CRIME REPORT

UNCW Off The Freakin Hook

 Frank Cordelle's Century Project next week at UNCW has ruffled a few feathers, not that it was a cause of concern the first time this circus came to town in 2002. The University of North Carolina Wilmington will not publicly display nude photographs of underage girls in the upcoming exhibition much to the dismay of the same group of folks that can't understand why it was wrong to sexually exploit Dakota Fanning in the making of the movie Hounddog.

Cindy Lawson, an assistant to Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo for marketing and communication, said “we wanted to be sensitive to concerns raised about nude photos of young people under the age of consent. Due to these concerns, the university requested that ‘Century Project’ photographer Frank Cordelle remove any photos of minors from the exhibit when it runs at UNCW; he has agreed.”

Why is it wrong to display these photos? Well these are underage kids, they are labeled underage because they have been deemed to be incapable of making a decision such as whether or not to take off their clothes for a photograph that will be public domain. Not only that but this "Artist" Cordelle makes money off of the exhibits, around $4,000 each week.

Janet Ellerby, of the university’s Women’s Resource Center, which is sponsoring the exhibit is pissed. How dare someone be upset that some girls are being used in a manner in which they are incapable of agreeing to participate, legally.

In fact the 16 year-old girl in the censored photo above said  about her experience,(btw, it is illegal to photograph a 16 year-old nude, and equally as illegal to display the photograph...unless, of course,  it's art)

"Posing for you was one of the greatest experiences of my life, though I didn't realize it at the time."

Whose to say what sort of problems can arise once your parent or guardian signs a consent for allowing you to be photographed nude and have it on display all over the world? Perhaps it is a cathartic experience, perhaps it isn't. No one actually knows and it seems people like Ms. Ellerby don't care. They spend $4,000 or whatever it is, of our money, to perhaps further humiliate an already fragile human being.

This is not about "dirty pictures" or censorship, this is about common human rights and last I checked children are just as entitled to them as Mr. Cordelle.

So UNCW, let's just do away with any of this exploitation of minors in the future and use that money to focus on your students from dying or being arrested (either way ruining lives) because of the drug epidemic running rampant on your campus.

The Century Project

Monday, March 2-6

Warwick Center

Monday - Thursday | 9-5pm Friday: 12-3pm

Reception on Wednesday, March 4, 6-8pm

The Century Project is a realistic photographic representation of the contemporary American Female. This provocative collection is meant for all women and men who love them.

 

By Frank Cordelle, photographer

 

Sponsors: UNCW Women's Resource Center, Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, Department of History, Honors Scholars Program, The College of Arts & Sciences, Randall Library, Health Applied Human Sciences, Upperman African American Cultural Center

 

Feminist Colloquium

Monday, March 2

5-6pm, Randall Library, 2nd Floor

Q & A with Frank Cordelle, Photographer

Participants:

Sue Cody: RandallLibrary

Janis Chakars: English and Journalism Professor

Adam Tate: CARE coordinator for Men's Programs

Dee Casey: Director, Violence Prevention, CARE

Bill DiNome: Student Media Coordinator

Officer Matthews 10-42

Wilmington remembered Wilmington Police Officer Richard Matthews today in a service held at St. Marks. The flag draped coffin came down Eastwood Road and into the church parking lot where  it was met by hundreds of uniformed law enforcement officers at attention.

A contingency of officers from various agencies throughout the state snapped hand to brow in salute of their fallen brother. The mood stayed somber.

Chief Ralph Evangelous made arrangements for coverage with other cooperating agencies so that his entire department could attend the service. The escorted hearse will be driven to Officer Matthews hometown in Pennsylvania by Detective Missy Perkins.

"Central to 313, central to 313, central to 313...313, sir you are clear for final 10-42. Central to all units, 313 is 10-42, central is clear."

There goes my hero, watch him as he goes.

Officer Richard Matthews

Officer Richard Matthews, age 28, was hired in December 2006. Officer Matthews has died from injuries sustained in a crash early this morning.

The officer was in his marked police car headed eastbound on Shipyard Boulevard at 1:18 a.m. He was en route to back up another officer on a call.

The preliminary investigation indicates that the officer lost control of his vehicle, crossed the median and hit a tree on the opposite side of the road in the 3900 block of Shipyard Boulevard. He was transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Donations in memory of Officer Matthews may be sent to the Wilmington Police Recreation Association, c/o Lt. Matt Hinson, 615 Bess Street, Wilmington, N.C., 28401.

He will be forever missed by all those whose lives he touched.

On Feb. 5, he was commended by the police department for bravery, courage and professionalism when he and other officers entered a burning building at Park Place Condominiums on Park Avenue on Jan. 24 to rescue residents. Matthews carried a 96-year-old woman to safety.

There goes my hero.
Watch him as he goes...

Fleeing Dopers - Felony Murderers?

If the death of Officer Matthews occurred during the commission of a felony, these three losers could face First Degree Murder charges.

SUBCHAPTER III. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON.

Article 6.

Homicide.

§ 14‑17.  Murder in the first and second degree defined; punishment.

A murder which shall be perpetrated by means of a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon of mass destruction as defined in G.S. 14‑288.21, poison, lying in wait, imprisonment, starving, torture, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of any arson, rape or a sex offense, robbery, kidnapping, burglary, or other felony committed or attempted with the use of a deadly weapon (automobile) shall be deemed to be murder in the first degree, a Class A felony, and any person who commits such murder shall be punished with death or imprisonment in the State's prison for life without parole as the court shall determine pursuant to G.S. 15A‑2000, except that any such person who was under 18 years of age at the time of the murder shall be punished with imprisonment in the State's prison for life without parole. All other kinds of murder, including that which shall be proximately caused by the unlawful distribution of opium or any synthetic or natural salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium, or cocaine or other substance described in G.S. 90‑90(1)d., or methamphetamine, when the ingestion of such substance causes the death of the user, shall be deemed murder in the second degree, and any person who commits such murder shall be punished as a Class B2 felon. (1893, cc. 85, 281; Rev., s. 3631; C.S., s. 4200; 1949, c. 299, s. 1; 1973, c. 1201, s. 1; 1977, c. 406, s. 1; 1979, c. 682, s. 6; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1251, ss. 1, 2; c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; c. 662, s. 1; 1987, c. 693; 1989, c. 694; 1993, c. 539, s. 112; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 21, s. 1; c. 22, s. 4; c. 24, s. 14(c); 2001‑470, s. 2; 2004‑178, s. 1; 2007‑81, s. 1.)

Another note of interest, Hendy, who was recently released from prison for trafficking schedule II (over 3 years) was convicted in court last week for felony fleeing, he was sentenced to probation.