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Champs again!! Seahawks win
second CAA Cliampionsliip
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Richmond, VA— Ed Williams
kept all the clippings from last year’s
newspapers that described the heart
break surrounding UNCW’s loss in
the CAA finals to George Mason.
Williams and the other Seahawks can
now toss those clippings into the
trash after defeating Virginia Com
monwealth 66-51 in last Monday’s
2002 Colonial Athletic Association
Championship game.
The Seahawks cruised comfort
ably by James Madison, Delaware
and VCXI in consecutive days to earn
their second CAA championship in
three years and most notably, earn
their second ever trip to the NCAA
Tournament.
Playing as the number one seed,
the Seahawks showed why they were
the best team in the conference. Led
by tournament MVP Brett Blizzard,
who poured in 58 points over the
three-game stretch, the Seahawks
won each game by an average of 15
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Coach Wainwright celebrates the Seahawks CAA Champion
ship by removing the net that will kept as a memento.
points, nearly topping a conference
In Saturday’s quarterfinals, BUz-
zard was unstoppable. The junior
guard from Tallahassee, Fla. con
nected on five three-pointers, scor
ing 29 points as UNCW knocked off
ninth-seeded James Madison 78-62.
Sunday’s semifinal placed the
Seahawks in a tough matchup again
SEE CAA, Page 9
Students protest for 24-hour visitation
Will Klinger to rally student support to create 24-
hour visitation in CHI-Campus hous-
STAFF VlfRITEB
Nearly 15 students carrying pro- The march, oganized by fiiesh-
test signs and noisemakers marched man Roey Rosenblith, began at the
across campus late last month trying International House and |
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hitting all
he on-
students
urged
join the
Students gather outside the Wanwick Center to The
demand 24-hour visitation in on-campus housing.
limited visitation hours severely ham
per students’ ability to experience a
truly independent college life.
“(Under the cunent policy) I have
to'sign in other pec^le’s Mends over-
ni^ My friend had a birthday party,
and we had to sign in her guy friends
so we could celebrate,” said protester
Michael Paricxia, a freshman and resi
dent of Schwartz HaU.
Rosenblith said he feels he repre
sents a mqodty of the univosity’s stu
dent body on the issue of removing
visitation hours in all on-campus
housing facilities.
The march ended at the Warwick
Center, where the Resident Housing
Association was holding a scheduled
conference to discuss visitation and
other issues.
Rosenblith spoke on behalf of the
protesters on the issue at the meeting
and presented the association with a
petition filled with hundreds of sig-
See 24-hdur, Page 3
Weaker for
Changes to the spring com-
nencement ceremony will leave
his year’s class without a com-
nencement speaker to allow time
o call the names of all graduates.
The commencement, to be
leld Saturday, May 18 will con-
iist of two large ceremonies, one
It 9:30 a.m. for the professional
schools and another at 1:30 p.m.
or the College of Arts and Sci-
inces. Several departments will
lave receptions following the
arger ceremony.
The decision to do without a
speaker, made after a recommen-
lation from the chancellor’s cabi-
vas approved by the chan-
:ellor-appointed conmiencement
:onvocation conmiittee after talk
hat the speaker was secondary to
;alling the names of graduates.
“We wanted to put the focus
>ack on student recognition
■ather than on a keynote speaker,”
laid Ron Whittaker, registrar and
:ommencement convocation
:ommittee member.
The decision came as a result
)f student requests to re-priori-
the central feature of gradu-
ition, as well as to address uni-
ersity budget concerns,
W^hittaker said. The university is
:urrently is unable to pay expen-
live graduation speakers, and so
n past relied on government
ipeakers so that travel and ac-
;ommodations may be paid per
iiem.
This year, the ceremony will
'eature dignitaries from within
he UNC system and members of
he board of trustees as present-
;rs to recognize the seniors who
lave completed their degree re-
juirements and fulfilled their
;raduation needs.
“(I) think this (decision) is re
dly positive,” Whittaker said.