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Former NFL athlete Wade Davis visits UNC Wilmington

Sierra Shepherd| Contributing Writer October 15, 2014

Former professional football player Wade Davis advocates for the LGBTQIA community and on Oct. 6, he spoke to a crowd of more than 500 people in the Burney Center Ballroom as part of the UNCW Presents...

ATO member and UNCW senior Robert Markus sits on a couch that several members took turns sleeping on during the fundraiser. 

UNCW fraternity goes homeless

Samantha Santana | Web Editor October 15, 2014

ATO member and UNCW senior Robert Markus sits on a couch that several members took turns sleeping on during the fundraiser. 

NC ban on same-sex marriage struck down

Joe Lowe | News Editor October 11, 2014

Gay marriage is now legal in 29 states including North Carolina.Two years ago, North Carolina approved Amendment One, a constitutional amendment slamming the door shut on same-sex marriage for the state....

Supreme Court takes steps toward same-sex marriage in NC

Miriam Himes | Contributing Writer October 10, 2014

On Oct. 6th, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in five states: Wyoming, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, and Virginia.The refusal to review the marriages of seven couples in five different states led...

UNCW crime report released

Nathan Johnson | Intern October 7, 2014

Statistics confirm that UNC Wilmington is a safe university.All students received the 2014 Campus Crime and Security Report on Sept. 29. The report shows crime from the academic year 2011 to 2013.The crime...

UNCW police focus on marijuana use

Nathan Johnson | Intern October 7, 2014

University police are trying to encourage marijuana users to quit their smoking habits.“Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug that we encounter,” Major Christian Bertram of the UNCW police...

N.C. film industry faces economic decline

Nathan Johnson | Intern October 7, 2014

This year, the North Carolina film industry faces major economic decline due to new incentives.Currently, film productions fill out a form on the North Carolina Film’s website if they are interested...

New WSRC director discusses plans for program

Kathrin Bittner | Interning Writer September 29, 2014

Associate professor Katie Peel is new the director of the Women's Studies Resource Center (WSRC).  Before becoming the director, Peel was a women’s and gender studies-affiliated faculty member, teaching...

ISIS Update

James LaPorta | Contributing Writer September 15, 2014

The NewsLast week—just before the coming day of tears and moments marked by silence in remembrance of the 13th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorists attacks —President Barack Obama quietly...

Bicycle theft prevalent on campus

Nathan Johnson | Intern September 15, 2014

     Taking five seconds out of the day can save your bicycle. University of North Carolina Wilmington students need to secure bicycles to the bike racks, as bicycle larceny increases during the month...

UNCW Board of Trustees elects new members

Nathan Johnson | Intern September 8, 2014

Two new members have been selected to the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Board of Trustees. Michael Shivar was elected as the new chair, H. Carlton Fisher as the new vice chair, and Wilma...

Wilmington Guns robbed

Nathan Johnson | Intern September 6, 2014

Thirty-nine handguns were stolen from the Wilmington Guns store at 7213 Market St. on Aug. 28. The theft took place around 4:50 a.m.The robbers entered through the front door window, and broke into the...

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