As a continuing part of the Chancellor’s Speaker Series for 2000-01, WCU will welcome Alan Dershowitz, a famous legal scholar and best selling author, on Thursday, March 1. Dershowitz’s fame has come in part by the fact that he has defended such well-known and controversial clients as O.J. Simpson, Mike […]
Author: Melissa Dills
Chancellor’s Speaker Series presents Famed Attorney Alan Dershowitz
Famed legal scholar and best-selling author Alan Dershowitz, who has defended such controversial clients as O.J. Simpson, Mike Tyson, Michael Milken and Claus von Bulow, will visit Western Carolina University on Thursday, March 1, as part of the Chancellor’s Speaker Series for 2000-01. Dershowitz will speak on the topic “Why […]
WCU Public Policy Institute Organizes Youth Assembly
Two hundred students from Western North Carolina will have their voices heard on a variety of issues facing local government across the region when they convene in a youth assembly Saturday, March 24, in Asheville, organized by Western Carolina University’s Public Policy Institute. The Local Government Youth Assembly, the first […]
Medical Education Maverick to Give Workshop
Living and learning, personal development and communication with students will be the topics of a daylong workshop Monday, March 26, at Western Carolina University featuring medical education maverick Jeannette Norden, a neuroscientist from Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine. The public program is part of the “Learning to Live, Living to […]
Reader Thankful for “Honest Review”
Great job on tearing vitamin C a new one! i, like most sane humans, cannot stand the pathetic atempts at music made by some of the “artists” of today. thanks for the honest review, and thanks for writing what you think about our favorite reason to drink orange juice.
DepartMental
Some people call them shrinks, some prefer head doctors, and on occasion some are actually referred to as therapists or doctors. However, most of the students in the Psychology department will not be called any of these names. Some will be called “coach,” others “teacher;” some will be business people, […]
Campus Safer Than Surrounding Community, Report Says
According to a recent report on three years’ worth of crime statistics from universities across the nation, college campuses are generally safer places than the larger communities in which they are located. The report, released by the Department of Education to Congress in January, states “The campus crime statistics collected […]
Managing Editor, Web Editor to Live Happily Ever After
Alex Esmon and Nichole Hardy were married at Snow Hill Methodist Church in Franklin Saturday afternoon before a crowd of more than 50 well-wishers. Alex, the managing editor of the Western Carolinian, has worked in various roles in his four years at the paper, but he is perhaps best known […]
Servo’s Wrestlin’ Report
Hello wrestling fans, and welcome once again to Servo’s little column. Sorry about the absence last week. I was feeling a bit under the weather with a combination of the dozen sicknesses that are going around campus this time of year. But I count my illness as a blessing because […]
Good Showing at Clemson for WCU Track
Western Carolina track and field was among 37 schools that gathered at Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum Friday and Saturday to compete in the Tiger Classic. The unscored, two-day event proved to be another steppingstone for the Catamounts as they continue to strive toward winning the Southern Conference Indoor Championship. Several individuals […]
