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March 27, 2003
Volume LIV, Number 23
Serving UNC Wilmington since 1948
UNCW mourns
loss of student
Daniel McGregor
Marie Mitchell
Staff Writcr
A UNCW student was killed in
a car accident returning to school
from a family trip to Key West,
Fla., during Spring Break.
Daniel Thomas McGregor, a
20-year-old from Cary, died last
Saturday morning due to injuries
he suffered in the accident.
“Danny
always had
a smile on
his face...”
McGregor was studying busi
ness and computer science. He
graduated with honors from Apex
High School in 2001, where he
was a member of the school’s ten
nis team and an avid street hock
ey player, boater and snowboard
enthusiast.
After his freshman year at
UNCW, he was accepted into the
Delta Tau Delta fraternity, where
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he formed new friendships and
volunteered as a tutor to elemen
tary school students.
“He was always the life of the
party, and he always had a smile
on his face,” said Matt Salerno,
president of Delta Tau Delta.
“Danny always had a smile on
his face and I can never remember
him being in a bad mood. He is
someone you know you can talk
to and count on for anything,”
said Ian Nott, also a Delta Tau
Delta fraternity brother.
McGregor, a sophomore, loved
hanging out with his friends and
participating in fraternity and
community events.
McGregor was very active in
the Delta Tau Delta community
service and fund-raising events,
such as Adopt-A-School, Adopt-
A-Spot and Relay for Life.
“It’s just the things he did,”
Nott said. “He was always look
ing out for his friends, making
sure no one was driving under the
influence. If he was designated
driver" he would drive until the
early morning hours because he
wanted to make sure his fraternity
brothers or friends made it home
safely.”
Many students traveled to
Apex for the wake and funeral
services March 19, 2003 at New
Horizons Fellowship Church.
Delta Tau Delta had an on-
campus memorial service
Tuesday in honor of Daniel
McGregor.
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SEAHAWKS SUPERIOR Chancellor-elect Rosemary DePaolo addresses UNCW.
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Kiara Jones
Staff Writer
The Warwick Center BaUroom
was almost filled to capacity
Friday as students, faculty, staff
and community members gath
ered to welcome and meet
UNCW’s new chancellor-elect.
Dr Rosemary DePaolo was
picked by the UNC Board of
Oovemors out of about 130 appli
cants to be UNCW’s new chan
cellor. DePaolo will replace cur
rent chancellor James R. Leutze,
who announced in July that he
would be retiring at the close of
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this academic year.
DePaolo has been descrtbed as
tenacious, creative, timeless and
focused.
“I will not rest until UNCW is
not only recognized as one of the
top 10 universities, but until we
are preeminent in the southeast at
least,” DePaolo said. DePaolo
earned her bachelors’ degree in
English from Queens College of
the City University of New York,
and was a Woodrow Wilson
Fellow at Rutgers where she
earned her master’s and doctoral
degrees in 18th-century English
Literature. She was president of
Georgia College and State
University for six years.
DePaolo brings outstanding
leadership and administration
skills and phenomenal fundraising
abilities in the private and public
sectors. She and her husband, Fred
Wharton, will reside in Kenan
House.
Associate Vice Chancellor/
Dean of Students Terrence Curran
expressed his excitement about
DePaolo’s position. He comment
ed that he wanted the students to
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