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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...

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...

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...

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,...

Some attendees of the Patriot Day Ceremony (Deborah Williams/The Seahawk).

UNCW remembers the 9/11 attacks 24 years later

Deborah Williams, Staff Writer September 17, 2025

24 years after the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil, the UNCW community gathered to remember, reflect and honor the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. Although many participants did not live through...

The Soaring Seahawk statue standing in front of New Hanover Hall (Charlotte Thorne/The Seahawk).

OPEN CALL OPINION: UNCW community reacts to Mike Pence invitation

Addison Lowry, Opinion Editor September 17, 2025

The Seahawk collected various opinions from UNCW community members to foster thoughtful, respectful dialogue regarding former Vice President Mike Pence’s invitation to speak at the Chancellor’s “Dare...

Overturned candles sit below spirit rock, after student squbble (Addison Lowry/The Seahawk).

Charlie Kirk tribute altered amid UNCW student dispute

Emily Reier, Editor-in-Chief September 16, 2025

The spirit rock in front of Fisher Student Union became a canvas of contention Tuesday morning, as students painted over a tribute to conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. The tribute was painted...

Starship robot leaving Seahawk Crossing after making a delivery (Addison Lowry/The Seahawk).

Starship robots could be UNCW’s next big thing

Addison Lowry, Opinion Editor September 8, 2025

UNCW has a new food delivery system: Starship robots. These mobile robots serve as on-campus food delivery. Now — three weeks into the fall semester — they are ready for action. Students can order...

The Book Club founders. Left to right: Logan Knowles (President), Brielle Lancaster (Treasurer), Lydia Mielke (Vice President), Eri Mitchell (Secretary)(Courtesy Lydia Mielke).

The Book Club: UNCW’s new, rapidly growing club is looking for members

Addison Lowry, Opinion Editor August 21, 2025

This fall, book lovers at UNCW will be coming together to discuss all things bookish in Morton Hall. Last semester, President Logan Knowles came together with his friends to create a space for all things...

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