. Anyways, what he wants to do is to create a semesterly publication called "The Nugget" which will have a collection of essays on Niner History. The format is to be similar to the Sanskrit. Topics covered in each publication will include random articles on Niner history such as something about Bonnie Cone, the 1977 basketball team, maybe the founding of a building, or basically anything that is found to be interesting. Each issue will have a central theme, so for example, the first issue might be about firsts.

To date we have formed a small group of dedicated students, a constitution for being a student organization, and a few other supportive documents. Things are coming along very nicely and its exciting to be a part of something brand new that could potentially play such a large role at UNC Charlotte in the future.

We have also developed a pretty decent preliminary structure with an EB of 6 members. A position is dedicated in the structure to allow for the creation of a publication more similar to the FBook. More of this is to be discussed at a later time.

Overall, this is one of the most exciting things I've been a part of in a long time, but then again I'm inspired easily. If you are reading this and would like to be a part of this initiative then please email me at mmurrow1@gmail.com

-Matt