Congratulations to the following students whose work has been selected to appear in the 2001 edition of Nomad, WCU’s art and literary magazine. Bridget Fitzgerald: “Writing Chalkboard Letters” Sabrina Kumar: “Jamaican Triptych” and “haiku” Michael McCollum: “Cliff’s Notes” Crystal Olson: “Topsy-Turvy” and “Memories of Omaha” Virginia Culp: “Neurotic Distortions of […]
Month: March 2001
Comedian Bobby Lee to perform at Illusions
Comedian Bobby Lee will perform at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, April 3, at 9 p.m. The comedy show will take place in Illusions nightclub, in the A.K. Hinds University Center. Lee has appeared on the television programs “Friday Night Videos” on NBC, “Make Me Laugh” on Comedy Central, and […]
Fan Favorite “They Might Be Giants” Comes to Asheville
Like many bands that enjoy a less mainstream popularity of cult proportions, many people insist that while they’ve heard of the New York based group They Might Be Giants (TMBG), they’ve never actually heard them. Not true, I say. For while many have escaped the rhetoric of “Birdhouse in Your […]
Valuable Ring Stolen from Dodson Work Site
Workers at the Dodson pavilion reported last Wednesday that an aluminum pressure ring had been stolen from the site. The ring, specially manufactured for the pavilion, was made of polished aluminum and is valued at $3000. The ring was designed to be part of the structure of the pavilion’s cover, […]
Suspected Car Thief Arrested in Florida
A male non-student from Jackson County was arrested last Wednesday in Tallahassee, Florida, in connection with a car that was reported stolen from the Helder parking lot. On March 9, a female student reported that her car, a 1993 Chevrolet Lumina, was missing from Helder. University Police drew up a […]
Hook’s Going to Kansas City… Kansas City, Here Hook Comes
KANSAS CITY, MO – Despite the recent turn of events down on Buzzer Beater Blvd. in downtown Upset City–-which by the way is a suburb of Bracketville—-I still say that the Atlantic Coast Conference is the toughest and best basketball conference in all of NCAA hoops. Yes, that statement might […]
WCU Holds Track and Field Invitational
Fresh off of a top three finish for both the men and women in the Southern Conference Championships, Western held the WCU Track and Field Invitational Saturday, March 17. The Catamounts competed against Southern Conference foes such as East Tennessee State, Wofford, Furman, and the Citadel as well as a […]
Hook’s Wrestling Report?From One Extreme to Another
KNOXVILLE, TN – Now, I know what you’re already thinking: “Doesn’t the Carolinian already have a column devoted to the sports-entertainment phenomenon called professional wrestling?” And the answer is a resounding “Yes!” The artist known to the valley as Servo has been covering the professional ranks of wrestling for the […]
Odds & EndsA Mid-Major Pain in the…
CHICAGO, Ill. — If you want to read something warm and fuzzy about Hampton, Indiana State and Utah State reaching the second round of the NCAA Tournament, you should turn your eyes away from the next 631 words. Words cannot express how much I detest “Mid-Major” and everything the term […]
Servo’s Wrestling ReportA Couple More Bite the Dust
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it has finally happened. After two years of mediocre shows and lackluster ratings, Turner Broadcasting is pulling the plug on the World Championship Wrestling shows. Both Nitro and Thunder will no longer be seen on Turner stations (TNT and TBS) after next week. That’s not the […]
