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Thursday | April 6, 2006
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Last chance to
bid adieu to the
Brewery
Ryan Saxton
Correspondent
Ifyou haven’t bid your final fare
well to downtown Wilmington’s
Front Street Brewery, Sunday,
April 9 will be your last chance.
General Manager Daniel Pace is
planning a “blowout party” unlike
any the Brewery has ever seen,
with discounted food and 50-cent
pints of original beers brewed on
the spot.
Despite their typical running
hours from Monday through
Saturday, employees are making
a special exceptioo, opening the
Front Street Brewery around 3 p.m.
on Sunday, April 9. Owner John
McLatchey is in the final stretch
of selling the 11-year-old brewery,
located at 9 N. Front St. In an effort
to clear the restaurant of food and
its own micro-brews. Pace explains
they will be offering a specialized,
one-of-a-kind menu to customers.
“We’re going to have a lim
ited menu. We’ve been clearing
out our food lately so we’ll be
restricted to what we have by the
ninth. Probably, we’ll be serving
up pub-style fo^, like our burgers
and chicken tenders, though.”
Perhaps the most surprising dis
count of the evening is the 50-cent
beers the brewery will be selling.
“We want to clear the place out
of everything we have by the end
of the night. That’s our goal,” says
Pace. “We won’t have our Scottish
or Lumina that night.”
The Dram Tree Scottish Ale
and Lumina Moonlight Lager were
popular picks on St. Patrick’s Day.
2006: A close year for SGA elections on campus
see BREWERY page 2
Jeff Golden
Staff Writer
After two run-offs were required,
the 2006-2007 student body presi
dent and vice president have finally
been elected.
Katie Gurgainus and Kaitlin
Helms, running mates for the pre
vious eight weeks, fought through
an extra week of campaigning to
emerge victorious. In the initial elec
tion, Brenton Hammond was lead
ing the presidential race with 43.33
percent of the vote as compared
to Gurgainus’ 40.27 percent. Since
neither met the requirement of 50
percent of the votes or better to
be elected, a run-off was required.
Gurgainus won the run-off by only
31 votes, 866 to 835.
The vice presidential race was
even tighten Following the initial
election, Jermisha Dodson had 49.12
percent of the vote while Helms
trailed with 45.31 percent. Again,
neither had the 50 percent required
to be elected. The first run-off failed
once more to produce a winner
Finally on March 31, eight days
after the elections were scheduled to
end. Helms received 52.06 percent
of the votes—matching Gurgainus
and winning by 31 votes, 367 to
336.
Gurgainus voiced her opinion
of her opponents Hammond and
Dodson. “I have complete respect
for them. They are some of the best
leaders on this campus.”
see ELECTION page 2
Courtesy Of Densay Sengsouiavong
Katie Gurgainus and Kaitlin Helms won Student Body President
and Vice-President for 2006-2007. The election was close, with one
run-off for President and two for Vice-President.
Films show problems for residents,
children facing civil war in Uganda
Children organization presented a
film entitled “Invisible Children.”
The movie chronicled the jour
ney of three college students to
Uganda, where they came across
the devastation of a 20-year civil
war and children forced to sleep
in hospital basements every
night. After returning home,
the students started the Invisible
Children organization. Currently,
six people from San Diego are
touring the United States with the
coufiesydGeofgePi«ang.jak)ix. organization, showing the film
Louiza Akunu, a relative of speaker raising money to help the
Geore Piwang-Jalobo, before her children in Uganda,
abduction. Akunu was abducted and After the film, volunteers said
killed by the rebel group the Lord's showing in Kenan Auditorium
Resistance Array. was the largest they’ve had on
their tour.
Amanda Hutcheson
Assistant News Editor
Two films presented on the
UNCW campus gave viewers a
chance to see and do something
about the problems facing Ugandan
citizens.
Monday March 27, the Invisible
Ashley Beard, a volunteer with
the Invisible Children organiza
tion, said, “I definitely recommend
(college students) getting involved.
We just really encourage the youth
of America to rise up against the
atrocities. Don’t be blind to these
things any longer. We like to tell
everyone to get out of the American
bubble and do more than the aver
age person. I think we all get so
consumed in it and don’t really take
advantage of the opportunities that
we have. We have a voice, and those
children don’t.”
Thursday, March 30, a film
called “Gulu Stories” was shown.
Rex Miller, a local filmmaker, trav
eled to Gulu, Uganda. He filmed
the lives of the Ugandan citizens
living in refugee camps in their own
country. The film told the story of
eight women who walked more than
a kilometer outside the camp to gar
den and were attacked by the rebel
group. The women’s hands, mouths
and ears were cut off. It also showed
the children who walk to safe places
to sleep every night, called night
commuters.
Due to technical difficulties, the
film was stopped partway through.
Another showing is planned but the
date has not been set yet.
After the film ended, there
was a question and answer session
with Miller, Reverend Macleord
Baker Ochola II, former Bishop of
Northern Uganda, George Piwang-
Jalobo, former citizen and research
er in Uganda, and Daniella Boston,
co-founder and executive director
of uNight, an organization that
helps the night commuters.
Rev. Ochola shared the story of
how his daughter committed sui
cide after being raped by rebels.
Ten years later,' his wife was killed
when a landmine placed by the reb
els exploded. He now lives in the
United States.
“I think maybe the students
here can talk to people in Northern
Uganda and explain themselves,” he
said. “Because, you see, these are
part of humanity. And when you
see yourselves as one of the chil
dren who are dying in North Africa,
then you have that connection. And
it is that connective-ness that will
help you relate.”
Piwang-Jalobo shared the story of
see UGANDA page 2