The article discusses UNCW's efforts to monitor and prepare for potential Ebola cases on campus. UNCW's director of student health and emergency management coordinator participated in a phone call with other UNC schools to get updates from the state health department on Ebola procedures and preparedness. While the likelihood of an outbreak in the US is still considered low, UNCW has response plans in place if a student was to get sick. A UNCW microbiology professor said the flu poses a greater risk locally. UNCW will continue monitoring official health sources like the CDC and WHO for guidance on Ebola.

1. October 23, 2014 | theseahawk.org | volume LXVI | Issue 6
NEWS..........................1
LIFESTYLES..............2-3
SPORTS.....................4-5
OPINION.....................6
CONTENTS
Adell Harris, UNCW’s wom-
en’s basketball coach, has a
game plan to change the sea-
son’s outcome for the team
pg 4
A mediation class taught
weekly by Michele Dein-
ish teaches students to
focus their minds from
outside distractions. pg 2
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In lieu of the recent outbreak
of Ebola in West Africa and iso-
lated cases in the United States,
a phone call meeting was held
to share information about what
is currently known about the
disease with the institutions of
the University of North Caro-
UNCW monitoring Ebola virus
Kathrin Bittner
Interning Writer lina education system.
Katrin Wesner, the Certi-
fied Administrator in Physi-
cian Practice Management
(CAPPM) and Director of the
Abrons Student Health Center,
was present during the phone
call meeting that discussed what
is currently known about Eb-
ola with members of the UNC
Wilmington staff.
"We had a phone call of all
the 16 UNC (University of
North Carolina) schools where
we had a chance to get an update
from the State Health Depart-
ment,” Wesner said. “There is a
lot of information being shared
so everyone is up to date." The
phone call also discussed what
procedures would be taken if
someone locally were to be-
come sick from Ebola.
"It's all about prevention and
being prepared. I think the thing
that should be reassuring to stu-
dents, faculty, and staff [is] that
there are a lot of people on cam-
pus that are making sure we are
prepared." Wesner said, men-
tioning that this included help
from both the state and country
as well.
Included in the call was the
Emergency Management Coor-
dinator at UNCW, Eric Griffin.
Griffin oversees the procedures
and safety measures on campus
in case of any emergency. Ebola
is one of the emergencies that
UNCW now has to consider.
"The highest priority of this
campus is to make sure our
campus community is safe and
in the event an emergency does
occur, that the campus commu-
nity is ready and able to respond
to protect the lives of our stu-
dents, faculty and staff," Griffin
said. The plan has to take into
account if someone becomes
sick with the disease or in case
limited staff slows down cam-
pus operations.
While UNCW prepared for
the worst case scenario, the
likelihood of a full outbreak in
the US still remains low accord-
ing to Arthur Frampton, associ-
ate professor at UNCW with a
Ph.D. in microbiology and im-
munology from Louisiana State
University Health Sciences
Center, and LA and a B. S. in
cell biology from the University
of Tennessee at Knoxville.
"I would say that is a highly
unlikely to have a major out-
break on the scale they are hav-
ing in West Africa,” Frampton
said. "For an outbreak to occur,
what you would need with a vi-
ral pathogen is something high-
ly transmissible and also highly
virulent or capable of causing
significant disease in humans."
The Ebola virus has a high
mortality rate, but it lacks the
high risk of transmission caus-
ing the likelihood of an out-
break to be very low. Out of
all possible things to catch this
season, Frampton said there are
other things that should be on
people's minds.
"I would be more concerned
about the flu because the chanc-
es of getting the flu if you don’t'
have your flu shot is very high."
Wesner expressed the same
concerns saying, "On average,
every year 20,000 people die
of the flu. We don't get this ner-
vous about the flu." While the
flu may not be the star disease
this year, it is more common for
anyone to catch. Already this
year, North Carolina has had its
first flu death.
With flu season starting,
those who haven't gotten a flu
shot should get one and practice
healthy practices such as wash-
ing your hands and covering
your mouth when coughing.
For anyone wishing to stay
educated on Ebola, Wesner
and Frampton suggest reliable
sources than those heavy with
opinion or without reliable in-
formation.
Current updates on Ebola
and other diseases can be found
on the World Health Organiza-
tion website and the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) website.
For anyone traveling,
Wesner recommends checking
each website for current health
information and the state depart-
ment website for any travel re-
strictions. Of course, any plans
to travel to West Africa during
this time should be reconsidered
unless absolutely necessary.
UNCW stays educated on the Ebola outbreak, and receives information on how to prevent and
react if an outbreak of this virus occurred in the US.
CRW department chair, Michael
White, releases new poetry
Corin Sponsler
Contributing Writer
Michael White, a professor
and the chair of the UNC Wilm-
ington creative writing depart-
ment, has recently released his
latest book of poetry, “Vermeer
in Hell.”
“Vermeer in Hell” contains
poetry that focuses on the politi-
cal and social context of the fa-
mous Vermeer paintings. White
gained inspiration to write about
these paintings as he travelled
around the globe.
“The Vermeer paintings are
sublime and extreme,” White
said. “Thinking about war and
death and divorce—the most
horrendous aspects of human
existence—you understand
why we need art.”
White viewed the Vermeer
paintings as a representation for
tragic events that occur among
humanity. His observations of
the art inspired him to write po-
ems. In addition, they made him
realize how important art is to
the human race.
“[‘Vermeer in Hell’] came
easily, although it took a num-
ber of years,” White said.
“Those years were filled with
joy. I travelled the world and
was looking at paintings, think-
ing of them in po-
litical and social
context. I would
write a poem
about the paint-
ing and then come
home and write a
chapter of prose
on them.”
P r e c e d -
ing “Vermeer
in Hell,” White
has had three
other books pub-
lished—“Re-En-
try,” “Palma Ca-
thedral” and “The
Island.” He feels
very fortunate to
have such success
in following his
dreams. White’s
Before Adell Harris took
over as coach of the UNC
Wilmington women’s bas-
ketball team in 2012, she was
already familiar with Kelva
Atkins, who had just finished
her freshman year at Columbia
State, a junior college in Ten-
nessee.
