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The Soaring Seahawk statue outside of Hoggard Hall on UNCW campus (Samantha Hill/The Seahawk).

UNCW campus safety after Fall 2025 semester

Samantha Hill, Staff Writer April 18, 2026

The events that took place on UNCW’s campus in the Fall 2025 semester left students feeling on edge and concerned about their safety on campus. Recent incidents — including the spirit rock being “defaced,”...

The new Arab Student Organization on campus

The new Arab Student Organization on campus

Addison Lowry, Opinion Editor April 8, 2026

This spring, a group of students got together and fulfilled a need that was missing for Arab students at UNCW. The new Arab Student Organization (ASO) seeks to spread Arab community, culture and conversation...

Vintage Stetson Hats advertisement (circa 1947), alphabet collage wall art design (source: Pinterest), numbers collage artwork by Julia Trigg (source: Pinterest) and postcard (ca. 1963) courtesy of University of North Carolina Wilmington Archives and Special Collections (UNCW Library). All images adapted under fair use for editorial purposes.

Welcome to 1947: A tourist’s guide to Wilmington

Kayla White, Staff Writer November 20, 2025

You have just been transported to the grand opening year of the University of North Carolina Wilmington! You’ve got a long day ahead of you, of both chores and activities. First, I’d recommend you...

A group of friends pose as Perry the Platypus, Tricky from Subway Surfers and Fiona with Lord Faarquad from "Shrek" (Instagram/@uncwhrl).

UNCW’s Halloween costumes of 2025

Max Matthews, Staff Writer November 14, 2025

The leaves had begun to flaunt their orange, crisp breezes drifted through the air and Halloween was, finally, on a Friday – something that hasn’t happened since 2014. Everyone on UNCW’s campus could...

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...

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