"I really wasn't trying to be a writer. I was supposed to be a painter. I was a student of geometry really and I wanted to reflect geometry, reducing all the elements of reality," said Salvadorian author...

The night of the 2012 UNCW Alumni Film Series, presented by Lumina Theater, started out slowly, with only a small crowd scattered throughout the movie-theater seats. The films, however, were not at all...

Kyle McAfee's wildest day in Afghanistan wasn't the day he arrived at Camp Leatherneck, or even the day he got his first kill; it started out as just another clear, hot day on patrol in Helmand Province,...

"There are three types of people in this world: leaders, followers and people who should get the fuck out of the way."Wesley Brown's father, Phil, taught him that life lesson, and he has remembered it...

The time was 7:15 a.m. The fog wouldn't roll over the mountains until later. The downpour the evening before had robbed the air of all its moisture; it was clear, fresh. A horn echoed throughout Discovery...

As a UNCW graduate student in creative writing, Daren Dean would meet with his peers in a bar on Front Street where they would share stories and ideas. They would have a few drinks, surrounded by other...

Author and professor of Jewish studies at the University of Colarado Dr. David Shneer will be presenting "Memorials to the Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: Who and What is being Remembered?" an event sponsored...

There are lots of activities that can be accomplished in five minutes. Friends will meet each other in five minutes. There are only five minutes left to make it to class. The snooze button will go off...

On Nov. 13, the Wilmington community and UNCW will have a chance to look at the Holocaust through a new set of eyes; Soviet Jewish eyes, to be exact.Dr. David Shneer will be giving his presentation "Through...

Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Herman Cain have something in common other than their desire for presidency: they all have a Twitter account and Facebook fan pages.In the race for the White House, social media...

UNCW creative writing professor, Phillip Furia dabbles in many different aspects of his field including poetry and nonfiction. He often writes books on lyrics and lyric writers and even wrote the first...

There was something indescribably cozy about the small room. It was sparsely furnished with an antique-looking couch, a brick fireplace and a dark wood coffee table.But the most noticeable thing about...