September 18, 2014 | theseahawk.org | volume LXVI | Issue 3

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CONTENTS

Student supports the local film industry by making “Filmington” jewlry.

The Center for Innova-tion and Entrepreneurship recived a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Small Busi-ness Administration.

CIE wins Grant

Filmington jewelry

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Taking five seconds out of the day can save your bicycle. University of North Carolina Wilmington students need to se-cure bicycles to the bike racks, as bicycle larceny increases dur-ing the month of October.

Previous data from the UNC Wilmington Police Department displays an increase in bicycle theft during the month of Octo-ber. This year alone 87 bicycles have been stolen, and last year 165 bicycles were stolen.

There are countless ways to prevent bicycles from being stolen. Always lock bicycles to a bike rack. Buying a sturdy, well-built lock-a U-bolt lock- will ensure that the bicycle is harder to steal or cut loose with bolt cutters.

“Park your bikes in a high visibility area,” said Charles Bost, crime analyst and detec-tive for the UNCW Police. “Pe-riodically check on your bike, and register your bike.”

Registering bicycles with the UNCW police department is a requirement and is free. Bike registration requires contact information and details about the bicycle. Bicycle recovery is more likely if the bike is regis-tered through the UNCW police department.

“Bike larceny is a crime of opportunity,” Bost said. “We have a lot of individuals, in some situations that will drive around in trucks and just pick

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Update on ISIS

The NewsLast week—just before the

coming day of tears and mo-ments marked by silence in re-membrance of the 13th anniver-sary of the September 11, 2001 terrorists attacks —President Barack Obama quietly steps in front of the nation to announce his strategy for confronting the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State within the bor-ders of Iraq and Syria.

“As commander in chief, my highest priority is the security of the American people,” said President Obama, as he high-lighted the success of over 150 airstrikes by U.S. Central Com-mand, who has military juris-diction within Iraq.

President Obama also em-

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up bikes.”A situation that often leads

to bike larceny is when students engage in what Bost calls a “lend-lease policy.” This policy involves a person taking an un-locked bike and “borrowing” it to ride to class. This bike will be left at that class, unless the “bor-rower” returns that bike.

“[Other] individuals we have caught are just going around picking up bikes and taking them to pawn shops or to con-signment shops and trying to

sell them there to get some money off of them,” Bost said. “We have people that will go get bikes and repaint them just to ride around town.”

In order to keep track of all the bicycles on the UNCW cam-pus, the police department uses software to record and track each registered bicycle.

“We issue a sticker [with] a number that gets put on the bicycle, and we register all the numbers into our record man-agement system,” Bost said.

“Then we put up the basic his-tory of the bicycle in there—so if has been reported once, then recovered, that is all tracked in there.”

The registration system has built in security measures to ensure that bicycles are not eas-ily erased from the registration system. The stickers that the police put on the bicycles have the same tamper proofing as the license plate registration stick-ers from the Division of Motor Vehicles. If the thief attempts to

remove the sticker it will peel apart and not come off in one piece.

In order to keep riding a bicy-cle to class and back to the dorm rooms, it is a good idea to reg-ister bicycles before the month of October. If a bicycle is stolen and it was never registered, the chances of recovery decrease. The UNCW Police Department recommends three ways to keep bicycles safe – lock it up, use a good lock and register it as soon as possible.

phasized the insidious nature of the Islamic militants stating,

“They execute captured pris-oners. They kill children. They enslave, rape and force women into marriage. They threatened a religious minority with geno-cide. And in acts of barbarism, they took the lives of two Amer-ican journalists -- Jim Foley and Steven Sotloff.”

“ISIL poses a threat […] to American citizens,” the Presi-dent said, echoing warnings from intelligence officials that American and Europeans who currently hold U.S. passports could potentially carry out deadly attacks within the United States.

President Obama addressed the public September 10 to layout his strategy against the Islamic militant group, ISIS. ISIS was responsible for killing two American journalist.

