How much is too much to pay for college? One student almost paid $30,000 to take a single class. Last spring, Kiger watched the classes she needed to graduate start to slip away from her on Seanet, the website that students use to register for classes. The class she needed, Advanced Fiction, was filling up fast. “If I hadn’t gotten into the advanced class in the fall, I’d be here an extra semester,” said Kiger, “I watched the whole time. It was nerve-racking.”

The campus preserve will be undergoing renovations in the coming weeks. It was created to allow students the opportunity to study the ecology. But in recent years, the preserve has become overgrown and been neglected.

A UNCW student stood on the tips of her sneakers to place a bright, multicolored lei on the broad shoulders of a tall black man in a black Fuzzy Peach t-shirt. Moments before, he had crossed the finish line in the Walk to End Violence Against Women and Girls, held in Hugh McRae Park in Wilmington, N.C., not far from UNCW campus, on Sunday, April 22.

Facing a tough job market and a daunting unemployment rate, student veterans are working even harder to improve their marketability and increase their civilian workplace experience. Jeremy Barringer, a former Marine and diesel mechanic for Camp Johnson,  is stepping out of the mechanics uniform and into a business suit.

Friday, April 20 was “Cover the Night,” an international day of action announced by the non-profit group, Invisible Children. Supporters were urged to hang flyers, make shirts and paint murals, anything to spread the word about Joseph Kony, a war criminal wanted by the International Criminal Court for the abduction of thousands of African children for use as soldiers or sex slaves.

Among the throngs of tourists that flooded downtown Wilmington the second week of April for the annual Azalea Festival, a cultural celebration of the flowers native to North Carolina, there were also locals. Musicians, business-owners, performers, students and even protesters flocked to the waterfront, and the festival was met with both praise and disappointment. 

The Face Age Program allows a unique faculty collaboration that will hopefully affect the lives of students, parents, and future health care providers by creating a conversation about aging and the perception of faces. 

Students, teachers and program organizers alike share their excitement and concerns regarding the month-long events planned to coincide with Chancellor Gary Miller's installation ceremony, which will grant him the official powers of the office of Chancellor at UNCW. 

A brush fire that started the afternoon of April 16 in a patch of woods between Independence Blvd. and George Anderson Drive Wilmington, N.C. sparked a citywide response online. Although the fire was widely reported on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, most Wilmington residents only need look at the sky. 

And then there were three. Rick Santorum has dropped out of the presidential race, leaving Newt Gingrich in second place for the Republican nomination, followed by Ron Paul in third, but they are both far behind the frontrunner, Mitt Romney, in both delegates and funding.

Every semester English students gather at Randall Library to display their hard work at the English in Action (EIA) showcase. Projects and papers are put on display to show the world that students can do something with an English major. This semester’s showcase will be Friday, April 27, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

Following wins in all three primaries last Tuesday, the former Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, has all but clinched the Republican Party nomination for president. The large lead has earned Romney recent endorsements from several high-profile Republicans.

Following several other universities in the state, UNCW’s Student Government Association (SGA) is proposing a resolution against Amendment One. The amendment is being voted on by North Carolina residents May 8.

Gingrich’s speech, while opening with an address to students, quickly rehashed his campaign platforms. His main areas of focus were his lean six sigma management model, rising gas prices, and proposing an energy independent America

Rising senior Keith Fraser, and rising junior Adam Webb are UNCW's recently elected Student Body President and Vice President, respectively, for the 2012-13 academic year. The pair advertised across campus and rallied UNCW students as a joint team on the election ticket.