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There are many ways to adapt to the stress of the first year of college. (Courtesy:Annie Spratt/Unsplash.com)

OPINION: Three things I’m glad I did and three things I wish I had done as a first-year student at UNCW

Megan Eesley, Co-Editor-In-Chief August 20, 2024

My first year at UNCW was a series of trial and error, finding what worked for me and learning how to grow academically and professionally while still retaining a calm in my life. I found three main...

Protests erupt after the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 (Courtesy Gayatri Malhotra/Unsplash.com)

OPINION: Is the America we know a modern-day theocracy?

Grace Lanham, Co-Editor-in-Chief August 20, 2024

In June of 2022, The Supreme Court of the United States voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, a previous ruling made 50 years prior that protects women's right to contraceptives and abortions on any accounts....

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OPINION: OCD was my roadblock

Ashlynn Dziekiewicz, Staff Writer April 21, 2024

Every bump in the road is a body. I drive alone with my hands gripping the steering wheel, always five miles under the speed limit. Fiery panic courses through my body and my stomach flips. I look...

With the rise of BookTok and reading becoming a trend, character representation impacts young readers' self-image (cottonbro studio/Pexels).

OPINION: There is a lack of female agency in contemporary romance literature

Kailie Peck, Staff Writer April 3, 2024

In contemporary romance literature, the prevailing narrative often revolves around a familiar trope: the portrayal of a dominant, powerful man coming to the rescue of a vulnerable, broken woman. This...

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OPINION: Why I did(n’t) delete TikTok

Samantha Hill, Marketing Manager March 22, 2024

RUN, DON’T WALK! THIS PRODUCT IS SELLING OUT FAST! Scrolls. THIS PRODUCT IS ON MY AMAZON STOREFRONT. Scrolls. THROW AWAY THIS PRODUCT BECAUSE YOU WILL NEED THIS NEW ONE. Scrolls. IF...

Closeup of a pair of hockey skates, a puck, hockey stick, gloves, and a goal. (Mariah Hewines/Unsplash.com)

OPINION: Hockey belongs in the South

Sarah Cooper, Staff Writer February 18, 2024

Does she like him because he’s cute or because he’s a good player? Puck bunny. Hockey doesn’t belong in the South.   The rink is laid. The ice is freshly cut. Carter-Finley Stadium...

 Anti-gun violence march in Washington, D.C. (Chip Vincent/Unsplash)

OP-ED: We will not wait for the next school shooting

Andrew Sun and Alexander Denza January 24, 2024

Editor’s Note: The following is a student-written op-ed, signed by over 110 student leaders and meant to be published simultaneously across over 40 student newspapers. The breadth of this op-ed is...

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OP-ED: Flocking together

Jamie Leigh Royal, Staff Writer January 19, 2024

Welcome back, Seahawks. It is becoming a UNCW tradition to begin each semester with some sort of natural disaster that involves heavy rain, high wind gusts and tornado threats. Despite the chaos,...

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Letter from the Editor: 75 years of student reporting

Amelia McNeese, Editor-in-Chief January 10, 2024

Dear Seahawk Readers,   I hope this letter finds you in high spirits as we dive into another exciting semester at UNCW. As we venture into this new semester, I would like to welcome both...

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OPINION: The impacts of digital communications

Michael Friant, Staff Writer December 19, 2023

Through our phones we feel more socially connected than ever before, but are we? You can be friends and “be connected” with people almost instantly, with the click of a button. We can even pop...

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OPINION: Romanticizing abuse does not make a novel romantic

Megan Eesley, Copy Editor December 17, 2023

If someone says, “romance books,” many people think of the Harlequin romance novels with dreamily airbrushed couples on the cover, or possibly a classic story like Jane Austen’s “Pride and...

Former President Donald Trump at Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday Oct. 24, 2023, during his civil fraud trial. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News/TNS)

OPINION: The presidency is a responsibility, not an entitlement

Hannah Markov, Editor-in-Chief November 13, 2023

If you have opened social media or turned on cable news at any point in the last few months, then you know that former president Donald Trump has been indicted on criminal charges for his role in an...

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