UNCW Public and International Affairs Association

Hello PIAA don't forget our first club meeting will be next Monday 01/28/2012 at 6pm in Leutze rm 111. See you there!!!!!!

Happy Election Day!

UNCW students can vote in Warwick and watch the results come in tonight in Lumina Theater from 8:00 pm - 12:00 am. The election party is hosted by the Black Student Union.

"If they take one first responder from Staten Island to cover this marathon, I will scream," New York City Councilman James Oddo said on his Twitter account. "We have people with no homes and no hope right now."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/02/us-storm-sandy-marathon-idUSBRE8A103R20121102

Storm-hit New Yorkers uneasy about decision to hold marathon NEW YORK (Reuters) - A symbol of resilience, or tactless and ill-timed? New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to proceed with the world's largest marathon on Sunday is stirring up controversy in

Shared from UNCW SGA.

"As far as cycling’s governing body is concerned, Lance Armstrong is out of the record books."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/decision-time-finally-arrives-for-uci-to-say-whether-it-will-strip-armstrong-of-7-tour-titles/2012/10/22/32965fcc-1c1f-11e2-8817-41b9a7aaabc7_story.html?hpid=z2

Cycling’s governing body agrees to strip Lance Armstrong of his 7 Tour de France titles GENEVA — Cycling’s governing body has agreed to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and ban him for life.

"The shooting incident at the Azana Salon & Spa in Brookfield left at least three people dead and four others injured."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/21/us-usa-shooting-wisconsin-idUSBRE89K0F620121021

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Democratic Candidate for NC Senate, District 8, Danny Hefner visits UNCW Danny Hefner, Democratic Candidate for NC Senate, District 8, visited UNCW's Public and International Affairs Assocation on October 2nd, 2012. Two PIAA membe...

Are you watching Felix Baumgartner's ascent? If not, you can watch it live here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/interactive/2012/oct/14/felix-baumgartner-skydiver-space-freefall?newsfeed=true

Felix Baumgartner freefall skydive from space – live stream The daredevil skydiver Felix Baumgartner is to try again to jump from the edge of space after his earlier attempts were halted by bad weather. He plans to jump from 36,576 metres (120,000ft) above the Earth, breaking a record set more than 50 years ago. He hopes to be the first person to break the s...

"A new six-year term will extend his rule of the OPEC member state to two decades, giving him a chance to deepen his oil-revenue-fueled socialism while continuing to support left-wing allies in Latin America, though a possible recurrence of cancer still hangs over him."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/08/us-venezuela-election-idUSBRE89601Z20121008

Venezuela's Chavez re-elected to extend socialist rule CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez comfortably won re-election on Sunday, quashing the opposition's best chance at unseating him in 14 years and cementing himself as a dominant

Candidate Danny Hefner for State Senate Speaks to PIAA