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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Replace Mello Yellow with Motorola and You Have “Driven” By Kris Kehres Copy Editor 900 million laps, 250 miles per hour, 20 races, one champ, and two movies; the new action flick “Driven,” starring Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, and Kip Pardue, can easily be compared to the Tom Cruise, Nascar […]
Western Carolina swept a three-game series from North Carolina A&T last weekend at Childress Field/Hennon Stadium. After going into extra innings to capture the first game, WCU won the final two games by a combined total of 20 runs. The Catamounts tallied 45 hits and 40 runs in all over […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
