Month: March 2002

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Arrested without being read my rights

Dear Editor: I am writing you today to inform you that a travesty has occured on campus. Last night, while standing in a public corridor on my hall, Benton 3rd, I was arrested by campus police because I wouldnt go to my room when a student that was accompanying the […]

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please help a fellow student journalist

Dear Editor,I am writing to ask for your help. I am a senior at Tufts University outside of Boston and am currently working to complete my final project before graduation. I am in the process of designing a website that will serve as resource guide for college newspapers who face […]

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Students can help Western Politically

WCU STUDENTS: One thing that our students at Western can do to help bring more businesses into the Cullowhee area is to change their voting residence from their hometown to Cullowhee. This would give the University as well as the students more political clout. Western and it’s needs could become […]

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WCU CAT PACK Looking To Increase Membership

Press Release For More Information Contact:Rachel Newcomb293-9904 March 12, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WCU CAT PACK Looking To Increase Membership Members of the WCU Cat Pack usually focus on increasing school spirit and attendance at athletic events. This semester the members have a new focus: To increase the number of […]

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A Tragedy of the Commons

Dear Editor: The occupants of the McKee building are stuck like a needle on a scratched record. A renovation project set for January 2002 remains stalled as bids for various construction contracts remain “at-large.” Despite the lack of any contracts to begin demolition or renovation, we were told to be […]

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Widespread Panic Show- Asheville, 4/21

Hello, My name is Ian Cohen and I’m writing from Musictoday. We are currently promoting ticketing for the upcoming Widespread Panic tour, which comes through Asheville on Sunday, April 21st. The show takes place at the Asheville Civic Center, and tickets are available at the band’s official ticketing site: http://wptickets.musictoday.com […]

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Keri Broach

Dear editor, Why do we have an infirmary to make us better when we are sick, when they cannot properly diagnose what is wrong with us? We have all heard the horror stories of going to the infirmary when you have a cold and they give you a pregnancy test. […]

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PPI Organizing WNC Youth Assembly

Two hundred students from Western North Carolina will have their voices heard on a variety of issues facing local governments across the region when they convene in a youth assembly Saturday, March 23, in Asheville, an event organized by Western Carolina University’s Public Policy Institute. The second annual Local Government […]

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WCU Student Facing Multiple Charges

Former WCU student Alan Jeremy Tyson, 20, was arrested Feb. 25 on two counts of assault on a female and one count of second-degree rape in connection with incidences that occurred in Leatherwood residence hall. Tyson was released from jail after posting a $3,000 cash bond and $7,000 unsecured bond. […]