Author: Keri Dixon

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Money over our mouths?

It is always a dreaded thing. No one wants to do it, and everyone asks about it. What do you want to eat on campus today? When it comes to eating on campus, that question always arises. And there is another question that almost always appears with it. What is […]

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“Internships”

So you’re working on that degree, but you just don’t know how to gain that vitally important experience that employers seem to crave. Well worry no more; WCU has a plethora of internship opportunities just waiting for you. No matter what your major is, there is someone out there that […]

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Commentary: Random List

There are some things in this world that make me stop and say, “What?” Like why are there no B batteries? Batteries start at A and work their way down to D and further, but B just seemed to drop out of the alphabet at the time. Even though none […]

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Why can’t people stick around on the weekend?

It is the weekend. You walk out of your dorm, and what do you see? Empty parking lots. Everywhere you look, empty parking lots! I have to stop and ask. What is the deal? Why has Western Carolina become a “Suitcase Campus”? School is supposed to be the time of […]

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What’s the point of a foreign language requirement?

Most students end up taking a foreign language in college to fill a degree requirement or minor or to satisfy a personal desire. Though some students do not enjoy studying other languages, the knowledge may, indeed, be helpful in the long run. I studied Spanish from elementary school through my […]

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The evil of computers

Everyone has had a computer problem of some kind. It could be a little thing like having bad internet connection to a blood-chilling problem like a complete crash while writing a last-minute paper. Sometimes I think it would just be easier to go back to using a typewriter or sending […]

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Media piracy: there are no pirates here

Copyright infringement. File sharing. Software piracy. These buzz words all point at the hot topic of illegal data downloading and sharing. Not to mention, they haunt me in my sleep. Based on the legal attention being afforded this issue, obviously piracy is a problem for someone, but for whom? And […]

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Catamount track teams finish in second place at SoCon Indoor Championships

The Western Carolina men’s and women’s track and field teams both finished in second place at the SoCon Indoor Championships on February 17 and 18. The Catamounts combined to win 10 individual championships and post 26 all-conference performers. The Catamount women suffered a heartbreakingly close loss to hated rival Appalachian […]

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Lady Catamounts move into sole possession of first place

The Western Carolina Lady Catamounts did something that very few teams have been able to do over the last seven years-beat Chattanooga twice in the regular season and be in sole possession of first place. Western did both of those things in front of a record crowd of 2,178 screaming […]

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Lady Catamounts’ loses a trio on the road

Last season, the Lady Catamount Softball team broke the record for the most homeruns in a season, plus they won over 40 games. So far this season, those two statistics have a certain number in common: zero. Through the first five games of the 2007 season, the Lady Catamounts have […]