Following criticism from the United Nations, the United States and Japan over a disputed rocket launch, North Korea quit negotiations on nuclear disarmament and announced plans to restart nuclear facilities after expelling UN and US nuclear inspectors from the country. The French news agency, Agence France-Presse, has quoted North Korea’s […]
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Linda Gentille to Bring “American Piano Show” to WCU
Entertainer Linda Gentille, whom the late Liberace called the “piano princess,” will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 8, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University.? Gentille’s “American Piano Show” features music of the great American composers, including George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Leonard […]
News From Washington
On Tuesday, April 21, President Barack Obama approved an increase in the number of troops in Afghanistan, which will allow for an additional 17,000 U.S. military personnel, around 8,000 of which will be coming from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. “This increase is necessary to stabilize a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, […]
Scott Huler at WCU’s Literary Festival
During the week long festivities of the Literary Festival this spring, I was fortunate to hear a reading from Scott Huler’s latest book, No Man’s Land. A journalist and previous National Public Radio (NPR) contributor, Scott Huler is said to have written about everything “from the death penalty to bikini […]
Tobacco-rich North Carolina Reaches for Partial Smoking Ban
North Carolina, one of the nation’s top tobacco growing states, supports legislation that would prohibit secondhand smoke from restaurants and businesses where minors are present, and also give bars the choice to permit patrons to smoke. “As a non smoker, I don’t care. This legislation doesn’t affect me and since […]
The Day The Music Died
Remember back in the day when MTV would still give the illusion that they played music videos? Yeah, me neither, but at least at one point they did show these things called music videos and for a brief second they were in fact seen as a new and cool art […]
Students Represent WCU at NCUR
From April 16 to April 18, a record number of WCU students attended the National Conference of Undergrad Research. Forty-eight student projects were accepted to the annual conference, held this year in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The students endured a seventeen hour-long bus ride to reach the conference. According to Dr. […]
Communication Student Selected for Prestigious Media Sales Institute
For the sixth time since 2006, a Western Carolina University broadcasting student has been selected to attend the prestigious Media Sales Institute at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Terrence Tipps, a senior from Conover, was selected this spring through a competitive application process and will attend the institute May 11-21 […]
Paper Plant Expansion Creates New Jobs for Sylva
On April 7, Stonewall Packaging LLC, a division of Jackson County Paper Manufacturing Co., announced plans to invest $17 million to create a recycled cardboard packaging facility that would generate 61 new jobs over the course of three years. The announcement has been welcomed by Jackson County officials, including Commissioners’ […]
WCU to offer Tenth Annual Mountain Dulcimer Weekend
Western Carolina University is accepting registrations for its 10th annual Mountain Dulcimer Week, to be held June 21-26. “The mountain or Appalachian dulcimer is a stringed instrument that was developed by the pioneers who settled the Southern Appalachian Mountains,” said Lois Hornbostel, Mountain Dulcimer Week director. “It is easy to […]