Coach Harris had been re-
cruiting several players in the
same conference as Atkins to
come play for her at Tusculum
College, a Division II school
in Tennessee, where Harris
coached for three seasons. Har-
ris knew that Atkins wanted
to return to her home state of
North Carolina eventually, but
she didn’t think much of it at
the time, and after seeing At-
kins play, she knew that the
guard was a Division-I talent,
Atkins emerges as leader for Seahawks
John Levering
Staff Writer
so she didn’t pursue her heavily
to come to Tusculum.
After Harris accepted the
job at UNCW, she contacted
Atkins and her family to in-
quire on her interest in coming
to play for the Seahawks. After
signing her letter of intent, she
became Harris’s first recruit
and the only recruit she’d bring
in during her first year as head
coach.
Entering her senior year and
third season at UNCW, Kelva
Atkins has built a decorated ré-
sumé, becoming one of the best
players in the program’s his-
tory. As a junior, Atkins led the
team in scoring with 15.5 points
per game, minutes played with
37.1 per game, total assists with
101, which was more than dou-
ble the next closest player, and
finished second on the team in
rebounds at 5.5 per game.
Her impressive season
earned her Second-Team All-
CAA honors, and her success in
the classroom earned her All-
Academic recognition in the
conference.
Coach Harris’s vision and
goal of winning the Colonial
Athletic Association Confer-
ence Championship and be-
coming a top mid-major pro-
gram has always included
Atkins, but the success has
been a slow-building process.
The duo have been patient,
though, and the two feel as
though this season will be more
in-step with their visions for the
program.
“We’re doing some things
internally that people on the
outside may not see,” Harris
said. “But to me, that’s winning.
That’s chipping away at that fi-
nal goal. Now it’s breakthrough
season—on this court it has to
be breakthrough season—and
we’re playing home games, we
don’t have to go on the road
to do it, we don’t have to play
Notre Dame to do it. We’re go-
ing to do it right here versus
comparable competition on our
own floor.”
For Harris, Atkins is an inte-
gral part of not just what the Se-
ahawks wish to accomplish on
the court, but also off the court.
“Kelva’s just an extension of
me as it relates to who I am at
heart,” Harris said. “I’m about
family. I’m about more than
just points and rebounds for our
kids. I want to love them, and
I want them to love me. I want
us to matter to each other. And
Kelva epitomizes that.”
The Seahawks enter the sea-
son with a full roster, which
was last year’s biggest weak-
ness, playing with only seven
people, and for the first time
since arriving on campus, At-
kins has the benefit of focusing
on her true position: shooting
guard.
passion for writing developed
progressively over time, begin-
ning at a young age.
“I did love to read when I
was young. This led me to want
to write my own stories,” White
said.
As a child, White loved some
classic American poetry. He
was a more avid reader than his
peers; however, he was not the
best student. Out of his love for
reading and poetry came a love
for writing.
“I gradually saw myself
more and more as a writer,”
White said. “I served four years
in the Navy, and when I came to
college I was looking for a ca-
reer. Based on my test scores, I
was advised to try some writing
courses. I found myself at home
there and was excelling.”
His colleagues have recog-
nized White’s talent and com-
mitment to writing, especially
in poetry. Lavonne Adams,
the M.F.A. coordinator of the
UNCW creative writing depart-
ment, had good things to say
about White’s dedication and
talent.
“Professor White is a very
dedicated poet,” Lavonne said.
“While he is not as prolific a
writer as some, each poem that
he writes is obviously the result
of careful thought and exqui-
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Here's a challenge: while sit-
ting straight and with your feet
planted, close your eyes and fo-
cus on your breathing. Breathe
in. Breathe out. Focus on noth-
ing else. Think you can do that
for ten minutes? In a world
where iPhones, Kindles and
laptops often affect students’
lives, this small meditation ex-
ercise can seem difficult for
those who juggle many tasks at
once.
At UNC Wilmington, Mi-
chele Deinish leads a weekly
meditation session called In
Harmony, which teaches stu-
dents to quiet their minds to
focus on a single task and put
aside outside distractions.
Deinish works as a UNCW
staff counselor and facilitates
the Counseling Center’s Medi-
tation program and Skills for
Self-Mastery workshops.
"I go to class to talk about
stress management, meditation
and relaxation," Deinish said.
In Harmony holds meetings
every Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the
Topsail Island Room 2019 in
the Fisher Student Center.
The sessions include medi-
tation mindfulness practices,
which trains the mind to relax
and focus on a given task while
remaining actively aware.
"Research is showing that
mindfulness practices, includ-
ing meditation, are excellent
tools for improving academic
and physical performance, im-
proved relationships, and im-
proved overall well-being,”
Deinish said. “People actually
accomplish more when they are
being mindful [versus] multi-
tasking."
Deinish said that people
have a hard time focusing due
In Harmony hosts weekly meditation sessions
Kathrin Bittner
Interning Writer to being bombarded by constant
stimuli from technology and so-
cial media.
"Issues students face are real,
and yet external. Meditation
teaches students to go within
and explore their inner world,”
she said. “Meditation teaches
them to intentionally be in the
present moment, and it trains
the mind to focus on the pres-
ent."
During the In Harmony ses-
sion, Deinish explained that it
is important to be comfortable
while meditating, but still able
to focus on the present. It is not
about falling asleep, but staying
focused, she said.
Cheyenne Parker, a sopho-
more at UNCW, spoke about
her first In Harmony session.
"I've been really stressed
about school lately and thought
I'd come and sit down to get my-
self in order," Parker said.
Parker was accompanied by
Liz Matherly, also a sophomore.
"It helped to center myself
from a stressful school week
and focus on my well-being,"
Matherly said.
As prompted by mental exer-
cises, In Harmony attendees at-
tempt to become actively aware
of wandering thoughts then pull
back to the present task such as
breathing or focusing on an im-
age.
While students may worry
about not gaining the freshman
fifteen or getting enough sleep,
In Harmony provides a way to
remain focused on health.
The sessions are short and
can be completed within ten
minutes. With short medita-
tion breaks, anyone can take a
mental breather whenever they
become overwhelmed or find
themselves unable to reel in
their thoughts to complete an
important task.
The Counseling Center also
provides a Pinterest page for
additional help with music and
guided meditation sessions.
Students attending mediation sessions, held once a week,
learn how to improve stress reduction along with several
other life managing skills.