The Story of the Girl Behind the Man with the Bandages

It’s hard to walk past the man with the bandages star-ing helplessly from the latest issue of Atlantis. But where did this mysterious man come from? The creative magazine of UNCW is filled with thought-provoking stories and poems, its pages splashed with student photographs and artwork. Few think about the origin of the journal, assuming perhaps it ap-pears out of thin air. Editor-in-Chief of Atlantis, Abigail Chiar-amonte, is in fact the magician behind this trick.

Before becoming Editor-in-Chief last May, Abigail worked as the proofreader and submis-sions coordinator for Atlantis. Now she works alongside an editorial staff organizing meet-ings, budgeting, and ensuring that each step of the process is completed on time.

"The Editor-in-Chief has to keep track of all the differ-ent things going on and make sure that everything is rolling smoothly, so I was kind of a good fit,” Abigail said.

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that the most challenging part of publishing is the time con-straint and encouraging stu-dents to submit work. She has been wildly successful, with an astounding 500 pieces of writ-ing and art submitted for each issue.

Atlantis is a collaborative effort, with Abigail as its cap-

tain. Students from all majors find a creative outlet through the magazine, submitting var-ied art forms, from short two-word poems to drawings to pages of prose. The magazine is not limited to UNCW stu-dents and receives submissions from UNC Greensboro, UNC Asheville, and Cape Fear Com-

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One-hundred and sixty-five bicycles were stolen all of last year. There have been 87 bicycle thefts this year alone.

The Seahawk encourages readers to submit letters to the editor for possible publication. The Seahawk may edit letters for space and reserves the right to refuse publication of any letter. Libelous, false and misleading material will not be considered for publication. All letters must be signed by the author. Letters to the editor are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Seahawk staff or the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Letters can be submitted in person at the Seahawk office in University Union Room 1049, by mail at the Seahawk, 601 S. College Rd. Wilmington, N.C. 28403-5624 or by e-mail: seahawk.editor@gmail.com.

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UNCW’s Center for Innovation and Entre-preneurship Wins $50,000 Grant

Entrepreneurship in Wilm-ington, North Carolina got a helping hand thanks to a $50,000 grant.

The University of North Car-olina Wilmington’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneur-ship was announced as one of 50 winners to receive the first Growth Accelerator Fund from the U.S. Small Business Admin-istration.

The CIE assists 25 compa-nies around Wilmington grow and develop ideas for products,

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applications and software.“We are here to help stu-

dents, faculty, staff, and com-munity members start new com-panies in the Wilmington area, to improve the quality of jobs in the region,” said Jim Roberts, executive director of the CIE.

To win the award, the CIE had to prepare and submit a PowerPoint presentation of ideas, success stories and plans for the money. The SBA nar-rowed the competition from roughly 850 candidates to 100.

The CIE has four plans on

how to utilize the money.The CIE will use the grant

money to buy smart phones, tab-lets and laptops for their Coastal Open Resource App Lab (COR-AL). The lab was publicized on the center’s anniversary, Sept. 4. AT&T and Starfish Enterprise, a local web and technology ser-vice provider, have partnered with the CIE to make the open device lab possible.

“Our app designers that are part of our facility can now test their apps on every different kind of phone,” said Roberts.

IPads, iPhones, Android phones and tablets, and Amazon Kindle tablets will be available for entrepreneurs ,so they do not have to pay for these devices themselves. The entrepreneurs can check these devices out from the CIE and test their apps before they become live.

Secondly, the CIE plans to promote and partner with a local company called Maker Space. Maker Space allows entrepre-neurs to use 3-D printers and welding equipment in order to

create a physical prototype.Thirdly, the CIE benefits

from the grant by creating a training program for entrepre-neurs. The entrepreneur boot-camp will be a three month pro-gram.

“If all [an entrepreneur] has is an idea…we would take them and their idea…and three months later they would have a much more polished inves-tor presentation where they can promote their idea to an inves-tor,” said Roberts.

