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Volume LVIII Number 18
UNCW tuition increase is expected
to go toward faculty salaries
Page Gamblll I THE SEAHAWK
"' The Front Street Brewery, located at 9 North Front St., serves
casual food and nine original beers. Starting April 1, the
building, which is over 120 years old and still has the original
construction, will be up for sale.
Wilmington says goodbye to
Front Street Brewery
Ryan Saxton
Correspondent
Bar-hoppers, casual diners and
beer connoisseurs only have about
a month left to enjoy the only brew-
pub in Southeastern North Carolina.
For over a decade, Wilmington’s
own Front Street Brewery has
been welcoming customers with
a pub-style menu, while boasting
nine personal ales, ports and stouts
brewed right on the premises. That
will all change as of April 1, when
the famous brewery will be put up
for sale by the owner.
The Front Street Brewery, locat
ed downtown at 9 North Front St.,
occupies the Foy-Roe Building,
which was built in 1883. All of the
original construction still remains,
giving the brewery a nostalgic aura.
The galvanized tin ceilings, wrought
iron railings and pine floor truly set
the brewery’s pub-style atmosphere.
The restaurant is known primar
ily for its original brewed beers
see BREWERY page 2
Ben Mahan
Senior Staff Writer
UNCW students can expect to
shell out an additional $322 for
school next year.
The UNC Board of Governors
approved tuition and fee increas
es for all state universities despite
recent congressional cuts to student
loan programs.
The increase of 12.15 percent
makes UNCW the third most
expensive university in the North
Carolina school system.
Student Body President Bradley
Ballou said the increase was largely
in response to the lack of fund
ing from the state. According to
Ballou, $22 million has been cut
from the UNCW budget in the last
five years.
Ballou said that the additional
$3.1 million in revenue will go
toward salary increases for teaching
faculty.
“We lose quality faculty every
year because they are attracted to
other campuses around the nation
and within the system even because
of higher pay,” he said.
However, UNCW gained 42
teaching faculty last school year,
according to university records.
“These new hires were adequate,
yes, for entry level teaching posi
tions,” Ballou said. “However, most
of these 42 new faculty were in
response to the loss of so many
faculty for reasons like low pay
and more attractive salaries at other
institutions.”
In a letter written to the UNCW
Board of Trustees, Ballou said he
felt comfortable voting in favor of
the increase because of the afford
ability of federal student loans.
But on Feb. 8, the House of
Representatives approved a $12 bil
lion cut to the federal student loan
see TUITION page 2
New UNCW Web site getting mixed reactions
Katherine Epstein
Correspondent
The new UNCW Web site,
which made its debut the week of
Feb. 10, is getting mixed reactions
from students. While some feel that
the Web site is a better representa
tion of UNCW, others think the
original Web site should not have
been changed.
“The new Web site is just
designed better,” said student
Jennifer Turner. “It looks like more
effort went into it. The old one
made the school seem less presti
gious. It just looked like we didn’t
have the resources to make a decent
Web site.”
However, students are also com
plaining about the Web site, saying
it doesn’t look as professional as
others, such as the UNC Chapel
Hill or N.C. State Web sites.
“I don’t feel like the new Web
site looks as professional as the
old one did,” said student Justine
Sgalio. “I just don’t think it looks
like a college Web site.”
At the request of the Chancellor’s
office, the new Web site was cre
ated by UNCW Webmaster Michel
Alan Neal I THE SEAHAWK
Ryan Davis looks at the recently updated UNCW Web site, which
was unveiled Feb. 10. Reactions have varied, with some student
thinking the site looks more professional and some less professional.
Fougeres, University Relations and
Mindpower, a marketing firm based
in Atlanta.
“The pre-existing page was
designed as a catchall design, in
terms of audience,” Fougeres said.
“This new site is driven by market
ing goals, primarily for external
audiences, in general, 1 think cur
rent students like that their univer
sity’s Web site now shows off the
excitement that we all feel on cam
pus. Personally, I don’t think the
pre-existing Web site did as good a
job with this.”
The new Web site is different
from the old site because it offers a
“Community and Visitors” section,
a slideshow of photos on the homep
age that reflect UNCW’s seven
strategic goals and the “Soaring
see WEB SITE page 2