• Annual Ritz raises $200,000 for hospital

When you combine nearly 600 philanthropists, world-class food, glitz, glamour and a Tony Award-winning actor, you’re bound to raise a large sum of money for a cause.

The 16th annual “Putting on the Ritz” benefit held in Laurinburg on Nov. 7 did just that. Not only did the event raise $200,000 for future patients, but donors enjoyed a first-class evening of entertainment and elegant festivities.

• International students visit historic battlefield

International students met American history by visiting a battlefield in North Carolina on Halloween day. They toured the Bentonville Battlefield in Four Oaks, N.C. on Oct. 31.

According to Qi (Larry) Liu, the president of International Student Organization, it was the first trip that was programmed by the International Student Organization. The 20 available seats for the trip were full a week early.

• New fast food restaurant takes pride in freshness

Students have been going wild over the new restaurant Melvins’.

Students have described Melvins’ as fresh, fast and friendly.

• Scarowinds frightens students all night

With a week until Halloween, 53 students got a scare early from a trip to Scarowinds on Oct 24.

“I was chased by a mummy on stilts, chased by a chainsaw, and scared to death in one of the haunted houses called The Dead Inn. After that, I quit with the scary attractions,” freshman Amber Jordan said.

• UNCP students create, design, market their own clothing line

For Desmond Latimore, a senior at UNCP, it is never too early to shoot for the stars.

Together with Theo Dickens and Brad Cambria, Latimore is using his skills as a business and marketing major to establish their new clothing line, DeadStars Company.

• Chevy to the levee attracts celebrities

Scattered showers did not threaten to end the festivities taking place at the seventh annual Chevy to the Levee on Oct. 24.

Runners, vendors and families still came to participate in the community event held at Luther Britt Park in Lumberton.

• GPAC golf tournament raises over $6,000

The weather was picturesque and the money poured out in support of the second annual GPAC golf tournament held on Oct. 1 at Pinecrest Country Club in Lumberton.

According to GPAC Executive Director Patricia Fields, the event raised over $6,000.

• Rock ‘n’ roll legend Little Richard thrills, surprises audience in Myrtle Beach

Rock ‘n’ roll hall of fame member Little Richard, who will be 77 years old in December, proved to the audience that age is just a number when he appeared in-concert at the Alabama Theatre in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Sept. 26.

• Local jewelry store celebrates 15 years

The Pembroke jewelry store, Cynas, offers jewelry based on Lumbee heritage, and they are celebrating 15 years in business on Oct. 17.

• New clothing store attracts students

A new urban clothing store, Trend Settas, is now open in Pembroke. It is one of many stores that has been added since the population growth at UNCP.

Most bands know that they’ve became known when one of their songs end up in a commercial.

The Sounds were practically unknowns in the U.S., until the song “Hurt you” was featured in a Geico Insurance Company commercial that aired in September 2008. Since then they’ve gained a decent number of fans.

Imagine walking outside your student housing apartment to find your 1:30 p.m. class professor checking her mail at the same apartment mailbox as yours.

The new water tower resulted from lack of appropriate pressure in the water lines throughout campus. The facilities management project is currently managed through the planning and construction department.

Late night coffee available
for students

After two years of attending UNCP, senior Wesley Page was tired of the lack of hangouts around town for college students.
“There was nowhere to hang out other than McDonalds, especially at night,” Page said.
Now, as operator of Pembroke’s “The ‘Broke Coffee House”, he hopes that will change. ..
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