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Thursday | October 13, 2005
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Serving UNC Wilmington since 1948
Volume LVII I Number 6
Students discuss
views on N.C.
lottery
Barbara Twigg
Senior Staff writer
North Carolina will soon have
a lottery. Most UNCW students
asked in an informal poll are in
favor of a lottery and will buy
the dollar tickets. Although, a few
opposed it and some of the 20 stu
dents polled hadn’t heard about the
recently approved N.C. lottery.
“Oh yeah. I’ll bet on the lottery,”
senior Blake Goodwin said. “You
never know for a dollar, you could
just win.” Goodwin, a market
ing and management major from
Raleigh said he thinks the lottery is
a good thing. “It’ll raise money for
education and in North Carolina
the schools can use the help.”
Senior Lindsey Lewis hadn’t
heard of the N.C. lottery. “Guess
I don’t know much about it, but I
do know people who drive to South
Carolina for it,” she said.
“I’m neutral on it,” said senior
Jamie Anderson. “I’m not for it or
against it. I’d probably buy a ticket
now and then,” the environmental
science major said. “Actually, I won
eight dollars in the Virginia lottery
once.”
Junior Jarod Leggett was one of
the few students against the lottery.
“I don’t like it,” the accounting
major said. “I feel that way for
religious reasons. My church lead
ers are against it and I agree with
them.”
Freshman Anthony Zefiretto
said he thinks it’s a good way to
raise money for education. “People
are always gambling on something.
I think buying stocks is gambling
and just as risky,” the business
major said. “This way, even if you
lose, the money goes for educa
tion.”
“I just don’t care about the lot
tery,” said Tamara Paul, a junior
creative writing major. “So, I guess
it’s just fine.”
UNCW student
found dead in her
apartment
Kristin Cheshire I THE SEAHAWK
Cape Cottages apartment complex, where the body of UNCW sophomore, Amanda
Honeycutt, was found. Honeycutt, a pre-business major, was from Autryville, NC.
Amanda Hutcheson
Staff Writer
UNCW sophomore Amanda
Honeycutt, 20, was found dead in
the bathtub of her apartment in the
early morning hours of Sept. 29.
When her roommates found her,
she was already dead and the police
were called.
Investigator Mike Overton with
the Wilmington Police said she
drowned in the bathtub and that
the cause of death was accidental.
Overton said that it was definitely
not a suicide and there was “nothing
suspicious, just a sad accident.” The
final police report is waiting on the
resuhs of a toxicology test, and while
Investigator Overton was hesitant to
make a statement until the
official report was released,
he emphasized that it was
accidental. A funeral service
was held on Sunday, Oct, 2
at Baptist Chapel Church in
Sampson County.
Honeycutt was a sopho
more at UNCW and a pre-
business major. She lived off-
campus in the Cape Cottages
apartment complex. She was from
Autryville, NC, and graduated from
Midway High School in Sampson
County in 2003.
While the Wilmington Police
handled the case, David Donaldson,
University Chief of Police, did com
ment. “The thoughts and prayers
of myself, my family, and the staff
of the police department are with
Amanda’s family and it’s a great
tragedy that will affect their lives
forever,” he said. “This is just
another reminder that every life is
somebody and it’s somebody with
hopes and dreams that won’t be
fulfilled and a family that’s left
behind with a lot of unanswered
questions and a long journey of
loss. Though the majority of the
UNCW community lives beyond
the jurisdiction of the University’s
poUce department these jurisdic
tional boundaries limit authority
for law enforcement fijnctions, but
they do not define boundaries for
care, concem, and most certainly
thoughts and prayers for Amanda’s
family and friends.”
UNCW organizations sponsor ’Dance-A-Thori for Katrina
Ashley Murphy
Senior Staff Writer
The Campus Activities and
Involvement Center and the Center
for Leadership and Education and
Service are sponsoring an event that
will allow students to have fun while
raising money to benefit the victims
of Hurricane Katrina.
Both organizations are banning
together to sponsor a Dance-A-Thon
which will be held on Saturday,
Oct. 22 in the Warwick Center
Ballroom as a part of National Make
a Difference Day.
The Dance-A-Thon’s slogan
is “Rock ‘til you Drop” and will
last from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. In
order to raise money, students will
pledge money for each hour that
they participate. Sophomore Jess
Macdonald, who is heading up the
dance, recommends that students
pledge $5 or $10 per hour Students
are not required to dance for the
full 12 hours of the event, but as
Macdonald explained, dancing lon
ger will raise more money.
According to Macdonald the
dance is going to carry a Mardi Gras
theme. “We think throwing a Mardi
Gras themed dance would be a great
way to honor the Gulf Coast’s tradi
tions,” she said.
A variety of different genres of
music will be played at the event.
The Schoolboys, a cover-band com
posed of UNCW faculty members
will also be playing at the event.
According to Ellen Parish, who is in
charge of music for the dance, local
bands are welcome to play as well.
“I am looking for more bands with
high energy and have experience
performing for lots of people,” she
said.
To participate in the event, stu
dents can register through a student
organization or can contact their
RA to sign up. Students who are not
involved in a student organization
can be admitted to the dance for a
$3 donation.
Macdonald hopes to have close
to 300 people attend the Dance-A-
Thon. Because of the large turnout
expected, students will be needed
not only to dance, but to volunteer
at the event as well. “We are going
to need a lot of volunteers the day of
the event to do everything from set
up, check-in, running the event and
clean up,” Macdonald said. Students
interested in volunteering for the
event are encouraged to email
Macdonald atjlml453@uncw.edu.