According to Roberts, the fi-nal project the CIE is attempting to create is a technology trans-fer. The technology transfer al-lows a new product--or solution to a problem--to be licensed to a private company, and the university benefits from that li-cense.

The grant was announced Sept. 4 and the money will be awarded at an event in Wash-ington, D.C. to honor the win-ners. The event will take place in early November.

Presently, the intelligence community is not reporting any specific terrorists plots to attack the United States.

The StrategyPresident Obama led out a

four-phase plan to the American people—the military strategy is a combination of continued targeted airstrikes against ISIL along with supporting Iraqi and Kurdish forces on the ground as President Obama plans to send

an additional 475 service mem-bers to Iraq to continue to train and advise regional forces.

The latter part of President Obama’s scheme is to enhance the counterterrorism capabili-ties of the intelligence commu-nity, this phase will attack key components within the frame-work of the ISIL organization—targeting their ideology, fund-ing, and to restrict the flow of foreign fighters from the United States and Europe.

Finally, President Obama pledged that humanitarian as-sistance to innocent civilians would continue as many civil-ians have been caught within the crossfire of ISIL march through Iraq. “We cannot allow these communities to be driven from their ancient homelands,”

President Obama said in refer-ence to the systematic seizure of ground taken by ISIL terror-ists.

The AnalysisThe key phase in President

Obama’s strategy will be his expansion of counterterror-ism efforts against ISIL. The command structure within the Islamic state currently en-joys over $2 billion dollars in funding, which facilitates their long-term goals of establish-ing a caliphate within Iraq and

Syria, according to a recent re-port from The Guardian. Intel-ligence agencies need to target the financial arteries of ISIL that that supply a vital lifeline in their ability to continue their operational capabilities and ob-jectives. Drone strikes while ef-fective are only skin deep—it’s imperative to attack ISIL at its roots—Oil is currently ISIL biggest source of revenue due to them controlling multiple oil fields that generate about $3 million in profit for ISIL operations. Regaining control of these natural resources and stemming the flow of logistical support to combatants on the ground will be key in the coali-tions fight against the tyranny that is ISIL.

The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship received a grant from the U.S. Small Busi-ness Administration. CIE will use the grant money to buy smart phones, tablets and laptops.

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3 9.18.14 |TheSeahawk.org LIFESTYLES

Former Wilmington food truck “The Patty Wagon” has been reborn into one of down-town’s coziest new gastro pubs, “The Fork ‘n’ Cork”. Serving traditional American food and burgers and sporting an eclectic wine and beer list at moderate prices, the casual yet charming ambiance of the restaurant is a welcome addition to the city.

After running the food truck for two years, owner and man-ager James Smith saw a gap in

the restaurant market- some-thing that wouldn’t set diners back economically, but offered an elevated dining experience compared to fast food and chain restaurants. Seeing the di-verse population of Wilmington and knowing that many of the town’s college students choose to stay in the area, Smith hopes to target the mid-twenties and thirties demographic with what he calls “high end pub grub and a great wine list.”

Smith closed “The Patty Wagon” in January and came up with the restaurant’s menu—an expanded version of the beloved food truck’s menu. Though he keeps old favorites, Smith can explore more options with a larger kitchen.

The kitchen was added during their renovation, but they changed very little of the old building’s style, respecting the history and tradition of the historic downtown building at 122 Market St. The beloved pizzeria, Slice of Life, which operated here a short time ago, has subsequently moved across the street. Smith and head chef Scott Glassgow opened the doors to the “Fork ‘n’ Cork” on May 24, bringing much of their loyal food truck clientele.

Though tiny—only two ex-terior tables, four interior tables and a dozen seats at the bar—the environment makes diners instantly feel like settling in for an enjoying evening. The restaurant features a warm, inviting atmosphere, complete with exposed brick walls, backlit stained glass art, black ductwork on the high ceilings and old-fashioned light fixtures (hand-installed by the owner).

For such a small restau-rant, the beer and wine lists are impressive: ten reds, ten whites and 30 beer selections are currently available, includ-ing unique options such as Dragon’s Milk, Young’s Double Chocolate Stout and Aviator Devil’s Tripel, among other more conventional choices.