WPD initiates use of body cameras
Beginning this month, crimi-
nal activity in the city of Wilm-
ington, N.C. will be monitored.
Police around Wilming-
ton are embracing the use of
personal body video cameras.
However, the UNC Wilming-
ton police department currently
does not have this technology
implemented.
“We do not use body cams,”
UNCW Police Major Christian
Bertram said.
The Wilmington Police De-
partment has purchased 37
video cameras for their police
officers. The New Hanover
Country Sheriff’s Office wants
to equip all their deputies with
the cameras. All Wrightsville
Beach Police officers wear body
cameras.
Body cameras allow for an
accurate depiction of what hap-
pened at the scene of a crime, or
during an altercation.
UNC Wilmington Police
provide security services and
coverage for the university.
Their officers cover the entire
campus with a patrolling sys-
Nathan Johnson
Interning Writer
tem. The officers are split up
into four teams that patrol each
part of the university.
When asked if the UNCW
Police Department have any
plans to incorporate body cam-
eras on their officers, the answer
was no for now.
“At the present time we do
not,” Bertram said.
UNCW senior Max Kolisch
reflected on his experiences on
the UNCW campus and feels
that UNCW could benefit from
police wearing body cameras.
“I think it’s a good idea,”
Kolisch said. “It would help
out.”
The issue of privacy is a con-
cern for Kolisch and potentially
other students if UNCW Police
were to implement body cam-
eras.
“There is the privacy issue
and you do not want them re-
cording without you knowing,”
Kolisch said. “It would depend
on the use of it. Would it be at
convocation or is it just random-
ly while they are patrolling?”
When asked about any fu-
ture plans for body cameras, the
UNCW Police Department de-
clined to comment.
Wilmington Police Department implements the use of body
cams to increase the accuracy of crime scene portrayal.
From CRW page 1
site craftsmanship… Each book
he has published has met with
critical acclaim and has been
equally lauded by those of us
who have had the opportunity to
hear him read.”
White’s students recognize
his poetic talent as well. Bre-
nan Winters, a former student of
White, finds his poetry inspir-
ing.
“To be honest, the man
speaks in po-
etry,” Winters
said. “I remem-
ber during one
workshop him
saying, ‘Think of
a poem as a bou-
quet of flowers,’
and [he] went on
to explain that
you've got to make sure it's got
the right balance of poetic com-
ponents for whoever is receiv-
ing your bouquet to fully enjoy
and appreciate it.”
White read one of his po-
ems to Winters’s class. She
described his language as im-
mensely meditative.
As many praise White’s pre-
vious work, “Vermeer in Hell”
portrays a different side of his
style.
“There are some poems of
political and social context,”
White said. “I’ve been moved
more recently by looking at
something outside of myself,
completely oblivious to my-
self.”
Although this collection re-
flects a different style, the po-
etry still exposes his strengths.
“I find his descriptions of
setting particularly appealing,”
Adams said, “This perceptive
attention to detail translates
well into this new collection of
poetry, which includes many
ekphrastic poems (those written
UNCW faculty member, Michael White, has released his
newest poetry book, “Vermeer in Hell”, based off of the
Vermeer paintings.
about other art forms)—in this
case, the paintings of Vermeer.”
Not only does White excel in
writing, he also excels in shar-
ing his knowledge with young
writers.
“I really enjoyed having Mi-
chael as a professor,” Winters
said, “I still feel I can go to him
for advice whether it be about
my poetry, the furthering of my
professional career, or just for
personal issues. He challenged
every student in our class to
break beyond our comfort
zones and to
enter into a new
realm of pos-
sibilities within
our own indi-
vidual creative
processes.”
White finds
great joy in
teaching these
aspiring writers. He began
teaching in California and came
to UNCW from there.
“Teaching creative writing
is one of the great joys of life,”
White said. ”It’s the best part of
being a writer, connecting with
younger writers. I get to help
others achieve their dreams.”
White strongly commits to
both of his jobs—writing and
teaching. And a year and a half
ago, he became department
chair.
“It has been a huge chal-
lenge, but it has its rewards,”
White said of his new position.
“I get to speak up for the people
whom I care about. It represents
what I care about the most.”
In addition to “Vermeer in
Hell,” White will be releas-
ing a memoir this spring called
“Travels in Vermeer.”
“I find it fabulous to write.
It’s my favorite thing in the
world—looking at paintings as
I travel,” White said. “In the
memoir, I put it into personal
context rather than historical
and political context. I connect
everything to my personal ex-
periences, especially relation-
ships.”
“Vermeer in Hell” is avail-
able now, and “Travels in Ver-
meer” will closely follow on
March 3, 2015. Both have been
published by Persea Books.
“I’ve been moved more recently by look-
ing at something outside of myself, com-
pletely oblivious to myself.”
-Michael White
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LIFESTYLES
It’s that time of year again,
when what-to-wear takes on an
element of far greater impor-
tance than usual: Halloween.
This year’s vast selection of
costume options can be over-
whelming, but when viewed by
category, you’ll be able to se-
lect your holiday ensemble with
ease. Whether you’re the type to
have picked out your costume
weeks ago, when everything
was in fully stocked and well-
organized piles, or you’re wait-
ing until the last minute to drop
into a superstore and pull some
ideas out of thin air, you’ll never
go wrong if you remember the
three C’s of costumes: cute,
comfortable and creative.
Of Wilmington’s Hallow-
een stores, including Target,
Walmart, Party City, Halloween
and More and Spirit Halloween,
the last- Spirit Halloween- con-
tains the largest and most popu-
lar selection.
The store’s general manager,
Mike, discussed this year’s al-
ways popular couple costumes:
pirate-themed looks for both
men and women, cops and con-
victs and superheroes, especial-
ly The Joker and Harley Quinn,
a sparkly jester ensemble. The
trend for store-bought couple
costumes leans more toward
men’s and women’s costumes in
the same section, where match-
ing seems to beat coordinating.
As for the most popular new
trend this year, the answer is un-
surprising.
“’Frozen’ is definitely one
of the biggest,” Mike admitted.
“The costumes have primarily
been mostly for kids, but we’ve
gotten a good number of adult
ones.”
So if you’ve been looking for
a reason to keep belting out “Let
it Go,” now’s your chance.
