By Michael O’Shea Editor-in-Chief Dear Readers, I feel that something more must be said concerning the bear incident than a news story, so here’s my opinion on the matter. The first topic is public relations. Public relations is defined in the dictionary as the professional maintenance of a favorable public […]
Month: November 2008
Dead Bear “Prank” at WCU
By Michael O’Shea Editor-in-Chief On Monday, October 20 at 7:45 am, WCU maintenance workers found a dead black bear cub placed in front of the Catamount statue outside the H.F.R. administration building in the roundabout on Western Carolina University’s campus and immediately notified campus police. Two stolen Barack Obama campaign […]
WCU Volleyball Coach Fired
Western Carolina has fired volleyball coach Stephanie Dragan after the Catamounts ended the 2008 season with a 6-26 record. WCU was 3-15 in the Southern Conference and was tied with Appalachian State for last in the league’s North Division this year. In Dragan’s four seasons, the Catamounts’ overall record was […]
“Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow”
By Michael O’Shea Editor-in-Chief “Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow,” K-the-I???’s latest release due out November 7, starts off with a burst of exploding beats clanking over a soundscape of surreality, setting the tone for the rest of what’s to come. K-the-I???’s rhymes seem to be spit from the top of the […]
Gas Shortage in Southeast
By Amber Pope, Staff Writer Complications from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have made gas scarce in portions of the Southeast. Parts of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and the Carolinas have been the hardest hit. Oil refineries were shut down for both hurricanes, and refineries remained at a lower production rate due […]
Town of Sylva Constructing New Park
By Paige Carrick Staff Writer If you drive through Sylva, before you turn to go downtown, you will notice a newly constructed pavilion. If you look closer, you will also notice some debris hiding a newly constructed bridge. The pavilion however, is not as out of place as one may […]
Forbidden Fruit in WNC
By Paige Carrick Staff Writer A local orchard and residential community in Western North Carolina is an active Superfund site according to the EPA. Barbers Orchard off of HWY 23/74 in Waynesville, NC was proposed to the National Priorities List in January 2001 and finalized in September of 2001. The […]
The Clothesline Project
By Catherine Connor Staff Writer Every fall, students walk by a string of t-shirts hung out on a clothesline in front of the University Center. Each of these t-shirts are strung with messages from victims of domestic violence for a week. I interviewed the new director of the Women’s Center, […]
The Big Bailout
By Amber Pope Staff Writer A bill called TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program), also called the “Bailout”, was proposed in Congress earlier this week and shot down with much ceremony. The bill called for an unprecedented government intervention in the finances of private corporations, as well as in housing and […]
The Green Light:
By Curt Collins Contributing Writer Lately there has been a lot of conversation out in Jackson County, and media attention about the use of oil, what we are forced to engage in to secure it for our country, its limited availability and how do we get off of it. What […]
