Good riddance, Steve Bannon
Sean W. Cooper, Assistant Opinion Editor
August 25, 2017
Last Friday, Steve Bannon left the White House after serving as the Trump administration’s chief strategist for seven turbulent months. At the risk of sounding too forward, thank goodness for that. It’s no secret that President Trump is a wildly unpredictable man. If you haven’t figured this...
Charlottesville and Confederate statues
Sean W. Cooper, Staff Writer
August 22, 2017
Let’s be real here. Conservative or not, it is not in your best interest to defend the actions of the white supremacists who rallied in Charlottesville last Friday and Saturday. Nor should you deny that these people are white supremacists. Anybody who gathers in the streets with guns and tiki...
UNCW SGA, Upperman holds discussion on Charlottesville and equality
Noah Thomas, Sports Editor
August 17, 2017
Students and faculty of the UNC Wilmington community gathered Thursday evening in the Fisher Student Center to discuss last week’s protests in Charlottesville, Va.
Two more nails in Trump’s coffin
Sean W. Cooper, Staff Writer
August 5, 2017
On July 21, President Trump fired his divisive communications director Sean Spicer and appointed Anthony Scaramucci, founder of the investment firm SkyBridge Capital, to fill the position. The president urged Spicer to remain in the White House as its press secretary; however Spicer declined leaving...
Trump bans trans
Samantha Durham, Opinion Editor
August 5, 2017
On July 26th President Trump made a bad move for any hope of winning the LBGTQ community’s heart. However, they are not the only ones utterly disappointed by Trump’s latest military decision. On Wednesday, President Trump declared, via his Twitter account that “After consultation with my General...
Trump says transgender individuals will not be allowed to serve in military
Casey McAnarney, Editor in Chief
July 26, 2017
In a series of tweets, President Donald J. Trump said that transgender individuals will no longer be allowed to serve in the United States Military. The reasoning behind this: The U.S. armed forces need to focus more on "decisive overwhelming victory" rather than accommodating transgender individuals. This...
Confederate statues: should they stay or should they go?
Sean W. Cooper, Staff Writer
June 28, 2017
On May 19th, the New Orleans Police Department gathered around a 16-foot, bronze statue of Robert E. Lee, standing on a 60-foot base, as they prepared for the monument to be taken down. This was the last Confederate statue to stand in New Orleans, after three others had been removed from the city within the pre...
SGA Inauguration: Farewells lead to new leadership
Daniel West, Contributing Writer | SGA Beat Reporter
April 20, 2017
Last Tuesday saw an evening full of farewells and triumphs. The UNC Wilmington Student Government Association held its final event of the 2016-2017 school year with their annual SGA Inauguration. Over a dozen graduating members were honored and a nearly completely new leadership is ready to take the...
Freedom of expression debate, Atlantis soon to release latest issue
![This photo, courtesy of Atlantis, shows the magazine's editorial staff. [Back Row from Left to Right] Mason Hamberlin, Raja Jalernpan, Rebekkah LaBlue, Matt Theis, Kyle Maples, Lindy Schoenborn and Sarah Wall [Front Row from Left to Right] Nikki Kroushl, Carey Shook, Tally Pavel, Caroline Orth, Chantai Thomas, Becka Jackson and Logan Prochaska.](https://theseahawk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Atlantis-staff-475x226.png)
Casey McAnarney, Editor in Chief
April 13, 2017
In preparation for their spring issue, editors for Atlantis, a creative magazine on UNC Wilmington’s campus, had been reviewing submissions of work created and poured over by students. However, now the editorial staff of the publication is split over the decision to publish the content of one stud...
The enduring effects of HB2 on North Carolina’s economy
Kyle Kissinger, Contributing Writer
April 6, 2017
On March 27, after calculating data collected from public records and interviews, the Associated Press announced that North Carolina’s House Bill 2 has deprived the state an estimated $3.76 billion of revenue due to lost business. For the uninitiated, House Bill 2 (also dubbed as HB2 or the “bathroom...
A national struggle to understand feminism
Helen Rogalski, Opinion Editor
April 6, 2017
The feminist movement has been a work in progress for many years and a longtime coming for modern day America. As the movement continues to gain traction and media coverage, criticism from politicians, celebrities, and everyday people continues. The feminist movement is deeply misunderstood in Trump’s...
President Donald J. Trump: ‘American Military Does Not Fight To Win’
Meredith Hoffman, Assistant News Editor
April 3, 2017
In late February, President Donald Trump addressed a small group of governors in the White House. The topic of conversation was the military budget as Trump unveiled his plan to increase United States defense spending by $54 billion, while making equal cuts in other areas of government. This proposal...