The second most popular
trend in costumes this year is, of
course, superheroes including
Batman, Spiderman, Superman,
Wonder Woman, Captain Amer-
ica, Robin and Iron Man. Other
popular costumes include a di-
verse bunch of styles and cat-
egories: Disney characters such
as Elsa and Anna, Snow White,
Tinkerbelle, Aladdin and Jas-
mine; Alice in Wonderland and
the Mad Hatter; fairy tale char-
acters such as Little Red Rid-
ing Hood; popular television-
and movie-related characters
from “Game of Thrones,” “The
Walking Dead,” “Star Wars”
and “Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles”; career-inspired looks
such as nurses, doctors and
cops; traditional scary themes
such as slasher-flick horror
masks, vampires, werewolves,
zombies and skeletons; Day
of the Dead ensembles; gypsies
and fortune tellers; Greek gods
and goddesses; Catholic school-
girls; flappers; ninjas; minions;
clowns; and as always, pirates
(peg leg and parrot optional, of
course.)
Mike mentioned a new trend
among Halloween purchases
this year: suspenders. Lately,
customers buy items from sus-
penders to t-shirts to tights that
may originate in a Halloween
store but can be worn both to
a Halloween party and year-
round.
“[People] buy them here [at
Spirit] because they’re cheaper,’
he said, “[And they] wear them
all day.”
When acknowledging the
vast number of costumes some
customers (usually girls) try
on in the store, Mike said most
people typically buy one cos-
tume, though they may have
several parties and occasions
spread among several nights.
Indecision happens during
the trying-on process, he said,
partially because everyone, es-
pecially college students, seem
to be looking to save money.
People also want to make sure
they really, really like what
they’ve chosen, hoping to bal-
ance the risk that someone else
may be wearing the same cos-
tume at an event.
Mike believes that since
this is a college town, custom-
ers seem to buy for Halloween
parties, rather than just dress-
ing up for the occasion. He also
explained that women and men
visit the store at a fairly even
ratio, though girls primarily try
on looks and choose while guys
hold and wait.
“It’s mostly females buying
costumes,” Mike said. “Guys
[are] just like, ‘I’ll just throw on
something, call it a costume.’”
Though Spirit Halloween
offers some floor-length cos-
tumes, they’re not as popular as
shorter options. Mike said that
popular costumes for girls con-
tinue to be the “sexier” looks
such as corsets and tutus.
“Costumes get shorter and
shorter every year,” he said.
For guys, full-face masks,
typically from the horror sec-
tion, are on a bit of a decline.
“People want to dress up as
a person they want to be,” Mike
said. “They don’t want to dress
up scary.”
Mike said it’s hard to sur-
prise an employee in a Hal-
loween store, because whatever
they put out, people will buy.
Yet, one thing that has managed
to surprise them is a reemer-
gence of “Zoolander” costumes.
The original “Zoolander” movie
released in the 1990s, but with
a possible sequel coming, the
costumes have once again made
a reappearance.
One thing that never seems
to go out of style is dressing up
like a witch, a quick and easy
option with a black dress and a
great hat. A lot of people come
in and simply buy new acces-
sories, including hats, tights,
gloves, jewelry and wigs, to en-
hance costumes or clothes they
already own—often resulting
in an exchange of ideas among
customers and employees.
Spirit Halloween will re-
main open until Nov. 2. After
that, unpurchased items will be
stored, and
the store
will close
until next
year, when
they will
pick out a
new loca-
tion (based
on size and
their need
for tempo-
rary avail-
ability) and
set up their
Halloween
wares once
more.
So re-
m e m b e r ,
this year,
enjoy see-
ing Mi-
chelangelo,
the “Teen-
age Mu-
tant Ninja
T u r t l e , ”
w a l k i n g
arm in arm
with Elsa,
or Batman
showing up
with Won-
der Woman. Next year, every-
thing will be just a little bit dif-
ferent.
Store Details
University Center
354 S College Road.
Wilmington, North Carolina
28403
Phone: 910-399-4771
Regular Store Hours
Monday-Friday, Oct 1-22:
10am-9pm
Saturday, Oct 4 & 11:
10am-9pm
Saturday, Oct 18:
10am-10pm
Sunday, Oct 5, 12, 19:
11am-7pm
Monday-Thursday, Oct 23-30:
9am-10pm
Friday, Oct 24:
9am-11pm
Saturday: Oct 25:
9am-11pm
Sunday, Oct 26:
10am-9pm
Popular Halloween costumes for 2014
Autumn Ranking
Contributing Writer
On Oct. 22, UNC Wilming-
ton’s ACE proudly presented its
2014 Fall Show with American
hip-hop artist/rapper Steven
Adam Markowitz, better known
by his stage name, Hoodie Al-
len.
After conducting a Fall Show
survey, which asked various
students who they would like
to see in concert, Hoodie Allen
received one the highest votes.
Allen’s strong fan base and ex-
plosive popularity prompted
the ACE executive board—led
by President Candace Reeder,
two vice presidents and seven
chairs—to select Allen as their
top choice. ACE was pleased to
announce Allen’s appearance.
“There is a lot of business
that goes into sending out offers
to artists where price and avail-
ability are key factors,” Reeder
said, “but we were extremely
lucky to get who we initially
wanted.”
A distinct departure from the
last two Fall Shows, featuring
rock artists All-Time Low and
We the Kings, Allen brings a
new flavor to UNCW. As a hip-
hop artist, rapper and songwrit-
er, he has been writing since age
twelve.
Allen replied in an online in-
terview with Amanda Polla that
his music comes from what he
personally enjoys.
“I have tried to develop my
own sound in the mood of what
I like to listen to,” Allen said
in the interview, where he also
explained that he wanted to be
professionally involved in mu-
sic since age fourteen and has
been pursuing it ever since.
After growing up in New
York and attending the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, where he
received a degree in marketing
and finance, and a brief stint
working at Google, Allen decid-
Autumn Ranking
Contributing Writer
Halloween season is approaching, and there
are many stores to contribute to shopping for
costumes.
Hoodie Allen performed at UNCW
ed to devote
himself to mu-
sic—his pas-
sion all along.
He chose his
stage name
as an amal-
gamation of
his childhood
n i c k n a m e
Hoodie and
the famous
New Yorker
Woody Allen.
