By Max Kath Staff Writer It would be a slight understatement to say that the characters in the “Peanuts” comic strips and movies are some of the most memorable in American pop culture history. The ever pessimistic Charlie Brown, the wannabe psychiatrist Lucy, the smitten Sally, the musical prodigy Schroeder, […]
Month: September 2008
Perpetual Groove Grooves Some Change
By Alison Murphy Staff Writer This summer has been full of changes for Perpetual Groove. Perpetual Groove is a four piece band that cannot be defined by one genre of music. They are a high-energy jam band that can get trancy, thoughtful and funky. This Athens, Georgia based band has […]
Spanish/Latin American Film Festival 2008
By Morgan Carver Staff Writer The Western Carolina Foreign Languages department has sponsored a Spanish film festival for WCU students. The show times are at 7:30 pm every Tuesday starting September 9 and running through October 21. The movies are held in the University Center Theatre. “Nueba Yol” is a […]
Linus Van Pelt: Peanut or Band?
By Jonathan Benton Staff Writer The alternative folk rock group Linus Van Pelt began with guitarist/singer Zeb Wright and bassist Karie Duncan last October in Wright’s home in North Wilkesboro, NC. At the time Wright had been a solo artist. Soon afterwards Gwyn McGlammery, who was in a previous band […]
Renewable Forever, Reusable Forever
By Paige Carrick Staff Writer Western undergrad Adam Bigelow strives daily to tread lightly upon this earth, and he hopes it will catch on soon. He is an intentional and conscientious consumer-intentional in consuming only items of bare necessity and being conscientious of the effects consumerism has on the environment. […]
Ten Years Gone:
By Parker Millar News Editor April 20, 2009 will mark the anniversary of one of the darkest events in my generation’s collective memory. On April 20, 1999, two students at Columbine High School in Littleton Colorado walked through the double doors with guns drawn, bent on murder. Eric Harris and […]
Avant Garden
By Joshua Smith Staff Writer Curt Collins has had an organic, sustainable garden for four years now, but this is the first year he’s decided to turn it into a business. Its name is Avant Garden. Every Thursday from 3:00-7:00 pm, Curt and his partner John Thompson set up their […]
Dr. Carl Mumpower Gives Address At WCU
By Parker Millar News Editor The race for your vote is heating up. Dr. Carl Mumpower visited Western Carolina University on September 17 to speak to students about his campaign. Mumpower is running to represent the 11th district in the United States House of Representative. Mumpower is running in opposition […]
WCU Ride Board
By Kimberly Pruitt Staff Writer There is a bumper sticker that can be seen around campus that reads: “If you see my professor, tell ’em I’m still looking for a parking place.” While this is, on the surface, humorous, there is a growing problem with parking. Many students are willing […]
E.J. Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field Turf Replacement Begins
By Justin Caudell Sports Editor By the time the Catamounts have their next home football game on Saturday, Oct. 4 against Samford, they will be playing on a new turf. Hours following Western Carolina’s home game against the Liberty Flames on Saturday, Sept. 13, the turf replacement project at E.J. […]
