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Junior Year Abroad in Baghdad
Young people have always wanted respect and acknowledgment. You haven’t earned it. Historically, young people have the worst voter turnout in the nation. In 2000, only half of you had registered, and only a third of you who registered bothered to vote. According to US Census Data, you represent about […]
Who is Voting for You?
Are you one of the people who is “unlikely to vote”? By not voting you certainly make some politicians very happy, because that way they don’t need to worry about your concerns. And that makes their campaigns much simpler. Do you realize how much more thought they would have to […]
student aid
The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Student Aid Alliance Labels Bush 2005 Budget Inadequate (Statement by the Student Aid Alliance) The Bush Administration’s fiscal year 2005 budget plan is totally inadequate to meet the needs of America’s college students and their families. At both the state and federal […]
political conventions
Did you know that some of our tax money goes to subsidize the Democratic and Republican conventions ? During these two events corporations, unions, and special interest groups spent millions entertaining and ”informing” politicians. Why don’t we let those groups pay for conventions, debates, and elections ? I am sure […]
Award-winning author / Halloween edition
Dear Editor: I hope you will forgive my imposing. I am an award-winning author writing to introduce my upcoming book, 13: The Story of the World’s Most Popular Superstition, which will be published in hardcover on Halloween by Thunder’s Mouth Press/Avalon and in paperback next year by Plume/Penguin. Kirkus Reviews calls 13 “fast-paced and […]
Talent Auditions
Press ReleaseThe Flaxgold Entertainment Talent SearchNation-wide Talent Search Auditions kick off October 9, 2004At the Holiday Inn Express in Murphy, North Carolina from 9 AM until 5 PMFor further information contact RLBPROMO@AOL.COM LOS ANGELES-Flaxgold Entertainment, a Hollywood based sound-recording and entertainment and sports management company will launch its first nationwide […]
John Edwards and plaintiffs’ lawyers
Dear Sir or Madam, I believe that the presence of John Edwards on the Democratic ticket should bring to the fore the important issue of the damage that plaintiffs’ lawyers are doing to our country. I hope The Western Carolinian will give a good airing in its pages of this […]
Rudewear
Hello, my name is Eric Rothman and I have started a new t-shirt line called Rudewear. You can go to www.rudeweargear.com and see what you think. I would love to have an article in your newspaper about my clothes. I am a born and raised North Carolina man. I have […]
Degradation of Sports
THG. Pete Rose. St. John’s, Fresno State’s, St. Bonaventure’s, Iowa State’s, Baylor’s, Georgia’s, and Michigan’s men’s basketball programs, and Colorado’s, Alabama’s, Houston’s, Rice’s, Northern Colorado’s, Colorado State’s, and Washington’s football programs. These are just a few of the recent wave of scandals that have tarnished the image of sports in […]