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Student Government Association update

Meredith Hoffman, News Editor February 20, 2018

  Two months into the spring semester Student Government Association [SGA] is continuing to work on a number of student-based initiatives around campus. Last semester, SGA focused on a range...

Education Sec. Betsy DeVos listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a strategic and policy discussion with CEOs in the State Department Library in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 11, 2017, in Washington, D.C. DeVos has rescinded Obama-era guidelines on campus sexual assault. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Betsy DeVos rolls back Title IX protections on campus

Meredith Hoffman, Assistant News Editor September 20, 2017

United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released a statement last Thursday at George Mason University regarding the future of Title IX protections on college campuses nationwide. While a copy...

SGA proposes new approach to reporting sexual assault on campus

Meredith Hoffman, Assistant News Editor September 11, 2017

The Student Government Association [SGA] held its second meeting Aug. 29 to address its platform for the upcoming academic year. SGA President Ottillie Mensah spoke to the sparsely filled Azalea Room on...

Newly elected SGA President Ottillie Mensah addressed those present at the annual SGA Inauguration.

SGA Inauguration: Farewells lead to new leadership

Daniel West, Contributing Writer | SGA Beat Reporter April 20, 2017

Last Tuesday saw an evening full of farewells and triumphs. The UNC Wilmington Student Government Association held its final event of the 2016-2017 school year with their annual SGA Inauguration. Over...

This photo, courtesy of Atlantis, shows the magazine's editorial staff. [Back Row from Left to Right] Mason Hamberlin, Raja Jalernpan, Rebekkah LaBlue, Matt Theis, Kyle Maples, Lindy Schoenborn and Sarah Wall [Front Row from Left to Right] Nikki Kroushl, Carey Shook, Tally Pavel, Caroline Orth, Chantai Thomas, Becka Jackson and Logan Prochaska.

Freedom of expression debate, Atlantis soon to release latest issue

Casey McAnarney, Editor in Chief April 13, 2017

In preparation for their spring issue, editors for Atlantis, a creative magazine on UNC Wilmington’s campus, had been reviewing submissions of work created and poured over by students. However, now...

Mensah is the winner of the SGA presidential race and will succeed current SGA president, Dan McCord.

Ottillie Mensah announced SGA president for next school year

Casey McAnarney, Editor in Chief March 1, 2017

Mensah is the winner of the SGA presidential race and will succeed current SGA president, Dan McCord.

McCord, pictured here, interviewed with The Seahawk last year when running for reelection.

SGA President Dan McCord reminisces on time at UNCW, looks toward the future

Casey McAnarney, Editor in Chief March 1, 2017

McCord, pictured here, interviewed with The Seahawk last year when running for reelection.

Both candidates will compete again for a short, three-day re-election for student body president, and this time write-in candidates will not be allowed.

Turney & Mensah square-off in rare student government run-off

Daniel West | Contributing Writer February 27, 2017

Both candidates will compete again for a short, three-day re-election for student body president, and this time write-in candidates will not be allowed.

Candidate Profiles: SGA presidential running mates hope to be a voice for students, advocates on their behalf

Casey McAnarney, Editor in Chief February 17, 2017

With the elections of the UNC Wilmington Student Government Association around the corner and a tumultuous semester left behind for students, two presidential running mates hope to work to overcome these...

College student suspended after filming teacher saying Trump’s election was ‘an act of terrorism’

Roxana Kopetman | MCT February 16, 2017

COSTA MESA, Calif. - An Orange Coast College student who secretly videotaped his instructor making anti-Trump statements was suspended from school and told to write a letter of apology as well as a three-page...

Candidate Profile: New SGA president hopeful seeks change and new possibilities for campus

Casey McAnarney, Editor in Chief February 13, 2017

As the end of the year approaches and the student body prepares for the election of officials to the UNC Wilmington Student Government Association, one candidate hopes to work with students in order...

UNCW Professors reflect upon Star News editorial on Mike Adams

Casey McAnarney, Editor in Chief January 12, 2017

In an editorial published Dec. 4 in the StarNews, the editorial board of the paper discussed the implications of the controversy regarding Dr. Mike Adams that reached national news at the end of 2016,...

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