Portions are large, so be sure to come hungry. The menu is full of intriguing options, so it’s hard to pick just one without setting up a plan to return and eat several other items. The list of appetizers include fried pick-les; a scotch egg; Texas poutine with smoked brisket, cheddar and BBQ; duck wings with sauce choices such as peach BBQ, habanero orange mar-malade and Creole rosemary

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honey mustard; and Rattlesnake Bites, deep-fried jalapenos stuffed with shrimp, sweet corn, bacon and cheese.

For an appetizer, my dinner guest and I finally settled on the Fonduta—a mixture of Fonta-nilla, Gouda and blue cheese baked in a cast iron skillet and topped with walnuts, honey and chili flakes, served with seared French bread. It was fantastic—reminiscent of a fondue but a bit heartier. The sweetness of the honey and the heat of the chili become a perfect coun-

terpoint to the cheeses, which we spooned onto the bread in velvety dollops.

When we moved on to entrees, the selection was daunting- all the sandwiches and burgers combine classic dishes with innovation, result-ing in toppings such as peanut butter and extra bacon (on the Kreider) or homemade chili, slaw, cheddar and mustard (on The Carolina). Other menu op-tions include a build-your-own grilled cheese; a house-made chicken salad, made with red grapes, apples, walnuts and tar-ragon mayo on 9-Grain bread; and the beloved Patty Melt, a burger topped with Swiss cheese, caramelized onions and mayo, served on rye bread.

Though I was tempted by the Hot Mess burger—a fantastic name for toppings that included bacon, jalapenos, grilled onions, blue cheese and cheddar—I ultimately went with the Kyle Style burger, a Texas BBQ brisket with bar-beque sauce, pickle, onion and mustard (named for a frequent customer). It’s one of the res-taurant’s most popular choices and speaks to owner Smith’s Texas origins. The beef patty was topped by a tender brisket tossed in a sweet and savory BBQ sauce. When combined with the crunchy pickles, tangy stout mustard and soft brioche bun, it was also a fantastic burger. The onion rings were perfectly seasoned and a nice accompaniment.

My friend considered the cleverly named Duck Duck Goose burger after depart-ing customers stopped by our table—right inside the door, by the window—and told us how good everything had been, including the Duck Wings “that will change your life” and the “amazing” Duck Duck Goose burger. Sold. It was a ground duck patty with a slice of country paté, a fried egg, a port wine cherry sauce, arugula and shaved red onions, served with deep golden, crispy French fries. It was delicious. The portions were so large, we both ended up having leftovers for the next day.

Both front-of-the-house Smith and the restaurant’s head chef Glassgow are warm, affable businessmen who take what they do seriously. Both took turns coming out to talk to us, Smith pondering how he would best like to sum up his

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munity College. Chiaramonte’s passion for the magazine shines through when she describes the importance of a creative outlet on campus.

“It’s not just photography, it’s not just art, and it’s not just creative writing," Abigail said. "I think that the arts are really underrepresented, just because so much funding gets funneled into different areas. It’s really exciting that we have the op-portunity to publish a magazine that showcases student art.”

Despite the long hours put into creating the magazine, Abi-gail’s eyes brighten with delight when asked about the rewards of the process. She describes the best feeling as when “you get to hold [the completed magazine] in your hands and think ‘Oh, it was so worth it. It’s done. It’s beautiful and I’m so happy about it’”.

Abigail eagerly reveals some future plans for Atlantis, includ-ing a color-printed summer is-sue and hopes to release a digi-tal magazine to publish a greater variety of work from artists. She also encourages students to attend the year’s upcoming events: a bake sale this Sep-tember and an open-mic poetry slam in October. Performing is optional, of course.

Abigail Chiaramonte plans to pursue publishing as a ca-reer.

