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Volume
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Lll, Number 24
Serving UNC-Wilmington Since l 94^S
January 30. 2001
Inside
This
Issue...
Go Seahawks!
Take a look at
Homecoming
week in photos/
Special color
section, page 8
Into the
Deep
Junior Evan
Vetter worked
on a docu
mentary
about Alvin
and the
Atlantis./^2
WLOZ goes
off the air
indefinitely
Dan Guy and Chris Rogers
The Seahawk
The operation of UNCW student ra
dio is terminated and the future of the
station is uncertain.
The Student Media Board (SMB)
voted unanimously to suspend opera
tions of WLOZ indefinitely during their
meeting last Thursday evening.
“I think it’s a good decision by the
media board,” said Dean of Students
Terry Curran. “The board is looking for
better information of what is exactly
going on at the station.”
The decision came after a lengthy dis
cussion by the board about the current
status of the WLOZ. They expressed
concern about a lack of supervision and
leadership since the station has been
without a general manager since Janu
ary 11, when General Manager John
Bundy resigned
It’s back, and better than ever
The Seahawk returns to the Worid
Wide Web this weelf. Get a sneak
preview at
www.collegepMisher.com/theseahawk
The broadcast studio at WLOZ has been vacant since it was ordered
closed by the Student Media Board last Thursday evening. The sta
tion will remain closed until management problems are resolved.
During the meeting, the board ex
pressed that students had not displayed
willingness to step up and take over run
ning the radio station. Bundy echoed
those sentiments.
“Since I’m graduating in May, I’ve
told my staff that we needed someone to
step up to general manager position this
year, that it was important, and some
one needed to step up,” Bundy said. No
SEE WLDZ, PAGE 5
stifling defense, Blizzard lead UNCW win
INDEX
Campus NewSu..».«»»>«
Classifieds
Special Photo Sectionini8/9
Features.......^.........-*-
Sports
JESSIE NUNERY
ASB’T. Sports Editor
At times this season, the UNC
Wilmington men’s basketball team has
looked completely lost on offense. As a
result of these droughts, the Seahawks
have fallen victim to some close losses.
The same scenario seemed to be play
ing itself out Saturday night at Trask
Coliseum against William and Mary.
However, at just the right time, sopho
more guard Brett Blizzard caught fire,
draining his last four shots during a tight
second half and leading the Seahawks
to a 63-50 victory before a Homecom
ing sellout crowd.
Blizzard, who had been making less
than 40 percent of his field goals, came
up clutch repeatedly. With the UNCW
offense missing what coach Jerry Wain-
wright called “easy shots,” Blizzard took
it upon himself to make sure that the 16'^
sellout crowd in Trask history would not
go home disappointed.
With the Seahawks leading 38-35 at
the 8:10 mark. Blizzard nailed a 3-
pointer from the top of the key with the
shot-clock winding down to put the
Seahawks up six and then connected on
a pull-up jumper, with the offense look
ing confused to restore UNCW s half-
time lead of ten at 48-38, with 3;13 to
go.
“I have to keep shooting. 1 still have
confidence in my shot,” Blizzard said af
terward, who finished with a team-high
19 points on 6-14 shooting.
Defense aided the Seahawks by forc
ing the visiting Tribe into 18 turnovers.
Although William and Mary shot 47 per
cent from the field overall, the Seahawk
defense constantly had them in knots.
UNCW consistently forced William and
Mary into long-range jumpers and wild
shots toward the end of the 35-second
shot clock.
“This was one of our best defensive
efforts all year,” Wainwright said of his
Seahawks, who only allowed five offen
sive rebounds.
With the win, the Seahawks improved
to 11-8,4-4 in the Colonial Athletic As-
SEE B-Ball, Page 5
Jarr>95 i ‘-nilht Seaf^Bwk
Ed Williams converts a steal into
a dunk as Brett Blizzard cel
ebrates during last Saturday’s
Homecoming victory over William
and Mary.