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New technology easy as Pi

Jeffrey Cashwell | Contributing Writer February 17, 2013

 The Raspberry Pi, created by the Raspberry Pi Foundation charity, is gaining recognition as the world's most effective technology to teach kids and young people programming. Released last year, this...

My Stand Mentor ignites a social movement among student leaders

Lizzie Menzer | Contributing Writer February 17, 2013

 The My Stand Mentor program is a growing movement that arms students with necessary tools to combat violence within student organizations as well as in their own lives.  The training for the program...

22 percent of UNCW students get high regularly, study finds

Pam Creech | Contributing Writer February 15, 2013

 As a  growing number of students at UNC Wilmington  resort to smoking marijuana to relax, many of them come to their own conclusions concerning the drug's impacts.   A 2012 Crossroads survey indicates...

Renowned political writer comes to UNCW to discuss veterans

Shannon McCabe| Staff Writer February 15, 2013

Distinguished Time columnist and best-selling author, Joe Klein, will hold a discussion on veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and how they make up the nation's next greatest generation.  Klein...

Students protest UNCW’s energy supplier at “Die-In”

Emily Evans | News Editor February 15, 2013

UNC Wilmington's Chancellor's Walk looked like a mass-murder crime scene on Feb. 14, the sidewalk covered in chalk outlines of student bodies to demonstrate human death at the hands of coal-fueled power...

Raspberry Pi

February 15, 2013

The Raspberry Pi, created by the Raspberry Pi Foundation charity, may see more light as it grows to be the world's most effective technology to teach kids and young people programming. Released last year,...

MyStand Mentor

Lizzy Menzer | Contributing Writer February 15, 2013

 The MyStand mentor program has grown from 20 mentors to over 200 mentors on campus within the last two years.  It is a program for student leaders who are interested in being more connected with the...

Medicinal marijuana in the House

Joseph Lowe I Staff Writer February 14, 2013

The introduction of House Bill 84 to the North Carolina House of Representatives has medicinal marijuana activists hoping for a pass through the legislature and a trip all the way to Gov. McCrory's desk.The...

YouTube sensation Timeflies coming to UNCW

Juliane Bullard | Lifestyles Editor February 13, 2013

UNCW's Association for Campus Entertainment (ACE) recently revealed the talent for their annual Spring show, Timeflies, a musical duo who gained fame while in school at Tufts University outside of Boston,...

Crime Log Feb. 2-10

Jillian Langston | Staff Writer February 12, 2013

Here is a list of crimes reported by the UNC-Wilmington Police Department for Feb. 2-10, 2013.Feb. 10Traffic violation: A stop law violation occurred on Riegel Road at 7:45 p.m. Feb. 10.Traffic violation:...

What does exercise really do

Joseph Lowe I Staff Writer February 9, 2013

The physical benefits of exercise are well known to even the sedentary couch potato but sometimes it is more difficult to discern the benefits to the brain that come with exercise. For years there have...

Paperwork holds student orgs back from registration

Lizzy Menzer | Contributing Writer February 8, 2013

 There are over 245 registered student organizations at UNC Wilmington. Despite having a steady influx of new organizations register each year, there are still many groups on campus that are not officially...

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