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Noise ordinance passes
Protest concert planned for
this Sunday at New Hanover
county courthouse /11
Riverfest
Fall ritual
draws
crowds to
downtown
Wilmington/
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Native
son
brings
NBA
to
UNCW
The Washington Wizards and
Michael Jordan hoop it up at
Trask Coliseum /17
INDEX
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The Scene.......
Sports
Students voice concerns at election forum;
SGA sponsors ^get out and vote’ day today
Dan Guy
Staff Writer
More than 100 students gathered
in the Hawk’s Nest last Tuesday to
hear a panel of UNCW faculty and
student opinions about the upcom
ing presidential election.
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“Supporters (of the candidates)
will not likely be affected by the
debate,” said Political Science Pro
fessor Roger C. Lowery before the
debate. “Undecided voters will
probably be the ones swayed. Bush
needs to exceed expectations.”
James FhnvThe Seanawk
Several students and faculty participated in the panel discussion of
the presidential campaign before last week’s debate between Texas
Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore.
The panel was made up of
Lowery and Walter D. Devries of the
political science department; Lloyd
E. Rohler, professor of communica
tion studies; and senior, political
science majors Melissa R. Clary and
Melissa E. Johnson. Stephen S.
Meinhold, associate professor of
political science, served as modera
tor.
Some members of the panel were
clear supporters of a particular can
didate while others simply offered
opinions on the election process as
a whole.
“Bush has a lot to gain, and Gore
doesn’t have much to lose,” Johnson
said. “People can’t win debates, but
they can lose them.”
Several members of the panel
emphasized how important it was
for the candidates to grab the
audience’s attention. Rohler said,
“The enthusiasm and excitement at
the debates are very important.”
Devries said, “The first 15 min
utes of the debate is the key. It will
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Davis lobbies for more graduation tickets
Todd Vdlkstorf
Staff Writer
The clockto wer that was erected on cam
pus last year as a senior gift drew a lot of
attention from the university. Senior class
President Aaron Davis said he believes he
has come up with an idea for this year’s gift
that “everyone wiU be happy with.”
According to Davis, this year’s gift wiU
be an “architecturally designed landing.”
The landing wiU be located in part of the
open space on the north side of the Univer
sity Union. A small bit of the hiU that was
created when the ponds were dug wiU be re
moved and then replaced with a brick patio,
complete with flowers and UNCW spelled
out in polished, concrete letters.
Davis believes that there needs to be a
special place central to the campus that will
have the school’s letters and be visually pleas
ing.
“Right now, where do you take a picture
to signify that you went to UNCW7’ Davis
said.
The price for the gift is not yet known but
Davis said it will be relatively inexpensive.
The estimated price and a finished design
will be available soon.
The money for the senior class gift is
raised entirely by the senior class and does
not come from student fees or state gener
ated tax revenue.
Davis is busy as the
senior class president
with other issues be
sides the class gift. He
is cunendy woiking on
an initiative that would
increase the number of
tickets students are al
lowed to have for
graduation ceremo
nies.
Currently, gradu
ates are only allowed
three tickets for gradu-
ation ceremonies.
Davis does not think
this is fair and wants
the policy changed because graduation rep
resents an outstanding moment in a person’s
life. He also said that many students have
more than three people who would like to
attend their graduation.
“I would be willing to pay extra for more
tickets,” Davis said.
Wizards play to
sold-out Trask
Wizards forwards
Felipe Lopez goes
up for the reverse
layup. The White
team defeated the
Blue team 78 to 69
in this past
Monday’s
scrimage.