In an online
interview with
Clair Fried-
man, Hoodie
noted that his
stage name
“was kind of
fitting for do-
ing something
out of the box,
which is hip
hop.”
He wanted
something that
stuck in everyone’s mind, and it
seems to have worked.
His early on-campus mix-
tapes soon led to his first single,
“You Are Not a Robot,” which
sampled the Marina and the
Diamonds song “I Am Are Not
a Robot,” and quickly gained
him acclaim. His first EP, “All
American,” was released in
April 2012 and debuted as a
number one album on iTunes
and at number ten on the Bill-
board 200.
From there, Allen’s momen-
tum has snowballed.
He quickly followed the
success of his EP with a small
European tour. A mix of single
releases on iTunes, free down-
loads and YouTube postings
made his music widely acces-
sible to an increasing fan base,
which has always included a
large number of college stu-
dents who appreciate his small
venues, affordable ticket prices,
frequent meet-and-greets and
down-to-earth approach to rap-
ping.
Extremely active in social
media,Allen frequently engages
with his loyal (some might say
“ride or die”) fan base, who are
known as “The Hoodie Mob.”
Allen’s follow-ups include
constant touring on college
campuses and both American
and European venues. In addi-
tion, he created mixtapes such as
“Crew Cuts,” featuring a wide
variety of producers and col-
laborators; “Leap Year,” featur-
ing the popular song “#White-
GirlProblems”; and acoustic EP,
“Americoustic.”
His newest album “People
Keep Talking” released on Oct.
14. It features the lead single
“Show Me What You’re Made
Of,” which premiered with the
song’s music video, a parody
of the film Happy Gilmore. The
second music video, “Movie,”
features a number of distinctly
cinematic shots, referencing a
Michael Bay movie while ex-
plosions happen in the back-
drop.
Allen is soon to embark on
a world tour that will begin this
fall and include stops in the
United States, Europe, Canada
and Australia. By focusing on
small venues such as UNCW’s
Kenan Auditorium, Hoodie Al-
len can perform for his most-
dedicated fans in a setting that
allows everyone to have a good
seat. Thanks to ACE, UNCW’s
Hoodie Allen fans got the
chance to experience a great
show in a setting that allowed
everyone a close-up view of the
stage, providing an unforget-
table Fall Show.
The Fall Show this year was performed by Hoodie Allen. Allen’s different style
of music and background has gained him popularity and set him apart from
other artisits.
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Women’s basketball enters ‘breakthrough’ seasonJohn Levering
Staff Writer
UNC Wilmington women’s
basketball coach Adell Harris
has a vision for her program,
and this year her mission is sim-
ple: to breakthrough.
Entering her third season as
coach, Harris’ first couple of
years on the job has been eye-
opening in both positive and
negative lights. While she en-
ters her third year with a record
of 11-54, statistics only tell par-
tial truths.
During her first season, Har-
ris, who formerly coached at
Division II Tusculum College
before being hired in April 2012
at UNCW, had a depleted roster,
signing only KelvaAtkins in her
first recruiting class. Last sea-
son, Harris had a full recruiting
class, which included six fresh-
men and four transfers, but only
the freshmen and Kelva were
eligible to play.
But now the parts are in
place, and Harris and the Se-
ahawks look to return UNCW
to the success it saw under
previous coach Cynthia Coo-
per-Dyke, who won Colonial
Athletic Association Coach-of-
the-Year honors and brought
UNCW to the WNIT in 2011
and 2012.
“The parts are still young,”
Harris said. “The parts are still
unproven because we haven’t
had success yet on game day,
so there are still some ques-
tion marks. We still have a lot
to prove, but we don’t have so
many things working against
that, so many challenges to fight
that make it almost mission im-
possible. We have the tools; we
have the pieces, to be right in
the picture.”
The Seahawks have a favor-
able schedule this season, which
is something that Harris made a
priority this year after two years
of road-heavy schedules against
top opponents across the coun-
try. For Harris, learning how to
win at home is one of the key
elements to her program’s abil-
ity to compete at the top of the
league.
“I think any championship
program, any championship
team, understands the value of
winning home games,” Harris
said, “We want to have an iden-
tity in this building and excite-
ment with our fans, so we’re
going to do a lot of things here
with our home schedule to make
sure that the environment is
good and that we value the op-
portunity to play here and com-
pete here and win here.”
The Transfers
While senior Kelva Atkins
has spent time playing point
guard in Harris’ system, this
year she will have the opportu-
nity to shift to her natural posi-
tion of shooting guard with the
addition of Shatia Cole, a trans-
fer from Coastal Carolina who
sat out all last season, to the
roster.
Cole is the only true point
guard on the roster and will be
key to the team’s success this
year, not only by producing on
her own, but allowing her team-
mates opportunities to succeed
as well.
“If she’s (Cole) in the lineup
and plays well, we succeed,”
Harris said. “Kelva can just go
play now, and it takes pressure
off Brie Mobley. So they can
be in their natural positions and
be the best that they can be, and
that’s what point guards do.”
Coach Harris expects the
transfer students to contribute,
but she also knows that there is
a learning curve for them read-
justing to the college game.
“Any time you sit out and
don’t play for a year there’s go-
ing to be some sort of adjusting
to get yourself back into the
rhythm of things, so it’s not go-
ing to be instant,” Harris said.
“What they’re going to give
us instantly is a more competi-
tive practice environment and
depth on game day, but they’ll
still make some mistakes—it’s
not a finished completed proj-
ect. My goal is in mid-January
and February to feel really good
about what we’ve done up to
that point.”
Along with Cole, transfers
Jasmine Steele from the Uni-
versity of Alabama, Sarah My-
att from Queens University of
Charlotte, and Jordan Henry
from Iona, Harris has a plethora
of new options going into this
season, and the added depth to
the roster allows her to change
her offensive and defensive
game planning.
“Last spring we started im-
plementing a new half-court of-
fense that we’ll run—it’s totally
different that what we’ve done,”
Harris said. “Defensively, we’re
going to do things a lot differ-
ent—not conceptually, but just
doing more: more pressure on
the ball defensively, playing
faster on offense because we
have subs and can rest people
when they’re tired, just different
things like that that we’re able
to do now that we weren’t able
to do before.”
