#8220;Just Change the Damn Channel” It confuses me how someone can be so offended by something that means nothing to them. Why is is that people in this world always feel the need to slander something that many other people enjoy, just because they do not approve of it. If […]
Author: jaquigg@juno.com
Focus on Crime, not Personality
Dear Editor, I would just like to respond to the two letters written by Darlene Brown and Melissa Cochran. I have finally found someone that agrees with me. What kind of bull crap sentence is the one that Christina got for the murder of her newborn baby girl. She got […]
LMP to sponsor comedy/lecture “Two Thin”
Western Carolina University will present “Two Thin,” a comedy and lecture about eating disorders, on Thursday, March 29, at 8pm. The hour-long program, part of Women’s History Month at WCU, will take place in the recital hall of the Coulter Building. It is open to the public free of charge. […]
Marimba artist William Moersch to perform at WCU
World-renowned marimba artist William Moersch will give a clinic, masterclass and concert at Western Carolina University Wednesday, March 21. The 8 p.m. marimba concert will take place in the recital hall of the Coulter Building. The concert is free and open to the public. Professor and chair of the percussion […]
Web-based Registration for Summer, Fall Begins Soon
Early registration for summer school and fall semester 2001 will begin via the World Wide Web at Western Carolina University on Monday, March 26, and continue through Friday, April 6, for currently enrolled students. Academic advisement will be held in the departmental offices of students’ majors from 8:30 a.m. to […]
Angela Oh to discuss race relations at WCU
Angela E. Oh, a civil rights attorney and author who served on President Bill Clinton’s race relations advisory board, will speak on racial reconciliation Tuesday, March 27, as part of Western Carolina University’s observance of Women’s History Month. Oh’s presentation will begin at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Forsyth […]
Groundbeaking Ceremony
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new fine arts center will commence at 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, March 8 and will be held at the future site of the building where the intramural fields used to be. Many honorary members of the board of trustees will be in attendance, as well […]
Catamounts Baseball Splits with Wofford, Buries UNCA
Western Carolina opened their 2001 Southern Conference season Sunday by splitting a doubleheader against the Terriers of Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, February 28, the Catamounts (6-9, 1-1) exploded on offense for a 19-10 win over UNC Asheville. The opening game Sunday, at Duncan Stadium, saw the […]
Cory’s ColumnLookout Tiger, Durant Making Early Charge
As the nation’s sports fans keep one eye on the closing of the year’s basketball season and begin to go “mad” with March heat, they begin to turn over to the new baseball season with opening day fast approaching. What many fans tend to overlook, however, is the year-long, fan-unfriendly […]
Fiske Trial Outcome ‘Just Doesn’t Do Justice’
After reading the outcome of the Fiske case, I have become outraged. A minimum seven years and ten months just doesn’t do justice to the crime at hand. Christina murdered an infant. Not just any infant but her own flesh and blood. So she has seemingly justified her act, so […]
