Early in the morning of February 11, Erin Hawk died of unknown causes in her room in Harrill Residence Hall. Last week, Director of Public Safety Gene McAbee delivered Hawk’s medications to Dr. Keith Ingram in the Office of the State Medical Examiner in Chapel Hill, where Hawk had been […]
Author: Dawn Pasley
Hog Paintings, Glass Pieces Currently on Display at WCU
Students browsing the Chelsea Gallery in the A.K. Hinds University Center may have noticed a set of near photo-realistic paintings featuring an unlikely subject– hogs. The paintings are part of Manning, S.C., artist Tarleton Blackwell’s “Hog Series,” which he started work on over 17 years ago. The paintings are currently […]
Singer Christine Kane returns to WCU
Popular singer and acoustic guitarist Christine Kane returns to Western Carolina University on Thursday, March 1, as part of Women’s History Month. The 9pm concert will take place at the Illusions nightclub in the A.K. Hinds University Center. Tickets are $2 for Western students with valid identification, $4 for all […]
WCU Student Dies in Car Accident
A WCU student was killed early Saturday, February 17, in a one-vehicle accident in Webster. Tara Michelle Lackey, 20, was riding in an S-10 pickup truck driven by a male Smoky Mountain High School student at about 12:30 a.m. when it ran off of the road and turned over approximately […]
Problems With State Budget Affect Western
The poor condition of the state’s budget have driven Gov. Mike Easley to implement a plan that calls for budget reductions and reallocations totaling $1 billion. “The University system was asked to revert $32 million,” said Chuck Wooten, the vice chancellor for administration and finance. “For Western, our share totals […]
New Women’s Center To Address Issues
Recently at Western Carolina, the Student Affairs Office decided to open a Women’s Center to better address women’s issues faced on campus and in the community. After a national search, they chose Rebecca Caldwell to be the director. Caldwell is proud to be chosen and is excited about the possibilities […]
College of Business Student Responds to ‘Challenge’
As a future graduate of the College of Business at Western Carolina University, I find myself caught in the midst of Mr. Kissmann’s challenge to “get active.” Though I do not completely agree with his argument, I have found that there is a strange rash of apathy that circulates in […]
Enthusiastic Cast Ready to Rock The Rocky Horror Show
With opening night scheduled for February 27, excitement is building as the University Players’ performers enter into the last week of rehearsal before the Rocky Horror Show debut. Even as the final touches are being applied to the choreography, music, and acting, the actors and actresses take a few moments […]
The Lost Boys, the Internet, and Jon Katz: Geeks
You know the ones. They are the kids who got their books stolen and their lockers vandalized. They are the ones who didn’t go to the Prom, or who showed up stag … uncomfortable and obviously not from choice. They were the outcasts that neither team wanted to pick. Dweeb, […]
Just a Girl with a Guitar: Jonatha Brooke’s Steady Pull
With her guitar in hand, singer/songwriter Jonatha Brooke tells the world about life through her eyes in her latest release Steady Pull. However, she doesn’t just play acoustic guitar. By mixing instruments like a Polynesian ukulele, a piano, an acoustic guitar, and her rich, lilting voice Brooke presents an album […]
