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“Excellence Through Truth and Dedication” Since 1948
Megan O’Brien - Editor-In-Chief
Lyndsey M. Bland - Managing Editor
Ashley Delph - Advertising Director
Heather Grady - News Editor
Sarah van Schagen - Lifestyles Editor
Katie BLANCHARD-Specin/ Section Editor
Ben Jones • Sports Editor
James Flint - Photo Editor
Kevin Knight - Adviser
Bill DiNome - Student Media Coordinator
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One of the most amazing things
fi about the human species is our ability
ti to work together to accomplish a task
C' that could not be done by a single per-
F One of the greatest aspects of col-
S lege life is the opportunity to be in-
di volved with the many groups, clubs or
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No matter what your interest, there
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jd UNCW, and if something that suits do
not exist, you very well could start a
new club or organization.
The value of involvement is some-
, thing that cannot be measured, but it
is true that by being involved you will
gain a feeling of belonging. Interact-
j ing with your university community is
J an extension of being involved with
the community around you, and this is
Family Weekend is an important time.
In many cases, it is the first time since
move in day that parents and siblings
have come to see their college student.
It’s an odd time for families and stu
dents, an adjustment that may not be
easy, but is certainly an important one.
Students who went home for Labor
Day weekend have probably already
started to feel the change. Your life and
your family member’s lives have di
verged, you going in one direction and
they in another. It’s a difficult thing to
accept. Sometimes your family seems
not to miss you at all, but to be carrying
on with their normal lives, easily filling
the gap you left. That’s how I have al
ways felt about my family, and it’s taken
me about three years to accept the fact
that, yes, they have their own lives. It
has also taken me time to realize that I
have grown my own life too, one every
bit as real and important as theirs (even
if they don’t always acknowledge it). It
almost compensates for feeling sort of
squeezed out of theirs. Things are dif
ferent than when I lived at home and was
so much more a part of their lives. I’m ^
still important, I know, just less central. '5'
For friends of mine, their families are
practically unrecognizable from fresh
man year. Parents moved away, got di
vorced or went back to school. While
dealing with my family’s seeming
sameness was tough, dealing with these
huge changes must be even harder. It
would seem that the stable center they
knew was suddenly shaken from under
them.
The idea behind Family Weekend
seems even more precious after last
week’s attacks on New York and Wash
ington. Thousands of people lost family
members forever. Take this weekend to
enjoy your family, as maddening as they
may be sometimes. Family Weekend is
not about the university’s planned ft
events; it’s about being together and tak- *
ing strength from one another during a
challenging ti
something that enables you to explore
your full potential.
UNCW students can take part in or
ganized athletics, social and political
groups like P.E.A.C.E. (People for
Education and an Active Commitment
to Equality) and WAIL (Women Act In
Liberation), student government, cam
pus entertainment, student media, one
of many religious groups, one of the
many diversity groups like GLAD, en
vironmental groups like the ECO Club,
Greek Life, the sailing club, dance
groups, music ensembles, academic
honor societies, or one of many oth-
For more information about being
involved with campus life, students
can visit the Campus Activities and In
volvement Center in the student union
or call 962-3827.
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