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A turtle pokes his head out in Leutze Lake (Max Matthews/The Seahawk).

Lessons from UNCW’s turtles

Max Matthews, Staff Writer October 2, 2025

After class, you decide to sit down on a bench overlooking one of UNCW’s several small ponds. This break is much needed; you’ve had a grueling school day, and the blazing heat on Chancellor’s...

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October 2, 2025

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UNCW’s Project Please Stay chapter’s logo (Courtesy of Susannah Swindell).

Project Please Stay chapter grows at UNCW

Addison Lowry, Opinion Editor October 2, 2025

Raising awareness for mental health advocacy is the mission of UNCW’s Project Please Stay, a club started in response to growing suicide rates in Chapel Hill. UNCW’s chapter was formed last year when...

Vice President Mike Pence speaking at the 2020 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0).

OPINION: Has the Chancellor made a M.E.G.A. mistake?

Jayden Christina, Staff Writer October 1, 2025

Emotional turmoil spread among UNCW’s campus after learning Chancellor Aswani Volety has invited former Vice President Mike Pence to give the keynote address at this semester’s “Dare to Learn”...

Cover of Atlantis: A Creative Magazine Issue 98, Summer 2025 Staff Chapbook; Klebanow's first issue as Editor-in-Chief (Meghan Lewis/Atlantis Magazine).

Atlantis: A Creative Magazine introduces new Editor-in-Chief

Brielle Nugent, Staff Writer September 30, 2025

At the start of the fall 2025 semester Atlantis: A Creative Magazine welcomed their new Editor-in-Chief, UNC-Wilmington senior Dalin Klebanow. Atlantis is UNCW’s oldest creative magazine, founded in...

(Illustration by Gracie Davis/The Seahawk).

OPINION: Why you fell for Robert Irwin and his marketing strategies

Addison Lowry, Opinion Editor September 29, 2025

Crikey… it’s about time for People Magazine to name this year’s “Sexist Man Alive” and Gen Z is ready for an age-appropriate man to take home the title. This past year, one blonde Australian...

Contestants being performative males together (Max Matthews/The Seahawk).

‘Performative male’ contest held at UNCW

Max Matthews, Staff Writer September 25, 2025

The recent online trend of “performative males” – over-the-top, female-worshipping men who engage in stereotypically feminine interests for attention – made its way to UNCW on Sept. 12. When...

Banner made during recent meeting of compiled collages inspired by Swift's various "eras" (Courtesy of Kayla Brethauer).

The Swift Society returns after a cruel summer away

Addison Lowry, Opinion Editor September 24, 2025

UNCW is home to over 300 clubs and organizations, but one club is making a shimmery mark on students who are fans of one of the biggest pop stars of the century. The Swift Society is UNCW’s home to swifties...

Promotional flyer for 48 Hour Film Competition (Courtesy of UNCW Randall Library's MakerStudio).

Be scared and prepared: UNCW Library’s 48 Hour Film Competition

Charlotte Thorne, Photography Editor September 23, 2025

UNCW’s fourth annual 48 Hour Film Competition will soon be underway. For the past four years, Randall Library has hosted their biggest event and invites students — in teams or alone — to spend exactly...

Wednesday's live show at Lily's Snack Bar in Boone, N.C. in January 2024 (Jackson Howard/The Seahawk).

Confirmed: Wednesday is still the best day of the week

Jackson Howard, Staff Writer September 23, 2025

On April 7, 2023, Pitchfork gave out an 8.8 Best New Music review to “one of the best indie rock bands around,” Wednesday, a band hailing from Asheville, N.C., one of the new places to be for the indie...

EDITORIAL: Current campus climate, rebuilding trust and understanding in a time of division

EDITORIAL: Current campus climate, rebuilding trust and understanding in a time of division

The Seahawk Editorial Board September 22, 2025

To our fellow Seahawks,  In light of recent events on our campus, the UNCW community finds itself at a crossroads. We’ve experienced fear, confusion, anger and frustration – emotions that are real,...

(Illustration by Gracie Davis/The Seahawk).

OPINION: Teachers, stop recording your students

Grace McCulloch, Staff Writer September 18, 2025

As an aspiring teacher, and avid user of TikTok, I come across a lot of teaching and education-based content on my social media pages. This content takes many forms: OOTDs (Outfit of the Days), informational,...

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