I was originally going to devote this week’s article on my predictions for Wrestlemania, bid a fond farewell to WCW on Turner Broadcasting, and hopefully give some news on the PWF. However, an e-mail I received Friday morning changed all of that. Even though reports have said that WWF was […]
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New Student Media Leaders Selected
The WCU Student Media Board selected five students to lead media organizations for the 2001-2001 school year. Chosen at the board’s February 26 meeting were: Susan Montalban, Patrick Moore, Britt Billings, Lori Turnipseed Smith and Seth Sams. Montalban was named editor of Nomad, a literary magazine run by students. As […]
Barry Drake to Give Rock ‘n’ Roll Presentation
The British Invasion and the Psychedelic Movement. Folk singers and hardcore guitarists. Boys who could harmonize and girls who knew how to get what they wanted. The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and The Supremes. All are symbols of the rock n’ roll revolution of the 1960s. On Wednesday, March […]
DepartMentalElementary and Middle Grades Education: Teaching, the Final Frontier?
Teaching is not the most glamorous profession or even the most respected, but it is one of the most important professions. So this week I am highlighting WCU’s Elementary and Middle Grades Education Department. The department offers students two different tracks, elementary education and middle grades education. The elementary education […]
New Tech-Based Summer Program for Middle-School Girls
A new summer program for girls that blends the world of information technology with outdoor fun is set for June 10-15 at Western Carolina University. Sponsored by the Division of Continuing Education and Summer School and the College of Business at WCU, techTrek is a summer program for middle-school girls […]
BOOKSSex, Cash, and Poison in the Chianti: James Patterson’s Roses are Red
In 1995, he gave us Kiss the Girls. In April, the movie adaptation of Along Came a Spider hits theaters. Now the saga of Detective Alex Cross continues, with James Patterson’s latest thriller, Roses are Red. Considering the formulaic nature of most genre fiction, it is a relief that Roses […]
VIDEOLess Entertaining Than Mr. T – “Dr. T and the Women”
#8220;Dr. T and the Women” is amazing. Unfortunately, it’s amazing in all the wrong ways. It’s amazing how they could put the notoriously female-friendly Richard Gere in the role of a gynecologist who believes that “women, by nature, are saints” and still not appeal to many women. It’s amazing how […]
WCU to Host Youth Entrepreneurship Camp
Western North Carolina high school students will learn how to create businesses and foster entrepreneurial skills while experiencing college life during the third annual Youth Entrepreneurship Camp, held June 24-29 at Western Carolina University. The camp, sponsored by the North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center at WCU and […]
Japanese Teachers to Work with WNC Schools
Local public school teachers in the WNC area are part of a select group of educators that will begin working with eleven visiting Japanese teachers from March 24 through April 2. As part of an educational exchange program involving Western Carolina University, two other University of North Carolina institutions and […]
WCU Reveals Plans for New Elementary Education Program
Attention students and community members: are you pursuing a degree and find yourself wondering about teaching as a career option? Do you have a bachelor’s degree already? Has teaching crossed your mind as a way to better yourself and provide support to children in the community? Well, if you nod […]
