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Volume LVI, Number 20
Serving UNC-Wilmington since 1948
March 10, 2005
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request fees
reinstated
Carrie Van Brunt
News Editor
Hollan Peterson
Staff Writer
Recently the UNCW Board of
Governors voted to reinstate the fee
for requested copies of official tran
scripts. Beginning March 1, UNCW
students and graduates will have to
pay five dollars for each requested
copy of their academic record.
Prior to 1993, UNCW students
had to pay two dollars for each
copy of their transcripts. In 1993,
however, the fee was dropped and
for the past twelve years students
and graduates of UNCW have not
been required to pay for copies of
their transcripts.
“It is important to understand
that the practice of collecting fees
for various services such as tran
scripts is prevalent in higher educa
tion,” said Ron Whittaker of the
Registrar’s Office.
According to Whittaker, the
transcript fees will be used to offset
the expense of producing and mail
ing transcripts.
“Overage will be used to sup
port the addition of staff members
to perform the student services
extended by the staff,” Whittaker
said.
Currently almost all North
Carolina public universities charge
students between five and 10 dol
lars for copies of their transcripts.
Some students are not concerned
with the new policy.
“Five dollars is a bit costly, but
I don’t think that it is a big deal
to have to pay for a copy of your
transcript,” said Ellen Johnson, a
UNCW junior
UNCW battles eating
disorders
Photo illustration by Nolan Dean and JuhaPol Isaac I THE SEAHAWK
A UNCW student mentally distorts her own image in a mirror
before getting dressed in the morning. Problems with self-image
that lead to eating disorders have many causes including depres
sion. The UNCW counseling center will hold workshops across
campus March 13-20 to educate students on eating disorders.
Barbara J. Twigg
Assistant News Editor
In the United States as many as
10 million females and one million
males are fighting a life or death
battle with an eating disorder, such
as anorexia or bulimia. Nearly 25
million more are struggling with
binge eating disorders.
As many as 91 percent of college
women have attempted to control
their weight through dieting and
about 25 percent of those “normal
dieters” will progress to eating dis
orders according to the National
Eating Disorder Association
(NEDA).
The UNCW counseling center
on March 13-20 will hold workshops
across campus in the residence halls
and sorority chapters. "The purpose
of these events is to provide infor
mation about eating disorders and
initiate dialog about body image,"
said Dr. Paulette Aasen at the coun
seling center
NEDA studies show that 80 per
cent of American women are dis
satisfied with their appearance. In
the U.S. alone, $40 billion dollars a
year is spent by men and women on
diet-related products.
While many in the health field
feel eating disorders, especially
anorexia, bulimia and binge eating,
are on the rise, hard data is dif
ficult to obtain. “We have no solid
statistics, but we feel there is an
increase,” Barbara Reid, a spokes
woman for the NEDA in Seattle,
WA, said in a telephone interview.
“But in this field statistics are only
estimates, at best.”
There are a number of reasons
for the difficulty in collecting data.
“This is a self-reporting illness,”
Reid said, “and many people are
ashamed to come forward. Also
doctors and health care profession
als are not required to report cases
to government agencies, as they are
with HIV/AIDS,” she said.
Dr Lynne Reader, Director of
the UNCW counseling center, said
she doesn’t have exact numbers of
students who are counseled for eat
ing disorders. “I can’t say they’re
increasing or that the illness is more
prevalent now,” she said. “But it is
definitely a concern among college
students.”
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UNCW students reach out to local senior citizens
Ashley Murphy
Staff Writer
Decorated in pink and red
streamers and heart-shaped
decorations, the Warwick Center
was decked out for a Valentine’s Day
party on Feb 17.
However, this was no ordinary
Valentine’s Day party; it was
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UNCW’s 11th annual Young-at-
Heart Social.
The Young-at-Heart Social is
an event hosted by UNCW every
year for the senior citizens of the
Wilmington area. The social,
sponsored by the Center for
Leadership Education and Service
(CLES), was a chance for area
seniors to dance and socialize with
each other and with members of the
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coordinated the event felt that it was
a good way for
UNCW community.
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and over from the community. The social connect with
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