When she isn’t buried in 100 Years of Solitude, Abigail is typing away at the novel she is writing for her senior thesis. On top of this impressive feat, she will be graduating UNCW this December with a BFA in creative writing, an English mi-nor, and a certificate in publish-ing. Although her mother was initially worried when Abigail changed her major to creative writing, she has a myriad of plans for the future, includ-ing getting “a big girl job in a publishing house”, designing

cookbooks, and applying to grad school. All these might be possible. Her work as a media group leader provides her with a framework for these goals by gaining experience with budget-ing and interacting with people. Like all good magicians, Abi-gail plans everything ten steps ahead. But her work with At-lantis has taught her a trick for the real world, she says: “know-ing what to do when something doesn’t go according to plan”.

restaurant.“Good food, that’s all,” he

said.Smith also seems deeply

appreciative of the town of Wilmington and the fan base he has accumulated between the food truck and the restaurant.

“It’s all thanks to Wilming-ton—it’s been great to me,” he said.

Chef Glassgow came out to tell us a bit about his menu favorites (the Pimiento Chz Burger, which includes home-made pimiento cheese and

bacon jam), then offered us a sample of the bacon jam, which was every bit as good as it sounded.

Originally from San Antonio, TX, Smith has also lived in New Orleans and New Jersey, giving him a wide range of culinary influ-ences that all converge into an inviting restaurant that strikes just the right bal-ance between

casual and refined. The interesting

wine list; fresh, local ingre-dients; and burgers that are hand-made make “The Fork ‘n’ Cork” one of downtown Wilmington’s best new places to eat. Their sense of humor and the restaurant’s gregarious atmosphere also come through in their slogan: it's Fork ‘n’ Delicious!

Fork ‘n’ Cork’s Hours:Mon – ClosedTue – Thu: 11:00 am – 11:00 pmFri – Sat: 11:00 am – 12:00 amSun: 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm

(910) 228-5247122 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401info@theforkncork.com

James Smith opened The Fork ‘n’ Cork after operating a food truck two years. The restaurant is located at 122 Market Street.

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UNC Wilmington graduate student Melina Reed responded to the scheduled lapse of the N.C. film incentive package by designing a tangible reminder of the local creative community. Her “Filmington” jewelry piec-es feature a stamped pendant and a small metal gear to rep-resent the network of film pro-fessionals and supporters. The

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Graduate student and jewlry business owner, Melina Reed, de-signed metal work “filmington” pendants in response to the scheduled lapsing of NC film incentives.

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detailed, thoughtful and poetic elements of this design embody Reed’s talent and personality as both an English teaching as-sistant and a jewelry business owner.

In 2012, Reed transformed her hobby for metalwork into a business, Red Canary Designs, selling items such as leather cuffs, belt buckles and copper or enamel earrings at Urban Re-

vival at 606 Castle St. Her first name Melina, she explained, means “canary” in Greek.

“I wanted [the business name] to be something per-sonal but not just my name,” Reed said, “I’m not really like a formal artist. [The name] has a little more personality to it.”

Many of her designs are rooted in personal events, like the Filmington pendants.

Reed’s closest local friends and boyfriend work in the film in-dustry, so she follows the news about the lapsing of the incen-tives package (set to begin Dec. 31), which would dramatically diminish production and cause many film workers to relocate.

“The people I care about are busting [themselves] in this community,” she said. “I’m not campaigning to change any-

thing. It’s more of a solidarity thing—to say, we’re with you. It’s something for film people and non-film people to remem-ber that Wilmington has been as a film community.”

Likewise, Reed tentatively plans to work with UNCW’s Women’s Studies and Resource Center to create similar pen-dants as part of a fundraiser. She’s eager to work with pre-vious professor and director of the WSRC, Katie Peel, for a possible pre-holiday sale in No-vember.

Peel purchased a Filmington pendant after spotting them on Reed’s Facebook page, which continues to be the best resource for the business.

“It’s not a small thing to be a grad student. On top of that, she’s creative and makes these beautiful things… I’m in awe,” Peel said. “She’s a fine critical thinker, but applies that critical thinking to her everyday life, for her. It goes beyond the class-room. She lives it, and that’s re-ally awesome.”

