Soaring to Greatness campaign over, $65 million goal surpassed

UNCW’s “Soaring to Greatness” campaign is now over, Chancellor Gary Miller announced today at a press conference. The campaign’s goal of raising $65 million has been met nearly a year ahead of schedule. The campaign raised $66.4 million total. Former Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo established “The Campaign for UNCW: Soaring to Greatness” in 2005 with a goal of raising $65 million for the university by the end of 2012—the university’s 65th anniversary. The final and public phase began in February 2011. Full story

Students plan protest at UNC Board of Governors meeting

A coalition of students plan to protest pending tuition increases at the UNC Board of Governors meeting scheduled for Feb. 10.

Known as NC Defend Education, the group claims the proposition and ratification of these tuition increases violates the North Carolina Constitution, particularly Article IX, Section 9; which states: "The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of The University of North Carolina and other public institutions of higher education, as far as practicable, be extended to the people of the State free of expense." 

Wikipedia leads Internet censorship protest

Imagine a world without free knowledge.

This ominous warning met internet users across the country who attempted to access Wikipedia.com Jan. 18, 2012. In an effort to increase awareness about pending legislation which many feel would limit internet freedoms, the Wikipedia community opted to shut down the English version of the site for 24 hours.  

Feel the teal: Alumni Relations spreads school spirit with upcoming homecoming events

Feel the Teal Homecoming Weekend kicks off Feb. 4 with alumni, family and friends coming to UNCW from all over the nation.

"We have experienced steady growth in alumni interest over the past three years and are excited about hosting a great schedule of programs and events that appeal to alumni of varying age and interest," said Robert McInturf, director of Alumni Relations. 

ECU faces criticism over unexplained firing of Student Media Advisor

January 5, nearly two months after ECU's student newspaper, The East Carolinian, published uncensored photos of a nude streaker at a football game on its front page, the university terminated their student media adviser of four years, Paul Isom. 

Live your ‘Buried Life’

There comes a time in everyone's life when they are forced to make a choice—go to class or skip it, call the girl who sits in front of you in English Lit or let her go date someone else, carpe diem or don't.

Ultimately there is something to be said about every choice we make, but when they are boiled down, all seemingly mundane forks along the proverbial path of life come to one point: this choice could be your last. 

The Booty Band draws crowd downtown at The Whiskey

Walking down Front Street on the way to see Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band at The Whiskey on Saturday night, excitement filled the air in anticipation of witnessing one of Asheville's most unique musical experiences.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close balances oddity and stark reality

There is something to be said—and it's hard to say if it's positive or negative—about a film that can simultaneously annoy you and make you feel like weeping. Steven Daldry's adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" does just that. 

Sand, in sanity

The honor of an entire battalion of Marines is on the line after the world devoured a video of four scout snipers urinating on the corpses of Taliban. But nothing touches the sanity of a Marine like the sand.

Brikhouse opens and hosts band festival

The Brikhouse Band Festival welcomed everyone in Wilmington to come and dance the night away while listening to great music played by local bands. This past Friday, Brikhouse hosted six bands all with different flavors of music ranging from indie rock to experimental.

DiFranco shows talent and brilliance with release of new album

Tuesday, Jan. 17, folk singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco released her 17th studio album, entitled "¿Which Side Are You On?"It is her first studio album in over three years. Compared to DiFranco's previous work, her new album has a far more mature sound. It is a less raucous and more subdued expression. The exception, however, is the title track. 

Ellen Hopkins’ “Perfect” isn’t so perfect after all

"Why push to attain an ideal state of being that no two random people will agree?" Ellen Hopkins' newest young adult novel discusses the lives of four teenagers on the brink of graduating high school who are pushed to be perfect.