Jordan Henry, redshirt-soph-
omore forward, is a large com-
ponent to Harris’s new offen-
sive approach. Last season one
of the biggest weaknesses for
UNCW was three-point shoot-
ing. The Seahawks shot just un-
der 20 percent from behind the
arc, going a combined 80-for-
404, while allowing opponents
to shoot 33.5 percent from long
range (161-for-480).
Standing six-foot three-inch-
es, Henry might not seem as if
she were the likely candidate to
help give the Seahawks needed
help with three-point shooting,
but she sees her size as an ad-
vantage.
The new season for UNC Wilmington’s women’s basketball puts in place the opportunity for potiential wins this season.
“I think any championship program, any
championship team, understands the value
of winning home games”
-Coach Adell Harris
“I’ve always been able to
shoot the ball,” Henry said.
“That’s been my focus, espe-
cially during my redshirt year.
I’d work out with coach Moore
a lot, and we’d get in the gym a
lot and work on three’s. I can do
other things as well, but three-
point shooting for my height
is a really big thing, and if I’m
capable of doing it, it’s a really
great trait to have.”
Last season, a thin roster
crippled the Seahawks. Near the
end of games, attrition would
set in, and the score would drift
further apart. Aside from the
addition of a true point guard,
a three-point shooter, speed
and ball handling with Jasmine
Steele and additional size with
Sarah Myatt, the transfers help
solve a fundamental problem
that buried the Seahawks last
season: depth.
“We’ve listed the games that
we let get away from us in the
last three minutes, and that num-
ber is large,” Harris said. “It’s
between 10 to 12 games that we
were right there in the last three
minutes, but we couldn’t finish
it for whatever reason. I think
that we should be in better posi-
tion to do that this year, whether
it’s our ability to practice some
late-game situations more—
you’re not really able to do that
with only six or seven people
playing—and then, obviously,
depth.”
Experienced Sophomores
During their first season
playing college basketball last
year, UNCW’s six returning
sophomores had a unique ex-
perience in which they all saw
significant amounts of minutes.
While the Seahawks went 5-26,
Adell Harris’s first full recruit-
ing class earned valuable game
experience on the court, which
helped the young players grow
up quickly.
“It gives us experience,”
sophomore forward Ryan Flow-
ers said. “With only being
sophomores, I feel like now we
know what to expect, and we’re
not going in blind like we did
last year. I feel like we can show
the freshmen, or even the red-
shirts that didn’t play, how this
league goes and how the CAA
does things.”
As a freshman, Flowers start-
ed all 32 games as the primary
post player for the Seahawks.
She also led the team in re-
bounding with 247 total boards,
averaging 7.7 a game while
scoring 6.6 points per game. In
addition to Flowers’ on-court
success, guard Brie Mobley
earned a spot on the CAA All-
Rookie Team after averaging
11.7 points per game and grab-
bing 4.3 rebounds per game.
As a team, however, the Se-
ahawks weren’t pleased with
the outcome of last season, but
during the learning process, the
seven-person roster kept their
sights on the positives.
Near the end of the season,
the Seahawks took a trip to
Virginia in which they played
William & Mary and James
Madison University, the even-
tual conference champions, in a
48-hour stretch. It was a snowy
weekend, and UNCW was in
the midst of a five-game losing
streak and had dropped eight of
its last 10 games.
The Seahawks lost both
games by a combined score of
189-87, and the 97-44 loss to
William & Mary came after
UNCW had beaten the Tribe
in Wilmington weeks earlier. It
was a moment in which Har-
ris’s team could have easily
lost hope, called it a season and
started looking forward to the
offseason.
Instead, the Seahawks kept
fighting, and the six freshmen
on last year’s team made a silver
lining out of an all-but-lost sea-
son. During the CAA Tourna-
ment, UNCW defeated William
& Mary, 67-65, in the opening
round, and played James Madi-
son the closest it had all season
in the second round before the
Bulldogs ended their season in a
69-56 victory over UNCW.
“I liked the toughness our
kids showed to finish out the
year,” Harris said. “They defi-
nitely could have had a quit-
ter’s mentality, but we didn’t.
We went in their swinging in
the conference tournament and
got better. … I was very proud
of that growth and that develop-
ment. That’s just toughness.”
Flowers turned in one of her
strongest performances in the
victory over William & Mary
during the CAA Tournament,
scoring 10 points and grabbing
15 rebounds.
Over the offseason, Flowers
worked to put herself in a posi-
tion to help her team reach its
goal of competing for a CAA
Championship.
“I feel like I’ve gotten a lot
stronger,” Flowers said. “I know
that I was going up against
grown women or females who
are older than me [last season],
and I knew that was something
I needed to work on during the
summer and during the pre-
season.”
On November 16, when
UNCW steps on to the court at
Trask Coliseum for its first game
of the season, the Seahawks will
have a wealth of experience and
a new found source of depth,
which Harris hopes will help
her program move closer to its
goals of winning a CAA Cham-
pionship and becoming a top
mid-major program.
“I have a vision for where I
want this program to be,” Har-
ris said. “I have a vision for the
way I want to coach a game, and
how I want my team to play, and
it’s hard when you can’t actu-
ally get there yet.
“But we knew we would get
there, and we have an opportu-
nity to do the things we wanted
to do since we got here, and I’m
ecstatic.”
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SPORTS
In an effort to raise aware-
ness and interest in the sport of
wakeboarding, Red Bull hosted
their inaugural “Wake Up”
event at Hexagon Wake Park in
Benson, NC on Sept. 27.
Students from several uni-
versities all over the state came
to partake in the event, which
allowed all those with student
identification cards to ride for
free at the cable park from 1
p.m. to 6 p.m. Additionally, Red
Bull team athlete Mike Dowdy
was brought in from Orlando
to host a clinic session from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m., where he helped
both novice and more advanced
riders to learn the basics of cer-
tain tricks and grabs.
“It’s awesome,” Dowdy, 20,
said.“There’s been a ton of peo-
ple coming out. I’ve been giv-
ing pointers and coaching some
people, so it’s been a fun day.
I think there’s a big movement
here. There’s lots of waterways.
Surfing is pretty strong here and
this is kind of the younger sister
to surfing type of thing, so it’s
cool to see more people getting
involved.”
