Are others telling you the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Can you tell the difference between half-truths and whole-truths? Most of us are only guessing when what we’re hearing doesn’t seem correct. But police, judges, FBI agents, psychiatrists and many others are trained in techniques for how to […]

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.

In our final issue this semester we open up our pages to the debate over stem cell cloning and DNA testing. On February 28, the U. S. House of Representatives passed a ban on all human cloning and blocked funding for cloned stem cell research. Awaiting passage in the Senate, […]

Everyone likes to joke about being a “professional college student” these days, but the statement is closer to the truth than one might think. Studies have shown that the rate of undergraduate degrees earned in four years is constantly decreasing although the number of students enrolled in college continues to […]

N. C. Attorney General Roy Cooper asked more than 250 scientists and students gathered at a genomics research conference organized by Western Carolina University to join him in his effort to expand the state’s DNA database and increase the number of genetic analysts in the State Bureau of Investigation. “Thanks […]

Western Carolina University is listed among “the top 100 outstanding but under-appreciated colleges” in a new book by one of the nation’s most-respected education writers, who debunks the notion that a quality education can be found only at brand-name, Ivy League schools. In his book, Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the […]

Do not miss the 19th Annual Tuckaseegee River Clean Up on Saturday, April 26 from noon until 6 P. M. All you have to do to participate is dress for fun and plan to get dirty and possibly, wet. (Hmmm, wet and dirty, sounds fun already.) Wear shoes that will […]

Antigone Rising is not a feminist band, per se. They might give that impression, seeing as how they took their name from one of the first feminists – the tragic Greek character who lost her life because she refused to compromise her principles. But moreover, they’re a band made up […]

CULLOWHEE – “Gender Across the Lifespan,” a daylong conference examining the influences of gender at various stages of development throughout life, will be held Friday, Feb. 28, at Western Carolina University, kicking off Women’s History Month events at WCU. Sponsored by WCU’s Women’s Studies Program, the conference is the first […]

If Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana warned us that “those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it,” then why are we constantly repeating past mistakes and allowing a madman like Saddam Hussein to remain in power? Since the Gulf War of the 1990’s, Hussein has been in the […]