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Board of Trustees approves $8.75 million for residence halls, Wagoner Hall

Sasha Johnson | Asst News Editor February 9, 2011

The Board of Trustees Executive Committee approved funding in the amount of $8.75 million for improvements to two residence halls and Wagoner Dining Hall last week. More than half of the money will go...

Subway coming soon-really this time

Linda Newell | Staff Writer February 3, 2011

Subway is coming to UNCW. Despite the initial delay, students should be able to enjoy five dollar foot-longs and an additional place for quick meals on campus. With all the hype around it opening sometime...

Mike Adams back in court

Amber Hughes | News Editor February 3, 2011

UNCW professor Mike Adams was back in court last week. The associate criminology professor's lawsuit against the university for denying him a promotion to full professor went to Federal Appeals Court in...

Fatal stabbing leads to suspension of Rhino Club’s alcohol permits

Sasha Johnson | Assistant News Editor February 3, 2011

By A brawl on the streets of downtown Wilmington led to the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man. Police charged two men with the murder of Taaron Quintel Jones. Police arrested suspects Ronald Armond Farrow,...

What it means to have a full-time job: professor and company head takes on editorship

Sasha Johnson | Assistance News Editor February 3, 2011

Ron Vetter, professor and former chair of the Department of Computer Science at UNCW, will serve as editor-in-chief of the international magazine Computer. Vetter will serve a two-year term starting at...

Making the tough calls: Who picks Homecoming court

Lizz Wood | Staff Writer January 26, 2011

With Homecoming rapidly approaching, UNCW student organizations are putting together their information to nominate candidates for homecoming king and queen 2011. Once the application leaves the hands of...

Early stages of student rec center construction to begin

Sasha Johnson | Assistant News Editor January 26, 2011

Towers of dirt and puddles of muddy water surround the Student Recreation Center these days, but the actual construction of the new and improved Rec Center has yet to begin. The construction seen now can...

Eco Club campaigns against coal and Titan America

Juliane Bullard | Staff Reporter January 26, 2011

This past weekend, UNCW Eco teamed up with Greenpeace and Stop Titan to protest Titan America, a leading cement factory on the east coast, from building the nation's fourth largest cement plant in the...

New UNCW homepage features a cleaner design

Amber Hughes | News Editor January 20, 2011

UNCW's homepage recently underwent a redesign. The new homepage launched in early January. UNCW's Web site, which contains more than 50,000 pages, is one of the most effective tools that the university...

MARBIONC submits idea to Pepsi Refresh Project

Sasha Johnson | Contributing Writer January 20, 2011

The Pepsi Refresh Project, coining the slogan "refresh everything," has funded projects across the country with the goal of helping people create a positive impact in their communities and in the world....

Rank UNCW: Provost Salaries

January 20, 2011

UNC-System Provost Salaries 2009-10 FSU Carol Blackshire-Belay $304,500 N.C. State Warwick A. Arden $282,000 ECU Marilyn Sheerer $276,000 UNC Bruce Carney $267,000 UNCG David H. Perrim $264,576...

Dead pelicans washing ashore were killed by humans

Sasha Johnson | Asst. News Editor January 13, 2011

An unprecedented number of pelicans have washed up on the shores of North Carolina in the past two months, dead from injuries that appear to have been caused by humans. Some were beaten to death with a...

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