Sixty-two attendees from
five different schools were rep-
resented at the event, as the day
was promoted for students from
all colleges to attend. Bringing
together wake boarders from all
over the state allowed people
to make connections for future
sessions, while also helping to
spread the word and interest of
the sport as well.
“We just want to show them
that wakeboarding is fun, and
it’s not like a competitive envi-
ronment,” said Ben Pierce, pres-
ident of the UNCW wakeboard
club.“A lot of people are kind
of scared when they first see it.
They don’t want to come out
and ride. But we’ve doubled our
numbers from last year to this
year, so people are stoked on it.”
Many members of UNCW’s
wakeboard club played a part in
the event. The wakeboard club
has established itself as one of
“Wake Up” event increases
buzz about extreme sport
McLeod Brown
Sports Editor
the more popular student or-
ganizations on campus, with
membership growing to over 40
full-fledged members this year.
“It was just a great day to
be involved with wakeboard-
ing,” added Megan DeCampli,
vice president of the UNCW
wakeboard club. “Hopefully
this helps, not only us grow, but
everyone involved in the sport
throughout the state grow as
well.”
The expertise of riders
ranged from novice to the most
advanced, with no favoritism
handed to the more sound rid-
ers. During the free riding ses-
sion, each wake boarder was
supplied with a board and gear,
provided they had their student
ID card. Then, once ready to hit
the park, took their spot in line
where they would be hooked up
to the first cable and dragged
out in succession.
With so many people partak-
ing in the event, nerves were
present for many riders. How-
ever, a welcoming atmosphere
between everyone promoted
riders to try tricks that they may
have not usually attempted in a
traditional setting.
“The event was so much
fun,” said Antoine Delanglade,
a French foreign exchange stu-
dent who is a member of the
UNCW wakeboard club. “It’s
terrific to be able to ride with
some pros. They are very wel-
coming and you can learn a lot.”
Delanglade, who also wake-
boards in France, also believed
American riders to be more
advanced than European wake
boarders, and found it more
helpful to learn from an estab-
lished rider such as Dowdy.
The Wakeboard Club’s year
runs until the end of October,
before quieting down activities
during the colder months. How-
ever, during their active months
through the fall and spring, the
club goes out as frequently as
they can.
All those interested in join-
ing the Wakeboard Club are en-
couraged to contact club presi-
dent Ben Pierce.
Red Bull pro athlete Mike Dowdy (right) offered pointers to wakeboarders during a two-hour clinic at the beginning of the event.
In previous seasons, Atkins
has been responsible for han-
dling some of the point guard
duties, but this year transfer
Shatia Cole, who sat out all
last season per NCAA transfer
rules, will be the primary point
guard.
“I’m not really a point
guard,” Atkins said. “So it feels
pretty good to have a point
guard on the team to where
I don’t have to bring the ball
down the court, and I’m just
more comfortable off of the
ball.”
Despite filling a void for
Harris’s Seahawks over the
past two seasons, Atkins ranks
ninth in all-time scoring aver-
age with 13.1 points per game.
She enters her senior year with
827 points in her two seasons at
UNCW, and she has her sights
on breaking 1,000 points before
she leaves.
It’s one of three goals for At-
kins, which also includes win-
ning a CAA Championship in
her last year as a Seahawk and
competing for the CAA Player-
of-the-Year award.
Whether the Seahawks can
send Atkins off as a winner will
be determined on the court, but
with a full roster and returning
the entirety of last year’s team,
UNCW will be in a better posi-
tion than before.
No matter when Harris
reaches her goals for the pro-
gram, Atkins will have had a
large part in helping her achieve
them.
“I love her,” Harris said.
“She means a lot to me, and
means a lot to the future of our
program. She’s a part of the
foundation.”
Senior Kelva Atikins will now take her position as shooting
guard for this upcoming season.
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6. 610.23.14 |TheSeahawk.org
OPINION
Urban Outfitters has done
it again. Instead of targeting
the self-esteem of young girls
across the nation or glamorizing
depression, the retro/bohemian/
hipster multinational cloth-
ing company has now chosen
exploit the tragedy of a school
shooting in order to sell a new
product. The Kent State sweat-
shirt was advertised this week
as a ‘vintage’ look and sold for
over $100.
The sweatshirt does not sim-
ply sport the name of the school,
however; it alludes to the devas-
tating shootings that happened
on the Kent State campus on
May 4, 1970. After President
Nixon announced to the nation
the launch of the “Cambodian
Incursion” and the military ef-
forts in Cambodia and Vietnam,
protestors around the country
rose to confront President Nix-
on and the American govern-
ment in attempts to recall the
declaration.
Kent State was home to one
of the many protests, and after
students and the surrounding
community became rowdy one
weekend and volatile in their
protesting the Ohio Army Na-
tional Guard invaded and occu-
pied the campus in order to sub-
due the outcries. In an attempt
to disperse crowds, the guards-
man marched their way through
campus. A group of guardsmen
opened fire on a handful of un-
armed students left from the
morning’s rally and left four
dead and nine injured.
Despite the complexity and
controversy of the shootings,
the event still struck America as
tragic and devastating. The re-
surfacing of this event through
a sweatshirt made by Urban
Urban Outfitters: seeking free advertising?
Miriam Himes
Contributing Writer
Outfitters, complete with the
appearance of dried blood splat-
ters and an overall red tint, is
not only heartbreaking, but also
unsettling.
It is time like these - when
companies like Urban Outfitters
go to such measures in order
to sell a product - that we must
ponder the potential extent of
company’s methods in order to
make money and acquire free
advertising. How far will they
go?
The “depression” shirt re-
leased earlier this year and the
“eat less” shirt promoted in
2010 are two other recent exam-
ples of many instances that de-
pict Urban Outfitters’ disturbing
sense of style. Perhaps the com-
pany is interested in promoting
a demeaning clothing line for
men and women alike. Perhaps
the creators genuinely believe
that sporting a shirt ridden with
bold letters spelling the leading
cause for suicide in America to-
day is fashionable. Or that ad-
vocating for eating disorders in
young girls is a positive thing
for society.