Like Peel, other customers and friends sense Reed’s devo-tion and happily support her ef-forts. She’s sold more than 100 Filmington pendants at Urban Revival, making it her best-sell-ing item.

“I think the word’s gotten out,” said Steven Fox, Urban Revival co-owner. “A lot of people have requested one. It’s brought a lot of people to this area and this business.”

Fox describes Reed’s work as edgy, but her personality as caring and gentle—she’s a sensitive artist who is most motivated by her mother’s old paintings. This contrast attracts customers of all ages to her de-signs. Reed also set prices at affordable rates (the Filmington pendants are only $5). She finds herself using “cheaper” materi-als for practical reasons and be-cause she likes the earthy tone.

“I used to call my pieces ‘tiny universes,’” Reed said, “because there's always a theme that ties texture and color—enamel—and words together in my pieces… They have a mean-ing to me as the artist, but they always take on a new meaning depending on who wears them.”

Fittingly, Reed’s work as stu-dent, instructor and artist mani-fests from a love of words (even her cat’s name originates from a play on language—Catun, a combination of cat and kitten). For example, Reed once stud-ied visual poetry, or poems that use words to make shapes. En-thused by the artistic element, Reed crafted items using a simi-lar concept.

Though, her favorite piece was a commissioned project. She designed the wedding rings for Cape Fear Community Col-lege professor Marlowe Moore, who inspired Reed to teach English after Reed completed a class about argument-based re-search.

“[Moore] really encouraged us to create our own voice,” Reed said, “which I felt related to the art.”

After an encouraging experi-ence at CFCC, where Reed also took her first metalwork classes, she hopes to teach English at a community college after gradu-ation. Until then, she will con-tinue operating Red Canary De-sign and hopes she can develop a career practicing both educa-tion and art.

“I seriously never know what to expect when I start with a piece of metal,” Reed said. “It's like I start hammering, [and] my mind goes somewhere else—euphoria, I guess?—and what comes out is never exactly what I expect. I guess, just like my pedagogy as a teacher, I am process-oriented as a metal-worker.”

In 2012, Reed changed her metalwork hobby into a business.

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Midfielders and forwards in soccer are often divided into two groups: goal scorers and fa-cilitators. It can be hard to find a player who excels in both areas.

Junior Katrina Guillou is one of these unique players who consistently finds the back of the net, and sets her teammates up to score.

With Guillou leading the charge, the UNC Wilmington

women’s soccer team is off to a 4-3 start and, after challenging three ACC teams in the first six games, they have their sights set on a special season in the CAA.

“We definitely can make it to the tournament, and the Fi-nal Four is definitely realistic to us,” Guillou said. “We had a great season last year and I defi-nitely think we’re a better team this year.”

Guillou led the Seahawks last year with 10 goals and six assists. She also ranked among the top five players in the CAA in both of those categories on her way to garnering First Team All-CAA accolades.

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Last spring, UNC Wilm-ington water clubs welcomed a new member in the form of spear fishing. Entering their first full year as an organization, of-ficers and members of the club alike are optimistic about the club’s ability to catch interest around campus.

The club was established to connect the community of spear fishermen and to provide tech-niques on how to safely swim and hunt.

Spear fishers have the option to free dive as well as scuba while hunting for fish. Free diving includes holding your breath as far down as 60-80 feet below the surface while search-ing for fish.

“The physical aspect would be the hardest part of free div-ing,” said club member Mark Winneberger. “I like to free dive because I like to add a little bit of sportsmanship and make it a little bit more difficult.”

Although holding your breath while free driving can be intimidating, there are many ways to practice. One way that members practice is holding their breaths while watching TV. Spearfishing can also be an exhilarating experience.

“It’s one of the biggest adrenaline rushes you can get,” said club president Brian Davis. “It’s awesome when you pull the trigger on a fish and fight to reel it in, all while trying to keep sharks away. I also like how I can go home right now and have a freezer full of fish for dinner.”

