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Grad student seeks change by running for City Council seat

Sasha Johnson | Assistant News Editor April 21, 2011

Joshua Fulton, a graduate student at UNCW, will run for one of three city council spots opening up this year. Fulton is a student in the creative writing MFA program and has lived in Wilmington for two...

Chancellor search committee chooses top three candidates

Amber Hughes | News Editor April 21, 2011

It's been almost six months since Chancellor DePaolo announced her retirement. After spending all those months searching for a new chancellor, the search committee's job is finally done. On Tuesday, April 12, the committee recommended three finalists to UNC President Thomas Ross after the list was approved by the UNCW Board of Trustees.

For confidentiality reasons, the names of the three finalists have not been released.

Now the pressure falls on Ross to find a final candidate to recommend to the UNC Board of Governors for final approval. Ross and members of the UNC leadership team will interview the three finalists and choose one final candidate.

The announcement of the new UNCW chancellor should be made sometime in May.

"While we do not yet know who will take on this exciting and challenging role, let me assure you that I and the members of the search committee feel confident that any of the three recommended candidates have the skills, experiences, knowledge and leadership qualities to take UNCW to its next level of achievement," said Wendy Murphy, chairwoman of the UNCW chancellor search committee and Board of Trustees in a press release.

The three finalists were chosen from a group of candidates that the committee interviewed in Chapel Hill in March. The top five were chosen from that group and were invited to the UNCW campus to visit and interact with some members of the student body, faculty and staff.

The new UNCW chancellor will begin work in July, following the retirement of current chancellor, Rosemary DePaolo. DePaolo is in her eighth year as UNCW chancellor. Her last day will be June 30.

Mike Adams wins appeals case

Amber Hughes | News Editor April 13, 2011

The verdict is in, and Dr. Mike Adams is taking UNCW back to court. The Richmond Federal Appeals Court ruled to send Adams' First Amendment retaliation claim back to district court in Greenville, N.C."I...

Parking lot closures displace students

Sasha Johnson | Staff Writer April 13, 2011

Parking lot closures, especially of Zone 1, have left students upset and faculty struggling to balance the needs of the university with those of parking permit holders.Senior Alex Kesler started a Facebook...

Doctors or Drug Dealers

Angela Hunt April 13, 2011

Adderall is a psychostimulant, a combination of dextroamphetamine and amphetamine that is known to increase focus for extended periods of time, suppress appetite, and keep users awake. College students...

UNCW cracking down on illegal downloading

Sasha Johnson | Assistant News Editor April 6, 2011

Cease and desist letters, warnings from the Dean of Students to stop illegally downloading copyrighted material, have been popping up in students' inboxes since the beginning of the school year. If a student...

Pisano narrowly wins SGA Student Body President

Jim Dallke April 5, 2011

In an extremely close race, Sammy Pisano was elected Student Body President Tuesday after a runoff election.Pisano ousted opponent Ronda Jackson with just 50.6 percent of the vote. 1,163 votes were cast...

SGA holds runoff elections

Lizz Wood April 5, 2011

The candidates for Student Body President and Vice-President were expecting cheers or tears when they heard the results of the election, but instead were left with a question mark. Because none of the candidates received 50 percent of the votes, a run-off election will decide the winner.

 

SGA mandates that the Student Body President and Vice-President will earn a majority of the total votes cast, and none of the candidates reached this requirement. Voters will have a limited amount of time to re-vote for their favorite candidate, because voting is only open Monday and Tuesday, April 4 and 5. Of the three initial candidates, only two will be moving on to the run-off election: Ronda Jackson with Michael Croal, and Sammy Pisano with Brooke Britt.

 

"When I was told I was in the run off I was very excited. Sitting there waiting for the results was very nerve racking so when my name was called it was great," Jackson said. "We all knew that a run-off was inevitable."

 

Pisano is looking at the run-off as something positive. He said, "Competition breeds excellence. No one is guaranteed a position in SGA, and as candidates, we must work hard to stand out. UNCW voters had a difficult decision on their hands, but I am confident that in the end it will be what is best for this university."

 

Candidates for other the other presidential positions, however, were elected and the results are the following: senior class president: Whitney Kornegay;junior class president:Will Taylor;and sophomore class president:Shannon Morris.

Who Will Represent YOU : SGA Elections

Lizz Wood | Staff Writer March 31, 2011

It's out with the old and in with the new as students compete for the chance to hold positions in the Student Government Association (SGA). This year, three teams of candidates are hoping to capture your...

SGA runs into roadblocks, leaves promises unfulfilled

Sasha Johnson March 31, 2011

Last year, Matt Victory and Jenna Roney, the winning candidates for Student Body President and Vice-President, outlined in their joint platform some of the changes and improvements they planned to bring...

Rise of the Wilmington Film Industry

Jeremy Deal | Staff Writer March 31, 2011

"To.get.her," a film written and directed by Wilmington-based filmmaker Erica Dunton, premiered in a sold-out screening at the Sundance Film Festival in February. Over the next ten days, the film was screened...

Students and community members hold solidarity rally

Sasha Johnson | Assistant News Editor March 23, 2011

On the first day of spring break, many UNCW students stayed in town to attend a solidarity rally in support of two New Hanover County residents who have been sued for slander by Titan America and Carolinas...

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