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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
These are trying times indeed. The economy is falling to pieces, our country is embroiled in a seemingly endless conflict in the middle east, and the presidential election looms over our collective heads like a death sentence. A wise man once said that the way to kill seriousness is with […]
There are very few things that have survived for thousands of years. However, blacksmithing, whether out of necessity, or for purely crafty tradition, has endured the long passage of changing times. John Allen Davidson, Jr. states in his book, Blacksmithing in Western North Carolina: “The blacksmith touched all parts of […]
It’s tough to concentrate on a subject you have no interest in. “Math has always been beyond my grasp. Subjects of pure fact are a mystery to most artists”. said Thomas Smith, a Junior from the Fine Arts Department at WCU. “Math has always seemed akin to reading Tarot or […]
Monday, October 6th, 2008 began as just another beginning of the week in Asheville’s “Leafer Season.” Unbeknownst to the vast majority of Ashevillians, a terrible torment was gunning into town, leaving a trail of bloody destruction in their wake. This monstrous force attracted its followers to their final destination: The […]
Most of us have heard of “The War of the Worlds” prior to its debut as a live performance at the Fine and Performing Arts Center. However, most people do not even know that “The War of the Worlds” goes beyond Tom Cruise’s performance in 2005 or beyond Orson Welles’ […]
Just in time for Halloween, Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center hosted their very own faculty rendition of Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, simulating an alien invasion that became famous as a radio hoax in 1938. In order to put together such a large recreation […]
Angi West, 27 years old, just released her latest album “Orange Thread in a Blue Sea” this year, and started living what once was a dream. A die-hard musician from Cullowhee, North Carolina, is making her dream come true one step at a time. She attended The University of North […]
By Kaitlyn MullisSports Writer (Editor’s Note: The following is the first part of an ongoing series where Western Carolinian sports writer Kaitlyn Mullis investigates why certain athletic facilities are named what they are.) Every student on the Western Carolina University campus has seen the Ramsey Center. It is, needless to […]
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I’d like to suggest a few films that look promising enough for you to go and shell out seven dollars to see: “Happy- Go- Lucky”: This is a British film from world renowned writer/director Mike Leigh, whose résumé consists of such films as “Naked” and “Vera Drake.” The basic plot […]