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The club dues are 20 dollars and includes a free t-shirt. It is recommended that participants feel comfortable in the ocean.

“The water is unpredict-able, whether that be currents, the weather, or sea life,” said Davis. “Sometimes where the sharks are, the fish are, so we do run into a lot of sharks. It’s im-portant to stay calm and make eye-contact with them.”

Daily trips are made off-shore, out to jetties, and even ship wrecks. Trips are made during the day and night, as long as the weather is in good condition. A wide variety of fish are caught raging from floun-der, grouper, sheepshead, king mackerel, and wahoo.

“The club is all about con-servation and preserving the fisheries,” Winneberger said. “We aren’t all about killing tons and tons of fish. We look for the biggest fish and we are trying to be sportsman about it.”

Recently, the club has picked up Redix as a sponsor and now receives quality Omer gear at a discounted price. In the future, the club hopes they will eventu-ally have gear that they can rent out.

Sam Blount, a member of the club, is providing safety classes in the future to old and new members.

“There are a lot of people that are interested in the sport but have never done it before,” Blount said. “I’m going to be giving some safety classes that describe gear safety, and proper techniques in the water. It is a dangerous sport if done improp-erly”

on her,” said head coach Paul Cairney. “I think Katrina thrives on that because she’s really dif-ficult to track. She’s quick and makes smart runs off the ball. Even when she’s not scoring, she’s so hard to contain she’s opening up the field for other players.”

Guillou said she spent a lot of time this offseason working on her conditioning and shoot-ing. Despite her prolific scoring last year, she wants to become

even better in front of the net and score more goals this sea-son

“I did a good job in the sum-mer getting here early and often to work on my packet,” Guil-lou said. “One thing I needed to work on was my recovery after games. Aside from that, becom-ing an all around better player with my touch and scoring.”

The highlight of Guillou’s season thus far came in UN-CW’s opening match against the NC State Wolfpack when she opened up this year’s scor-ing tally. After receiving a cross inside the box from Lindsey Byrne, she stretched out her leg and poked the ball past the keeper for a goal, displaying the

Guillou aids the women’s soccer team by playing the mid-field and forward positions.

“She’s quick and makes smart runs off the ball. Even when she’s not scoring, she’s so

hard to contain she’s opening up the field for other players.”

-Coach Paul Cairney

athleticism that has earned her a glowing reputation around the league.

UNCW suffered a tough loss to NC State and went 1-2 against the ACC teams they faced early this season. Their lone win came against Wake Forrest last weekend.

However, Katrina and the rest of the Seahawks know this early experience against quality opponents can only help their

chances later on in the year.“It’s giving us a confidence

boost,” Guillou said. “Now we know we can play with these teams. Coming back into our own conference we will be even more ready.”

The Seahawks open up their conference slate in Delaware on Sept. 26. Their first home conference game will be Oct. 3 when they play host to William and Mary.Left to right: Mark Winneberger, Sam Blount and Nick Field

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Pick Your Pumpkin

A few weeks ago a video that I found disturbing began circu-lating the Internet. It centered on a young man with autism being beaten by another young man, with a description detail-ing that the young autistic man receiving the beating had been tricked into hanging out at a party where he was later sub-jected to the abuse. The perpe-trator continually abused him physically and verbally, threat-ening him with death. When the young man attempted to leave the party, the abuse con-tinued until the attacker left him bloodied and unconscious on the street. Naturally, enablers of the abuse filmed the incident and posted it online, where it has since been circulated on social media sites due to moral outrage obvious to anyone with two brain cells to rub together. The assaulters have since been apprehended and justice has, for the most part, been served.

Earlier this week I encoun-tered another viral video of an autistic young man being tricked by other young men into a degrading activity. This one on the other hand was a bit more “newsworthy.” The young man had been asked to participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Chal-lenge by some of his would-be assaulters. When he went to participate in the challenge, his assaulters dumped a bucket’s worth of urine, feces, and salvia on him as a joke. Being the col-lective failures they surely were to film a young man getting bile dumped on his head, they pro-ceeded to post it online for the whole world to see, where it was discovered by the young man’s mother on his phone.