In reality, it is most likely
that Urban Outfitters is creat-
ing such distasteful products to
stir controversy. As we can see
from past exhibitions of unsa-
vory clothing and merchandise,
Urban Outfitters receives a mass
amount of free advertisement
and attention from the market-
ing of these controversial prod-
ucts. Their site gets more hits.
They receive more press. They
are put in the spotlight. Despite
the negative nature of the atten-
tion that company receives, it
is attention nonetheless. Their
merchandise and brand are
splashed across newspapers,
social networks, and blogs: the
very means by which to unveil
the derogatory methods of Ur-
ban Outfitters works inadver-
tently to promote them.
So, is Urban Outfitters step-
ping on toes to gain free ad-
vertising? It’s likely. While it
is good to be aware and cur-
rent about what is going on in
American culture both today
and in our past, we must be
wary and critical when we share
the company’s latest controver-
sies with our community, and
be intentional to accentuate
the negative messages of their
products rather than broadening
their presence in the media as an
American clothing line.
A crowd gathered on the campus of Kent State University on
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 to listen to a program marking the 40th
anniversary of shootings at the university in Kent, Ohio.
Links for further informa-
tion:
http://www.nydailynews.
com/life-style/fashion/ur-
ban-outfitters-slammed-red-
stained-kent-state-sweatshirt-
article-1.1939990
http://www.theguardian.
com/commentisfree/2014/
jan/07/urban-outfitters-de-
pression-shirt-controversy
http://www.huffingtonpost.
com/2010/06/03/eat-less-ur-
ban-outfitters_n_598904.html
With the introduction of
breakfast to Dubs and the newly
improved menu offered by the
Landing, Campus Dining is evi-
dently attempting to cater more
of its students. At the same time,
more students are undoubtedly
deciding to adopt the vegetar-
ian lifestyle for reasons varying
from ethical and moral values to
weight control.
Despite the serving of mari-
nated tofu, tempeh and occa-
sionally falafel among campus
dining venues, the dining halls
should consider more variety in
catering its vegetarian students.
For many new vegetarians, or
for students simply trying out
the meatless diet, the scarce
dining options make protein re-
quirements difficult to fulfill.
A fairly new vegetarian my-
self, I have struggled to find bal-
ance and variety in my diet on
campus. I can only take so much
salad on a daily basis. At first, I
was very pleased to discover the
few new options offered in the
dining halls. I decided to take a
taste, and found myself disap-
pointed. Personally, the overly
spicy tempeh and overly soaked
marinated tofu did not leave me
A vegetarian
friendly campus?
Bethany Milford
Contributing Writer
satisfied.
I understand that certain
foods, like avocados, would be
difficult to preserve and offer in
all dining halls. Nevertheless, I
believe that serving additional
meatless rice or pasta dishes
would be a simple alternative.
Recently, I noticed a small
vegan and vegetarian station
hiding in the Wag dining hall.
Such small improvements really
make a difference in catering to
students. Not only do these im-
provements make a meal plan
worthwhile, they also support
the university’s aims to address
its ever-growing student diver-
sity.
As was already mentioned,
people embark on the vegetar-
ian lifestyle for a multitude of
reasons. Some of these point to
important attitudes, beliefs and
values pertaining to one’s reli-
gion or background. In order for
the university to cater its diverse
students, it must consider the
major role that vegetarianism
can play in a student’s overall
identity.
A student’s decision to adopt
a vegetarian lifestyle should not
be a hindrance to their lifestyle,
but simply another step in his or
her self-development.
Yes they use MSG, serve
non-organic foods, and embrace
gluten.
A Chinese restaurant named
“SO,” in San Francisco, closed
its doors for a day due to rude
customers. The closing hap-
pened on Thurs., Sept. 18. The
owner and chef of the restaurant
claims that he closed it because
of two specific customers- the
first one complained and the
second one cursed at him.
The owner drafted a sign and
placed it in the window for cus-
tomers and pedestrians to see.
The sign reads: “We are Closed
Because of YOU (customers).
SO…*Yes we use MSG! SO…
We don’t believe in organic
food. And…don’t give a shit
about gluten free.”
The circumstances surround-
ing the angry outburst, which
led to closing the restaurant for
the remainder of the day, could
have been handled much more
professionally. The author of
the sign is the owner of the res-
taurant, yet he could not take a
few minutes to regain his com-
posure. An employee stated that
the owner is the only chef for
the restaurant, rendering the res-
taurant unable to function when
he could not work.
To begin, the restaurant
owner should consider having
at least one other cook on staff.
Training another employee to be
able to cook the food they serve
would have prevented the need
to shut down the restaurant.
As for the customers, the
aforementioned two that insti-
gated the reaction of the owner
need to be more polite to this lo-
cal businessman. The first situa-
tion involved a customer refus-
ing to pay their bill because the
food was “too spicy,” and the
other customer’s actions were
not explained in detail.
Restaurant owners deal with
Restaurant closes down,
blames picky eaters
Nathan Daniel
Interning Writer
all different types of personali-
ties on a daily basis. Day after
day of critical comments and
rude customers would eventu-
ally get frustrating. Restaurants
do not have to cater to every
audience, and when they don’t,
people feel offended. In this
case, the owner received the of-
fense.
On the other hand, customers
have grown accustomed to res-
taurants gladly catering to their
desires, demonstrated in their
ordering a menu item with top-
pings removed or added, asking
for gluten free options, or want-
ing a meal without monosodium
glutamate (MSG) added. So,
when a restaurant owner de-
fends their right to serve what
they want to, it seems outdated.
A business is established
to make money and drive the
economy. When a business
makes a sign proclaiming that
the restaurant is insensitive to
various types of food requests,
it might hurt their business in
the long run.
Many people were wonder-
ing if the sign was necessary, as
it alienates potential clientele.
Others believe the owner did
the right thing in defending his
restaurant’s food choices. Many
restaurants exist for the sole
purpose of serving people with
food allergies or different food
preferences because of diets.
SO is just not that restaurant.
Customers need to respect
the restaurant, and the restau-
rant should respect the custom-
ers. When an establishment
perfects this relationship, it
prospers and thrives. The owner
should not have placed a sign on
the window with foul language
because it gives the impression
that the restaurant is uncaring of
people’s special dietary needs.
On the other hand, customers
should not threaten to not pay a
restaurant for service, or curse
at the help
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