
Students Seek Common Ground in Gun Control Debate
The Office for Diversity and Inclusion and the Department of Political Science and Public Administration co-sponsored a formal debate about U.S. gun control on April 5 entitled Gun Control: A Civil Discussion on a Loaded Topic. The debate was held on the second floor of the Oxendine Science Building. Dr. Kevin Freeman moderated the discussion. Debaters Chapell Brock, senior history major, and Omar Torres, junior physics major, traded facts and statistics on guns in the U.S.,
Omega Psi Phi Brotherhood Present Love Advice
Brotherhood Omega Psi Phi took a different approach during this love season. The fraternity hosted a love advice forum in the UC Lounge on Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. The purpose was to assist in growth within healthy relationships. Students asked anonymous questions a few minutes before the event took place. A panel answered the questions later in the evening. The panel included members of the fraternity, Omega Psi Phi’s pageant contestants and a counselor from Counseling and Psycholo

Will NC Promise Crowd Our Classrooms?
An increase in 4,000 students? An increase in online traffic by 3,000 percent? Doubling of applications? A number of rumors surrounding how many potential students UNCP is expected to receive this upcoming fall semester are flying around. “We have no idea, we really don’t. I mean we can plan - right now [for the face-to-face part of it] we’re planning for 300 new freshman and 200 transfers. But really we don’t know and really won’t know until this summer,” said Associate Prov