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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Sometimes one gets tired of the same old rhymes about cash money, blunts and “ho’s” (sorry, Ludacris), and they want to find a fresher sound than can be found in mainstream rap circles. Where can they turn to? Rock and roll has indie, country has alterna-country, where can the rap […]
Many music fans may not have heard of the early 90s band Pavement, but many of their favorite bands and musicians have. With a zany brand of highly melodic pop music and stream-of-consciousness lyrics, the Matador Records band remains one of the most influential of the underground alternative bands today. […]
I was flipping through the channels a few weeks ago when I got to MTV and saw something amazing. It was a video for a band that wasn’t dressed in designer outfits, a band that wasn’t dancing around like choreographed monkeys, a band that was actually playing instruments. I was […]
#8220;If you move I’m gonna smack the taste from your mouth!” says Detective Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington), as he takes drugs off some college kids in the recent release “Training Day.” The film is a force of adrenaline from start to finish as Harris teaches young Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) […]
Bids for construction on Western’s new Fine and Performing Arts Center were opened on Wednesday, October 3. With the certified bid total for construction in at 13 percent lower than previously estimated, construction is planned for January. The estimated project completion date is September 2003. The total cost for the […]
First off, a letter from the people. I got this from a certain person whom we’ll refer to as “laycd.” Laycd writes: “You should review ‘Iron Monkey’ for all those ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ fans….” Ok. I’ll do that next week. This week, I was too poor and sick to […]
The Western Carolina volleyball squad beat Chattanooga and Georgia Southern in the Ramsey Center over the weekend. The two wins move WCU (18-8, 13-3) into second place in the Southern Conference, a single game behind frontrunner College of Charleston. Sunday, the Lady Cats defeated Chattanooga 3-0 (14-11, 6-9) in the […]
Sophomore tailback Fred Boateng rushed for 152 yards and Cat defenders allowed only 119 total yards as WCU (5-3, 4-2) rolled over the Virginia Military Institute 44-17 Saturday afternoon at E.J. Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field. The victory keeps Western tied with Appalachian State in the conference after the Mountaineers beat […]
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Al Wiggins, a retired associate professor of communications and theatre arts at WCU, was among 12 other state employees nominated for a NC Governor’s Award for Excellence on Monday, October 22, 2001. The awards will be given out at the Museum of History in Raleigh. Wiggins just removed himself from […]
