SeaSquawks 2/20/20: Jack of all trades or master of one?
Darius Melton and Katelyn Vargas
February 20, 2020
Over winter break, one of our opinion editors (dare you to guess who) spent a lot of time watching watching Japanese dating show “Terrace House” on Netflix. During episode 2 of the newest season, “Tokyo 2019-2020,” there was a conversation that has been deemed The Tempura Incident. In this...
‘FREE TO ROCK’ breaks down social reform through music
Logan Sasser, Staff Writer
April 2, 2019
During UNC Wilmington’s annual Communications Studies Week, Producer and Author Doug Yeager came to show and discuss a documentary called “FREE TO ROCK.” The documentary, directed by four-time Emmy winning filmmaker Jim Brown and narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, is a documentary about the significant...
‘Reflections on Colorism: Art as the Alternative Mirror’ opens in CAB
Sunshine Angulo, Staff Writer
March 5, 2019
On Feb. 28, the Cultural Arts Building held a reception for the opening of their newest art exhibit, “Reflections on Colorism: Art as the Alternative Mirror.” The exhibit is curated by Dr. Sarah L. Webb, creator of “Colorism Healing,” and the professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois Springfield.
OPINION: Halloween and cultural appropriation
Fairley Lloyd, Contributing Writer
October 31, 2018
As Halloween rolls around the corner, it is probably a good time to talk about costumes and cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation is often defined as taking someone’s culture or part of someone’s culture — that is, dressing or engaging in someone’s culture, but lacking the respe...
World outside of Wilmington: A closer look at Oman
Amanda Milana, Contributing Writer
October 5, 2018
Stories serve as a point of entry into a foreign culture in the same way that a preface sets the stage for a book. Jasmine Ceron, a UNCW student, visited Oman on a two month long intensive language program through the Critical Language Scholarship. The stories she brought back allow her to share her...