Ever since the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, people everywhere have questioned the morals and ethics of creating living creatures from non-living things. This novel was very controversial as Shelley was way ahead of her time. Such attempts at playing God created more bad than good in this story, as […]
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The idea of human stem cell cloning has proponents inciting images of pop cult icons like Frankenstein and ranting Michael Stipe lyrics claiming, “It’s the end of the world as we know it.” Perhaps we are too close on the heels of “Attack of the Clones” for people to distance […]
CulloWHEE! Artsfest, June 20 – 21
On Friday and Saturday, June 20 – 21, the CulloWHEE! Artsfest will fill WCU campus with live jazz, blues and adult contemporary music. Though not released yet, this year’s headliners are promised to match those of last year’s Artsfest. The festival will also offer a fine arts exhibit where purchases […]
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Swim programs for youngsters of all ages and lifeguard training will be offered this spring and summer at Western Carolina University. The Tiny Tot Swim Program will be held weekdays, June 2 – 13, July 21 – Aug. 1 and Aug. 4 – 15 at WCU’s Reid Gymnasium Pool. The […]
Rolling Thunder Comes To Asheville, May 3
National radio commentator Jim Hightower, Gesundheit! Institute founder Patch Adams, grassroots activist Granny D, and Afro-Celtic singer Laura Love headline the Rolling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour to be held at the Asheville Civic Center on Saturday, May 3. “For too long progressives have walked fearful of their shadows, whimpering and […]
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SLIDESHOW SPOTLIGHT FOR MAY/MOUNTAIN HERITAGE CENTER: Mountain Trout tells the 10,000-year-old story of people, trout and flowing water in the southern mountains. Thursday, May 1 Memorial tree planting ceremony-Special presentation of memorial marker honoring deceased Western Carolina University students. 3:30 P. M. Plaza, Brown Cafeteria. (227-7234) Recital-Music history class. 8 […]
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y Sergio Ortiz | WCnewsmagaizne Who ever said that Western graduates don’t make a difference? Well whoever did, they’ve never heard of Tracy Putnam Ray. Ray is a WCU graduate, who now is a captain in the U. S. Air Force. Almost all of us saw or heard about Pfc. […]
University Theatre Presents “Sinners,” April 23-27, Hoey Auditorium
This comedy of betrayal and deception will be performed April 23-26 at 7:30 p.m. and on April 26-27 at 2 p.m. All shows will be held in Hoey Auditorium. Reserved seats are available through the Communication and Theatre Arts Department at (828) 227-7491. “Sinners” is a “comic-mystery of love, lust, […]
Campus Views – What effect will the war with Iraq have on terrorism?
What do WCU students think about the war in Iraq? WC newsmagazine asks, “What effect will the war with Iraq have on terrorism? Will war with Iraq, make or break future peace around the world?”______________________ Campus views- “I feel that the war will show terrorists and terrorist nations a like […]
EQUAL INK: DOES WAR BEGET WAR?
Does war beget more war? This sounds like a question that one might find on the end of year exam in a sociology class about war and society. Of course, the answer to this can never truly be known. Does war actually cause more war to occur? Probably not. However, […]
