Dear Mr. Shwarz, I think your recent review (and I use that word very lightly) of “Black Hawk Down” was mistakenly inserted into the features section. I was expecting to read a review not a jingoistic mish-mash. Are you sure it wasn’t an editorial or perhaps a commentary on your […]
Author: cae8r3@mizzou.edu
Campus Police and “K”
Dear Editor, My entire life I have always had the utmost respect for the law, and I will continue to; all except one Officer Bob Randazzo, an officer on the WCU campus. Known to students with tickets as officer number 170. I now understand why police officers are referred to […]
Fancy Lad Hits the High Seas in Cabin Boy
Okay, another week, another review. This week’s review was sent to me by Dr. Ambrose H. Burnsides, III, Director of the Ambrose School of Mime. “I submit to you the melodic title of “Cabin Boy” for your consideration as a sublime celluloid dream. You would be most wise and most […]
Black Hawk Down Shows True Portait of War …
What were you doing on October 3, 1993? I was watching TV with my parents while 120 elite American troops were engaged in the hornet’s nest called central Mogadishu. What a battle that was, as the Somalian militia overcame inferior training and weapons with numbers and determination to really give […]
Elders Speaks at WCU
Jocelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of the United States, visited Western on February 7. A student session was held in the Grandroom of the UC, as well as a session open for the public that night in the Ramsey Center. Elders is the last of three speakers in the Chancellor’s […]
WCU’s Teaching Fellows Program Gets High Marks
Western Carolina University’s Teaching fellows Program was lauded for demonstrating “excellence in implementation and results” in 18 of 25 program areas evaluated during a recent review by the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission. An evaluation team visited the WCU campus last November and “clearly received the message presented by the […]
Freshman, Non-student Face Felony Drug Charges
Western Carolina University freshman Joshua Curtis Balentine, 19, and non-student Aaron James Malay, 20, were arrested January 25 on drug charges related to a hydroponics garden and several marijuana plants found in their closet on the 3rd floor of Benton. Both were charged with possession of marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, maintaining […]
Cullowhee Crud Hits WCU
Most pople at WCU have experienced the “Cullowhee Crud,” thought to be an illness spread from all the students who are sick when they return to campus. Because everyone is in such close proximity on a college campus, it’s doesn’t take long for one sick person to turn into 300. […]
great work!
I just wanted to drop a note about your last issue. It was great! I wanted to let Jeff Atkins know two things. First, he has the same name as Ja Rule. Kinda weird huh, especially considering that he is not a huge fan of rap? Also, one of the […]
Registering to see content
I am happy to see the Western Carolinian online. I wrote for the paper from ’87-90 and was an editor from 89-90, so it was with a sense of nostalgia that I tried to check it out. Unfortunately virtually everything I tried to click on resulted in a request for […]
