Month: October 2006

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Western prepares for 2007 Relay for Life

Western Carolina University is preparing for another big Relay for Life event, scheduled for Friday, April 13, on the UC lawn. The Relay is a fundraiser for cancer research, and it has seen tremendous responses from the WCU campus and the surrounding area. Because the Relay goes towards such a […]

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Christian Activities on Campus

Throughout the entire WCU campus are many different Christian ministries that students are welcome to become involved with in order to help with their faith, or give a better understanding about their faith, or to just have fun. The WCU campus is surrounded by groups such as The Wesley Foundation, […]

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Philosophy of Religion 101

The recently added sub-division Philosophy of Religion is now offered to students at Western Carolina University. A B.A. in Philosophy with a concentration in Religion requires 42 hours of various courses from the foundations to senior seminars. The Religion concentration begins with the Foundations of the Study of Religion and […]

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Some may lose but Family Weekend is a win

Many may have been confused by the sudden enrollment of middle-aged students seen wandering around our campus beginning on Friday. But there is no need to be alarmed; these older “students” were our beloved parents and other family members, visiting for WCU’s Annual Family Weekend. The weekend began on Friday, […]

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Eat at Stoney’s

Two of my friends and I recently ate at Stoney’s Crab Shack for the first time. If you didn’t know, the restaurant is located on Broad Street where the old Broad Street Fish Camp used to be. It can be kind of a tricky place to find since it’s behind […]

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Is religion helpful or harmful?

This is the time in our lives when we learn who we are and where we want to be later in life. College is the ideal place to explore what religion and faith means to you and how you will let it exist in your life. When considering whether religion […]

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Back to the drawing board: #22 WCU loses to #3 Furman, 42-7

Western took high hopes into Greenville, SC, on September 23, but those hopes were dashed as #3 Furman demolished the Catamounts 42-7. While the Cats were beat handily, Coach Kent Briggs of Western still thought his team could bounce back from the effort. “It’s not the end of the world. […]

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Do you know who’s looking at your profile?

Many college students keep in touch through websites such as Facebook or MySpace. These sites allow students to sign up under their school, create a personal profile of interests, contact information, courses they’re presently enrolled in, and their relationship status. Users can upload pictures into albums so that friends can […]