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Hunger and Homelessness
Awareness Week begins
Daily events will highlight the Hunger and
Homelessness Awareness Week sponsaied by the
Center for Leadership Education and Service. A
“Faces of Homelessness Panel” featuring local
honieless pecple discussing their lives will be held
at 7 p.m. on Monday in the University Union Liv
ing Room. The next day, Nov. 13, volunteers arc
needed to collect canned food fiom local grocery
stores and deliver the food to local community
kitchens. A “Himger Banquet” will be held Nov.
14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Warwick Center Ballroom.
Bring at least one non-perishable food item for
admission and expect to leam first-hand about hun
ger and world food distribution. On Thursday,
Nov. 15, there wiU be “Sleep-Out on the Com-
nrons” from 8 p.m until 8 am. on Friday. The
event includes a candlelight vigil and speaker. For
more information about any events or to register
for participation contact Raven Davis at962-3877
or stop by the Center for Leadership Education
and S^ce in the UU Room 212.
Theatre company to perfonn
‘The Wrath of Achilles”
The Aquila Theatre Company will perform as
part of the Arts in Action Performing Aits Series
at 2 p.m. on Sunday in Kenan Auditorium. ‘The
Wrath of Achilles” is based upon Homer’s epic
poem‘The niiad.” Tickets for the performance
are $5.50 fc*- UNCW stodents, $ 11 for faculty
and staff and $17.50 for the general public. To
purchase tickets call the Kenan Auditorium Box
Office at 962-3500.
Author to sign, discuss
book in Upperman Center
Faith DeVeaux will discuss her first book,
“When Duty Calls,” in the Upperman African
Ainerican Cultural Center in the University Union
Room 208. DeVeaux’s book is based on actual
letters her parents exchanged while her father was
stationed in Vietnam. DeVeaux will be on cam
pus from 11 am. until 12:30 p.m. and fhjm 1 p.m.
until 2:30 p.m. She will also be appearing at
Bames and Noble at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9.
James Flint
The personal and the political came together
when UNCW English Department faculty mem
bers Janet Ellerby and Mark Boren shared read
ings from their newly published woks as part of
the Katherine K Buckner Distinguished Presen
tations Series.
Both authors have already received publicity
for their latest literary efforts. EUeiby’s book, “In
timate Reading: The Contemporary Women’s
Memoir,” has been added to university litsaries
across America Boren’s book, “Student Resis
tance: A History of the Unruly Subject” received
agoodreview fromNewYc»kCity’s Ullage \bice.
The two professors shared their writings OcL
30 with a large crowd of UNCW students and
faculty and members of the community in the Cen
ter Stage Cafe at the Warwick Center.
Boren’s book deals with the histoy of student
rebellion across the globe. It chronicles incidents
like the civil rights protests in the United States,
the 1968 student riots in Paris and Tiananmen
Ellerby’s work is a culmination of her own
memoir, which discusses her pregnaiKy at six
teen and the adoption of her daughter. It also in
cludes an examination of many other contempo
rary memoirs written by American womea
English Professor Thomas MacLennan was
impressed with both writers. He
said that he felt the readings were,
“courageous, sharing quite a nice
marriage of events.”
Junior Katie Hiillips said that
she thought the readings were
beautiful. ‘They are both elo
quent speakers, and they both
shared interesting viewpoints.”
The authors were also
pleased with the events of the
evening.
‘T was surprised at how well
informed the audience was,”
Boren said He also added that
he felt the coupling of his work
with Ellerby’s created a nice
blend. ‘They are both political,
but whereas my text dealt with
public politics, hers illustrated..
. how the personal is political,
and the importance of acknowl
edging that”
Ellerby was elated when she
saw the crowd that caiTK for the
reading. “It was quite a wonder
ful experience fw me, very con- Janet Ellerby listens as Mark Boren speaks,
firming. It seemed like a good, warm audience of Lumina Station. Boren may be invited to read
fiiends,” she said. his work at other places across the country. Both
Ellerby will be reading portions of her mem- authois’ wMksareavaUableforpurchaseatBristol
oir again Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. at Bristol Books in Bodes and other bookstores.
Date set for final decision about WLOZ radio
Sarah van Schaben
After voting to temporarily suspend operaticms
of the radio station last January, the Student Me
dia Board has set a date to determine exactly what
will become of WLOZ.
The SMB voted unanimously Oct. 18tomake
a decision about WLOZ at their January meet
ing, a year after the student-run FM radio station
was taken off the air.
“At some point we’re going to have to come
to a coiKlusion,” said Phillip Brown, SMB chair
and media specialist for the Vice Chancellor of
Student Affairs.
Discussion about the fate of WLOZ began
with concerns about the current student media
financial situation. Due to a waning economy
and low advertising sales. The Seahawk has had
trouble ineeting the budget Money is also needed
for Atlantis and the startup of two new media
genres—the Film Group and Student Body Tele-
The board plans to ask for a $2 per student
increase in fees to help cover the lack of ad sales
and the start-up costs of the new media. In addi
tion to this proposed fee increase, the SMB dis
cussed shutting down WLOZ for good, which
would release about $4000 in student fees that
could be allocated to the various media
“We need to do what we do well—and do
that well,” Student Media Coordinator Bill
DiNome said.
The board made a unanimous vote to discon
tinue payment fc«- maintaining the radio station’s
Web site.
The radio station was originally taken off the
air for reoiganization. The SMB agreed to give a
group of DJs several months to put together a
proposal for putting the station back on the ajr.
The group was supposed to meet with the
SMB in August but the stipulations of the agree
ment were broken when WLOZ rejresentatives
stqjped attending the monthly SMB meetings. i
The SMB is composed of four student man
ager of the media served by the board, one fa
ulty member fiom English and/or Communica
tion Studies, one faculty or professional staff
member with applicable maiketing or business
experience, two students at-large, the Secretary
of Media fcH- the Student Government Associa
tion or a designee fiom the SGA and the Assis
tant Vice Chancellor of University Relations or a
designee fixm that office. Several faculty and
staff members with relevant experience are also
appointed to the board in a non-voting capacity
to offer input into the operation of student media.
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This week’s spotU^ The Seahawk entertains ttie crowd during a basketball gamt. Photo by James Flint ;