The Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award was announced Friday, April 27, at the General Faculty Meeting and Awards Convocation in Coulter Recital Hall. Chancellor Bardo also announced several other awards given this year to faculty and administrative staff. The nominees for the teaching award were James Costa, assistant professor of biology; […]
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Theta Xi Receives National Awards
The Theta Xi fraternity was awarded with four honors from their Grand Lodge in St. Louis, MO. The awards were for outstanding performance in the school year of 1999-2000. The two most prestigious acknowledgments were designated as “Benchmarks of Excellence.” These included a First Place award for demonstrating outstanding operations […]
Anthropology Class Honors WCU with Rituals
On Wednesday, students dressed formally and ritual clowns of various cultures could be seen performing a ritual in front of the Alumni Tower. This experiential learning activity is tied to Anthropology 365: Religion, Magic, and Myth. The idea was to get students to understand what it takes to organize a […]
POINTMTV: A Crock of Crap
On television sets across the country, people are watching the best of music videos from the best musical artists, 24 hours a day on a channel that surpasses all others when it comes to musical content. That channel is M2, and it’s estimated that over five people have the station, […]
POINTLESSNo Videos but Carson, Daily!
Who says MTV is no good? The channel that pioneered music wrapped in nice four-minute bundles has never looked better and the outstanding programming is the proof. With such shows as Total Request Live (TRL) and Celebrity Cribs, who can argue that MTV used to be better than it is […]
Preparing for the Mike World OrderORHow I Plan to Pad My Resume
For the past few weeks I have been busy exploring the job market, and like many other graduates, I have found the market to be unfriendly and sometimes harsh. So, instead of subjecting myself to the distress of the job search, I have decided on world domination after graduation. By […]
The Carolinian Cure for the Summertime Blues
What are you going to do this summer? That question seems to be the most frequently mentioned phrase around campus as the weather gets warmer, and everyone’s thoughts are turning to how they will spend their free time. Students everywhere are pondering how they will use their free time, as […]
Potential Budget Cuts Lead to Student Upset
The university has released a list of potential budget cuts for the years 2001-2003. The programs among those suggested for elimination are the Mountain Heritage Center Museum, the Math/ Science Network, the Mountain Resource Center, and the Mountain Aquaculture Center. Several students are upset by the possibility of losing so […]
GOT HOOK?If You Haven’t Gotten It By Now
It’s been a long, tedious, eventful, yet enjoyable journey. Now, I have the task of putting into a few words what the past four years at Western Carolina University have meant to me. In this column over four years, I’ve dealt with wins and losses, love and hate, life and […]
Servo Revealed
It wasn’t exactly the perfect end to this semester when it came to “Backlash.” The WWF’s latest pay-per-view was regrettably poor compared to the rest of the 2001 PPVs. The only high points I found were the surprisingly good Hardcore Title match between Raven and Rhyno and the 50-foot fall […]
