#8216;What we have here, is a failure to Communicate’ -Lucas Jackson (Cool Hand Luke) As an observer of many things, everything to be precise, I came upon a crowd gathered around the bell-tower of Western Carolina University, April tenth, 2002. With curiosity getting the best of me, and a chance […]

Dear Editor: I am writing you today to inform you that a travesty has occured on campus. Last night, while standing in a public corridor on my hall, Benton 3rd, I was arrested by campus police because I wouldnt go to my room when a student that was accompanying the […]

Dear Editor,I am writing to ask for your help. I am a senior at Tufts University outside of Boston and am currently working to complete my final project before graduation. I am in the process of designing a website that will serve as resource guide for college newspapers who face […]

WCU STUDENTS: One thing that our students at Western can do to help bring more businesses into the Cullowhee area is to change their voting residence from their hometown to Cullowhee. This would give the University as well as the students more political clout. Western and it’s needs could become […]

Press Release For More Information Contact:Rachel Newcomb293-9904 March 12, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WCU CAT PACK Looking To Increase Membership Members of the WCU Cat Pack usually focus on increasing school spirit and attendance at athletic events. This semester the members have a new focus: To increase the number of […]

Dear Editor: The occupants of the McKee building are stuck like a needle on a scratched record. A renovation project set for January 2002 remains stalled as bids for various construction contracts remain “at-large.” Despite the lack of any contracts to begin demolition or renovation, we were told to be […]

Dear editor, Why do we have an infirmary to make us better when we are sick, when they cannot properly diagnose what is wrong with us? We have all heard the horror stories of going to the infirmary when you have a cold and they give you a pregnancy test. […]

Hello, My name is Ian Cohen and I’m writing from Musictoday. We are currently promoting ticketing for the upcoming Widespread Panic tour, which comes through Asheville on Sunday, April 21st. The show takes place at the Asheville Civic Center, and tickets are available at the band’s official ticketing site: http://wptickets.musictoday.com […]

Dear Editor: How helpful can a person be to someone else? Well, if you are stranded in front of a dorm on the coldest day of the season with a flat tire anyone you see gives you a sense of relief. “Oh no! We need help! Call Campus Police!” NO […]

Dear Mr. Shwarz, I think your recent review (and I use that word very lightly) of “Black Hawk Down” was mistakenly inserted into the features section. I was expecting to read a review not a jingoistic mish-mash. Are you sure it wasn’t an editorial or perhaps a commentary on your […]