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One of the Past Year’s Most Notable Films

One of the Past Year’s Most Notable Films

Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), left, and Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." (Columbia Pictures/TNS) “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”: Quentin Tarantino steadily built his cinematic genre into one of the most unique and memorable movie subsets in film history. The “Kill Bill” franchise, “Pulp Fiction” and “Inglorious Basterds” were all box office smashes, and a hit with both the general public and critics. Tarantino’s latest offering, “Once Upon a Tim

BLM March in Pembroke

BLM March in Pembroke

By Zachary Young, Editor-in-Chief The Pembroke “Black Lives Matter” march in late June resulted in one arrest and various citations. Personal accounts and social media images document some of the events that transpired during the march. Dr. Mary Ann Jacobs, a Lumbee Indian, and the UNCP American Indian Studies Department Chair, participated and reported to a faculty discussion group that the counter-protesters outnumbered the 150 or so BLM marchers. Jacobs said the opposing

CARE Resource Center Still Fighting Food Insecurity During COVID-19

CARE Resource Center Still Fighting Food Insecurity During COVID-19

From left to right: Zachary Young (Student Manager) and Andy Mendez (Assistant Student Manager) posing outside of The CARE Resource Center. Photo/Deborah Gunsallus Food insecurity may force a college student to choose between having food or having the books needed for classes. Here on campus students have access to the CARE Resource Center located in Wellons Hall Suite C. The CARE Center provides hygiene products, produce, bakery items, dairy, meat, frozen, nonperishable food

COVID Cluster Discovered in Student Housing

COVID Cluster Discovered in Student Housing

On Monday, Aug. 24 the Police and Public Safety administration of the University of North Carolina Pembroke emailed students the news of a cluster of COVID-19 cases in Cypress Hall, an on-campus dorm. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has defined a “cluster” as a minimum of 5 cases within a 14-day window and a credible linkage between cases. The email sent out by UNCP Police and Public Safety explained to students that the individuals in the cluster h

UNCP Freshmen Weigh in on First Weeks of College

UNCP Freshmen Weigh in on First Weeks of College

Freshman Carrie Hawes-Sanders taking notes in the Mary Livermore Library. PN Photo/ Jay Locklear. It has been two weeks since in-person classes have resumed at UNCP. While there are returning students, who have experienced the closures of campus in March, there is also a wave of freshmen who are experiencing college for the first time. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, freshmen have started their first week of college differently than what anyone could have predicted. This y

Women’s Equality Week at UNC Pembroke

Celebrate the 1920 ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the government from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex. SO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT: STUDENT POWER August 24 | 6:30 p.m. facebook.com/inclusiveuncp Join us on FB live as our panel discusses the power of students! VIRTUAL VOTER REGISTRATION August 26 | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Drop in online and learn how to register and pledge to vote. serve.uncp.edu/virtualvoter SNAC

UNC Chapel Hill Transitions to Remote Learning and UNCP Stays the Course

UNC Chapel Hill Transitions to Remote Learning and UNCP Stays the Course

Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will move all classes online starting Wednesday after reporting 130 more students had tested positive for coronavirus last week, the university announced Monday. (Walter Arce/Dreamsime/TNS) The administration of UNC Chapel Hill will switch undergraduate students to remote learning beginning Wednesday. As of Monday morning, UNC had tested 954 students. Of those tested, 177 ar

BLM March Draws UNCP Students, Faculty, Staff and Counter-Protesters

BLM March Draws UNCP Students, Faculty, Staff and Counter-Protesters

The Pembroke “Black Lives Matter” march in late June resulted in one arrest and various citations. Personal accounts and social media images document some of the events that transpired during the march. Dr. Mary Ann Jacobs, a Lumbee Indian, and the UNCP American Indian Studies Department Chair, participated and reported to a faculty discussion group that the counter-protesters outnumbered the 150 or so BLM marchers. Jacobs said the opposing crowd threw water bottles and bee

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