She reported the abuse to the

police and an investigation is presently ongoing, with no one yet coming forward with de-tails of who assaulted her son. Then, comedian Drew Carrey offered a reward of $10,000 for the identities of the culprits. Shortly afterward, actor Donnie Wahlberg and autism activist Jenny McCarthy also donated ten thousand dollars each to the reward money, bringing the total fund to $30,000. If I were the culprits, I would be worried about someone needing that kind of money for college loans, and deciding that their future is worth more than the temporary shame of being labeled a snitch by people who otherwise they wouldn’t care about.

So, why did this story be-come newsworthy enough to be circulated by CNN? I think I know a few reasons, and I think that little of it has to do with the abuse itself. In doing research into this story, I found a dis-turbing number of incidences revolving around young men being abused by others. Most of them were from earlier this year. The story I discussed at the beginning of this paper hap-pened last month. Let me reiter-ate, because it bears reiterating, that a news story about a young man with autism being beaten to a pulp on camera happened last month.

So, why was one story cov-ered and not the others? I think one factor of it is that one fea-tured a popular viral fad that somehow became controversial while the other was just another abuse video, like many others that have become a disgusting fad of the Internet. One was “lucky” enough to get a local who had become famous later in life to take notice and try to

help, prompting other celebri-ties to help out the cause, while the others didn’t. As for the ce-lebrities’ involvement, I appre-ciate it. It brought more atten-tion that might have otherwise been there had they not partici-pated.

Growing up with autism, high or low functioning isn’t an easy process for anyone in-volved. I don’t know how many hours my family gave up in or-der to get me to the point where I am today; through the various therapies, seminars, books read, and simply living with me. I am also lucky enough to have a very supportive network of

friends and relatives that have been very accepting of my more obnoxious tendencies. One such tendency is trying to do too much without help, or trying to handle emotional stress on my own. Yet I was still picked on, I was still the object of verbal abuse, being tricked into situa-tions I didn’t like. It was never as bad as these videos, though. I am beyond relieved that stories like these are getting the aware-ness they need, and that the re-action largely is that of moral outrage. Now my question is: what are we going to do to pre-vent it from happening again?

What is fall without pump-kin? If you visit the local coffee shops on campus, you will be asking yourself the same ques-tion. Port City Java, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Dub City Brew are all prepared for this fall season with pumpkin items galore: from pumpkin muffins to pump-kin donuts; pumpkin cheese-cake to pumpkin cupcakes; and pumpkin milkshakes to, most importantly, a variety of differ-ent pumpkin-flavored coffees. Each brewery has put its own spin on the famous pumpkin latte. At Port City Java, you can order a pumpkin pie latte (hot or cold). While at Dunkin’ Donuts, you can enjoy a regular pump-kin coffee, a pumpkin mocha, or a fancy pumpkin crème brûlée latte. If you are headed to the Fisher Student Center for some Dub City Brew, you can order a Starbucks pumpkin spice latte

or pumpkin spice frappuccino. If you are on a full-blown pumpkin kick, which is not too unusual in the fall, you do not have to settle for simply ordering coffee. As mentioned above, each coffee shop has an assortment of pumpkin treats to accompany its pumpkin bev-erages. At Port City Java, the pumpkin muffin can be a great addition to the pumpkin pie latte or the pumpkin milkshake. In addition, over at Dunkin’ Do-nuts, you can order a pumpkin donut, a pumpkin pie donut, or even a pumpkin muffin to go with your pumpkin-flavored beverage. At Dub City Brew, you can even top your drink off with pumpkin cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory or a pumpkin cupcake. Are all of you pumpkin fa-natics and skeptics ready for this season? All of your favorite coffee shops are, and they are merely a walk or bike ride away.

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Drew Carrey offered a $10,000 reward for the identities of the culprits that dumped waste on a young man with autism.