Gene McAbee, director of public safety at Western Carolina University, led a discussion about alcohol, date rape and the effects of alcohol abuse on victimization Tuesday night to a group of students at the Methodist student union. The discussion is a part of the Wesley Foundation’s lecture series entitled “Reality […]
Cherokee lessons
Clubbin’ with Mike
For those of you expecting reviews about Cullowhee’s night life, don’t read this! However, if you are interested in gaining information about different clubs and organizations on campus, this column is tailored for you. Because this is the first column this semester, I’ll begin with a club that is also […]
Mad Batter a Magnet for Students, Faculty
The familiar aromas of muffins, stickybuns, and freshly brewed coffee greet the eager guests who enter the newly painted door of the expanded Mad Batter coffeeshop. The room, formerly occupied by Cullowhee Flowers and Gifts, is wide and open and fronted by tall glass windows. Small bars have been built […]
Been There, Dunn That
DeKalb, Ill. — Jill Dunn strolls out of the locker room with a perplexed look upon her brow. It is nothing unusual for a basketball coach who has been through the motions after watching her team play as flat as the cornfields of northern Illinois. One cannot help but wonder […]
Got Hook?
March 2000, basketball at Western Carolina University was in what some would call turmoil. After being ousted by Chattanooga in the first round of the men’s Southern Conference tournament, and under what some called shady circumstances, coach Phil Hopkins was fired. Along the same time, actually prior to the conference […]
REO, Styx, Survivor getting too old for this
When one thinks of old fogies who still get out onstage many years past the time when they should have retired and traded the guitars for wheelchairs, one band comes to mind more than any other. That’s right, kids, those British invaders, the Rolling Stones. But of late, there have […]
Coldplay’s Parachutes getting you through your day
To most music fans, the ideal album is one that can carry through a whole day and suit almost any mood that comes along. Coldplay’s most recent offering, Parachutes, is a CD that you can put in first thing in the morning and listen to throughout the day until you […]
How Not To Be A Millionaire – The Way of the Gun
The Way of the Gun (2000)Artisan EntertainmentWritten and Directed by Christopher McQuarrieStarring Benicio del Toro and Ryan Phillippe “For the record, I’ll call myself Mr. Parker; my associate will be Mr. Longbaugh. At some point it became clear to us that our path had been chosen and we had nothing […]
Sister India: (Almost) one heck of a good read
Any story starring a 400-lb protagonist, set amid the ancient mystery and exotic seduction of an Indian holy city, and involving a culture-shocked group of American tourists ought to be at least semi-capable of holding the reader’s interest. Sister India, by Peggy Payne, isn’t and doesn’t. On the contrary, the […]
Biology Department Awards Scholarships to Four Students
The biology department at Western Carolina University presented academic scholarships to four students during its annual award banquet Friday, Dec. 8. Jared Hamilton Fisher of Cullowhee received the Ramsey Family Scholarship, which covers the full cost of in-state tuition for the 2001-02 academic year. The son of James and Diana […]
