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 […]

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 […]

As a graduate of Western Carolina (’86) I enjoy being to keep up with campus happenings with your website. The site has improved greatly since last semester. Keep up the good work and thanks for giving all alumnus an outlet to stay in touch. Kevin HuntleyAsheville, NC 28803 WCU ’86

In all my years at Western Carolina University, first for four years of undergraduate studies and now grad school, I’ve always had one dream; to see the big black plexiglass building wall-to-wall with hysterical Catamount fans. I did finally get my opportunity on May 12, 2001 at 2pm when I […]

On December 19, 2001 I was reading the Charlotte Observer. On the second page of the spots section I came accross an article stating that Coach Bleil was being “reassigned”. Knowing that one WCU football player is being charged with second degree murder and two others seriously injured fellow students […]

Mr. Compher, 4 Words: Hire Coach Bleil Back. Jeff, You should resign yourself based on the logic you use to hold the coach accountable. Did Brian Billick of the Baltimore Raven’s get fired when Ray Lewis had a similar incident occur? Did Ohio State’s coach get fired when their QB […]

I am writing with regards to a letter written about food on campus. I fully agree with what was said. The food on campus is just plain shitty. It sickens me to think of the choices we have here on campus. Just how much junk can a person consume in […]

Re: 11-28-01 editionThe banner line should read “Student’s Sculpture removed from Art Display”, not student’s penis removed–for obvious reasons. From a female point of view, our male and female parts have been used for sculpture since 500 BC, why not now, even if circumsized. The sculpture itself has no position […]

Yesterday a male co-worker asked me (the staff nutritionist) what I thought about the editorial recently published in the Asheville-Citizen Times on the Victoria’s Secret fashion show aired on television. Before I even started reading, he told me he thought the author had “gone too far”. With that information, I […]

In response to the editorial in the Novemeber 14 edition of the Western Carolinian, I would like to agree with Mr. Sams. I, too, am completely outraged that Chancellor Bardo will spend so much money for guest speakers to visit our campus. I mean, we are talking about $65,000 here. […]