Where my ladies at: The presence of female coaches in sports
Veronica Wernicke, Opinion Editor
May 25, 2020
Breathing heavily, I cradled the ball in my lacrosse stick as I ran to the goal hoping and wishing this would finally be my chance to sink the ball straight past the goalie. One breath. Two breaths. SWISH. As soon as the ball pushed the net back I turned to coach Kristin Schwarz and we both cheered. Once...
Cucalorus 24 Review: “This Changes Everything”
Veronica Wernicke, Opinion Editor
November 14, 2018
50 percent of films shown at Cucalorus are made by women. Sadly, that isn’t the case everywhere else. I was brought to tears by "This Changes Everything," Tom Donahue's documentary about the representation and misrepresentation of women in Hollywood. So many times in Hollywood movies, we have ...
The SheHawk: Size doesn’t matter
Samantha Durham, Opinion Editor
August 28, 2017
Recently the social media world has really tried to take a stand against online trolls, especially those bashing others about their weight. Unfortunately the number on a scale still seems to mean a lot more than it should. A person’s body and shape are more important to focus on than other issues like...
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.
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...