Volume LVI, Number \/ /
Serving UNC-Wilmington since 1948
November 18, 2004
UNCWs lack
of diversity in
question
Ashley Murphy
Staff Writer
A forum to discuss campus
diversity and campus culture was
held last Wednesday at the Seahawk
Grille.
The forum was held to get stu
dents thinking about the diversity
issues on campus as well as to pres
ent the university’s new Diversity
Initiative Plan to students.
The event was organized by a
panel of UNCW students and was
headed up by SGA’s vice presi
dent of multicultural affairs, Ann
Branigin.
“It’s important to hold this forum,
and other events like it, because
those who come from diverse back
grounds or come to this school
looking for a diverse experience are
often times disappointed, and they
don’t have to be,” Branigin said.
Dr. Bob Johnson led the forum
and encouraged students to share
their ideas about diversity on cam
pus, step outside of their diversity
stereotypes and think outside the
box.
Students who attended the forum
came up with many ideas about how
to promote diversity on campus,
including encouraging different stu
dent organizations to work together
and offering a diversity course as a
basic studies requirement.
Johnson said the problem is “just
the tip of the tip of the iceberg”
when it comes to making UNCW
more diverse.
“1 feel the whole forum went
very well, it really showed me what
this university is capable of,
Branigin said.
A follow-up meeting is planned
for Jan. 19.
Courtesy of Kevin Kolmos
Senior Kevin Kolmos collapses from exhaustion on the dive slip of a liv-a-board ship after a day of
swimming the Great Barrier Reef. He took advantage of .these and many other aquatic oportunities
when he studied abroad at James Cook University on the coast of Queensland, Australia this spring.
Culture shock serves as an eye-opener;
globe-trotting students learn in new lands
Lisa Caruso
Correspondent
Just like spring fever, the Study
Abroad Program at UNCW has
swept students up into a traveling
frenzy.
“It was the time of my life,” said
UNCW senior, Mike Dullaghan,
who returned from Manchester,
England in July.
Dullaghan, like many other stu
dents, had made up his mind as a
freshman that he was going to take
advantage of the abroad program.
“I started out wanting Spain for a
semester, but because of my sched
ule, I didn’t have the time. So, I went
to Manchester for four and a half
weeks this past summer and had the
best time of my hfe.”
Students who go abroad have a
variety of countries to choose from
including France, Spain, England,
Ecuador, Australia and even Bar
bados.
Students can enter the program
as early as their sophomore year.
Senior Malia Collins went to
Australia the second semeter of her
sophomore year and had the best se
mester of her college career.
Many students may feel discour
aged because they are not comfort
able enough with the idea of being
in a country where English is not
spoken.
“I was in Germany this past
summer with the program and went
without understanding any German.
1 had never taken German in my
life,” said UNCW senior Lisa Vock-
el. “But I had the best time ever.”
For more information, contact the
Office of International Programs in
the University Union at 962-3685, or
e-mail them at studyabroad@uncw.
edu.
Mascot
caugkt witk
marijuana
and Valium
Kacey Gaumer
Staff Writer
UNCW suffered another loss in
its athletic department last week,
but this time it was not an ath
lete or an athletic director. Thomas
Moorefield, one of two students
who served as a Seahawk mascot
for UNCW, was arrested on Nov. 5.
He was relieved of his mascot duties
last Monday afternoon.
According to the warrant for his
arrest, Moorefield was charged with
possession of marijuana and Valium
with intent to sell and deliver. He
was also charged with maintaining
a dwelling for the manufacturing
of marijuana and possessing drug
paraphernalia.
Detectives received a tip
from Moorefield’s neighbor, a
Wilmington police officer, about
alleged drug activity.
“It’s just a real shame, and
represents extremely poor choices
by this young person,” said Mimi
Cunningham, assistant to the chan
cellor for university relations.
Some students believe Moorefield
has been treated unfairly. “It’s shock
ing. Tom is in my Women’s Studies
class with me. He seems hke a good
kid. I think things got blown out
of proportion, and I’m sure when
all the facts come out, it will be a
different story,” said UNCW senior
Chris Williams.
Moorefield has a university
administrative hearing on Nov. 17
and a court appearance on Nov. 18.
No decision has yet been made if
Moorefield will remain a student at
UNCW.
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