Okay, another week, another review. This week’s review was sent to me by Dr. Ambrose H. Burnsides, III, Director of the Ambrose School of Mime. “I submit to you the melodic title of “Cabin Boy” for your consideration as a sublime celluloid dream. You would be most wise and most […]
Author: Sean Bilichka
Black Hawk Down Shows True Portait of War …
What were you doing on October 3, 1993? I was watching TV with my parents while 120 elite American troops were engaged in the hornet’s nest called central Mogadishu. What a battle that was, as the Somalian militia overcame inferior training and weapons with numbers and determination to really give […]
Elders Speaks at WCU
Jocelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of the United States, visited Western on February 7. A student session was held in the Grandroom of the UC, as well as a session open for the public that night in the Ramsey Center. Elders is the last of three speakers in the Chancellor’s […]
WCU’s Teaching Fellows Program Gets High Marks
Western Carolina University’s Teaching fellows Program was lauded for demonstrating “excellence in implementation and results” in 18 of 25 program areas evaluated during a recent review by the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission. An evaluation team visited the WCU campus last November and “clearly received the message presented by the […]
Freshman, Non-student Face Felony Drug Charges
Western Carolina University freshman Joshua Curtis Balentine, 19, and non-student Aaron James Malay, 20, were arrested January 25 on drug charges related to a hydroponics garden and several marijuana plants found in their closet on the 3rd floor of Benton. Both were charged with possession of marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, maintaining […]
Cullowhee Crud Hits WCU
Most pople at WCU have experienced the “Cullowhee Crud,” thought to be an illness spread from all the students who are sick when they return to campus. Because everyone is in such close proximity on a college campus, it’s doesn’t take long for one sick person to turn into 300. […]
great work!
I just wanted to drop a note about your last issue. It was great! I wanted to let Jeff Atkins know two things. First, he has the same name as Ja Rule. Kinda weird huh, especially considering that he is not a huge fan of rap? Also, one of the […]
Registering to see content
I am happy to see the Western Carolinian online. I wrote for the paper from ’87-90 and was an editor from 89-90, so it was with a sense of nostalgia that I tried to check it out. Unfortunately virtually everything I tried to click on resulted in a request for […]
WCU Biology Department Awards Scholarships to Four Students
Western Carolina University’s biology department presented academic scholarships to four students during its annual awards banquet held recently. Holly Morrison Bright of 4124 Fieldstone Drive, Gainesville, Ga., received the $1,000 John C. Rice Family Scholarship for the spring semester. Bright, daughter of Gainesville residents Sue Mathis and Robin Bright, is […]
Judge Denies Anderson Extradition Hearing
Former WCU graduate student Derek Nicholas Anderson, 32, was denied a hearing, which was intended to prove he is not a fugitive from North Carolina, by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Daniel A. Noonan. Anderson has been incarcerated in Milwaukee County 10 months since being indicted in North Carolina on a […]
