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Fashion is serious business

Tabitha Shiflett | Staff Writer March 29, 2013

 UNC Wilmington students got creative with their business attire for the University of North Carolina Wilmington's 31st annual Cameron Business School Business Week. From Monday, March 18 through Friday,...

Feminist leader Shelby Knox speaks on campus

Lori Wilson | Staff Writer March 27, 2013

Even Shelby Knox jokingly calls herself "the scary feminist from New York.Knox is best known as the subject of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival's award-winning documentary, "The Education of Shelby Knox,"...

You are what you eat

Hunter Houtzer | Contributing Writer March 27, 2013

Hypothetically, let's say you eat Cook-Out every Saturday afternoon. It's cheap and, hey, you went to the gym today (or last week sometime). No one will ever know about the cheeseburger with fries.  That...

Not just another party

Lauren Clairmont | Assistant Lifestyles Editor March 24, 2013

Wings from several local eateries, cheap beer and live country music-not to mention a little friendly competition-equal out to a perfect afternoon in Carolina Beach. Or at least, the folks that headed...

Sonia Nieto teaches culture matters

Hunter Houtzer | Contributing Writer March 16, 2013

"A big ol' melting pot" is a traditional metaphor for describing the U.S. as the home of different cultures blending into one, homogenous society. According to Sonia Nieto, this is also the mindset many...

Schwoodstock concert focuses on local community

Shannon McCabe| Staff Writer March 15, 2013

In August of 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held on a 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, NY. On March 15, 2013, in themUNCW Suites courtyard, the Woodstock-inspired festival, Schwoodstock made...

Marketing major launches successful “southern-chic” web-design business

Hunter Houtzer | Contributing Writer March 14, 2013

Starting a successful small business is hard for anyone-let alone a full time student-but junior Whitney Vass has managed to pull it off. This UNCW marketing major operates her own graphic design business,...

Students actors on set of “Frat Brothers”

Lori Wilson | Staff Writer March 13, 2013

Three UNCW students-Quinten Johnson, Josh Cohen and Rickie Smalls - participated in the production of the upcoming feature film "Frat Brothers," produced by local company Swirl Films and starring...

Alumnus turns first novel into a new ABC TV drama series

Shannon McCabe| Staff Writer March 1, 2013

Have you ever had a dream that felt so realistic it stuck with you for days, or maybe weeks? A dream so surreal that you couldn't shake the vivid images harbored in your mind? Well, UNCW alumnus Jason...

Roe v. Wade lawyer speaks at UNCW on 40th anniversary of the case

Lori Wilson | Staff Writer March 1, 2013

People who have heard of Sarah Weddington usually only associate her with the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case that legalized first-trimester abortion in all 50 states. This never-met-a-stranger...

All Student Art Show

Hunter Houtzer | Contributing Writer February 22, 2013

The All Student Show has been a tradition at UNCW for 15 years, allowing students to submit their best work in hopes that it will be chosen to hang in the Boseman Gallery. Of the artwork, a Best of...

Azalea Belles: beautiful tradition or controversial convention

/ Lori Wilson | Staff Writer February 22, 2013

We're starting to see them again, dressed in hoop skirts, with curly hair, parasols, big bows and bonnets - this year's North Carolina Azalea Belles.Now a beloved icon of the famous southeastern Azalea...

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