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By Michela Gritti  As she prepares to graduate from UNC Pembroke, Demilade Babarinde is closing a chapter written by words of leadership, service, and personal transformation across multiple campus roles. Babarinde has served as Vice President of Student Government Association, Resident Advisor in Pine Hall, a Chancellor Ambassador, a UNCP Wellness Amba
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By Michela Gritti UNCP students have elected Elijah Griffin and LaNiya Harris as the next president and vice president of the Student Government Association, bringing two experienced campus leaders to the forefront of student advocacy. Griffin, a junior mass communication major with a concentration in broadcasting, has been involved across campus as a peer a
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By Michela Gritti AI data centers are massive warehouses filled with servers that store data and run computing processes around the clock. Artificial intelligence systems require enormous computing power, meaning thousands of servers operate continuously, generating extreme heat. To prevent overheating, cooling systems consume huge amounts of electricity and
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By David Beltran “We were scared to talk to any officer because we could get deported,” Alex Herring said. Hope Lloyd and Herring shared their testimony through a presentation titled “Survivor Leadership in Labor Trafficking,” promoting the importance of awareness and exposing the hidden side of human trafficking at the Ninth Annual Human Trafficking Confere
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By Michela Gritti UNCP marked the 20th Annual Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creativity (PURC) Symposium this week, showcasing student research and creative work from across campus. The event, hosted by the Mary Livermore Library and the PURC Center, featured 144 presentations created by about 214 students, with guidance from 68 faculty mentors represen
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Two Pine Needle newspaper editors notched first place in writing at the Society of Professional Journalists Region 2 Competition on Saturday, April 18. Sean Hancock won the Breaking News Reporting …
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By Michela Gritti  UNCP held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 10 for its new Center of Optometry and Clinical Sciences Building, a project university leaders say will have a lasting impact on health care and economic growth in southeastern North Carolina. The ceremony, held at 1 p.m. on campus, brought together faculty, community members and […]
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By Elizabeth Sopakirite West How would you describe UNCP Athletics when uou became the athletics director compared to now? I think our revenues and our expenses match up a lot better now. The challenging part is that the cost of doing business has escalated dramatically, so what it costs to travel a team back in […]
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By David Beltran During the last SGA meeting Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings updated the committee with the announcement of a renovation for Old Main, damaged by a fire in 1973. The oldest building on campus will be renovated during the summer and will facilitate collaboration with the National Museum of the American Indian to display […]
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By David Beltran Student participation in campus wellness is growing, with more students stepping into leadership roles as instructors and advocates. The growing participation of students in the wellness world has led them to engage not only as practitioners but also as instructors, like Lauren Rogitz. A sophomore majoring in sports science, Rogitz has exper
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