#8220;Is everyone afraid? Is everyone ashamed?” So begins “Doomsday Clock” the first track from Zeitgeist, the first new release by Chicago’s giants of alternative rock, Smashing Pumpkins. The “Doomsday Clock” is a symbolic clock face maintained since 1947. It uses a clock as an analogy to describe how close the […]

The Afromotive is a quickly rising ten-piece band out of Asheville North Carolina. Their music is funky and energetic, danceable and deeply infused with traditional West African rhythms. The band is currently enjoying the release of their debut album Scare Tactics, recorded and produced by WCU music school alumni Jacob […]

What is the genesis of fear? What elements are necessary to make an individual not just jump out of his or her seat, but look over his or her shoulder and lock the bedroom door the following night? The Strangers is a story of Kristen McKay (played by Liv Tyler) […]

A Sampling of Upcoming Music in Your Area: Thursday June 19 . John Patrick Williams – Guadalupe Café – Sylva . Duende Mountain Duo – The Emerald Lounge – AshevilleFriday June 20 . Friends & Fiends – Guadalupe Café – Sylva . Mark Kozelek (Early) and Centro-matic (late) – The […]

Duke Energy, one of the largest electric utilities providers in the nation, is also the third largest user of pulverized coal technology that does not allow for the control of carbon dioxide or mercury emissions. After the release of films like Al Gore’s “An Inconvienent Truth” seems to have woken […]

I’m planning to graduate in December, and like most of the first- and second- year seniors at this school, I have put off liberal studies until the absolute last moment. Consequently, this semester I’m taking Math 101. For our final project in the class, the professor has split the class […]

Gnarles Barkley, the collaborative effort of neo-soul artist Cee-lo and producer Brain “Danger Mouse” Burton returns with “the Odd Couple”, a sophomore record that dares to break the mold of the follow-up record. Explanation: There is no “Crazy” on this album. There doesn’t need to be. Neither are many of […]

10. (CNN) — Sen. John McCain on Monday rejected a “big government” takeover of the health care system, saying he wants to empower families to make more medical decisions.On the republican side of things, McCain wants to takeover the health care system by putting families in charge of their own […]

On Thursday, Apr. 17, Western Carolina University sophomore and Engineering Technology major Cameron Lloyd Wagner died in a motorcycle accident while traveling west near Cullowhee Mountain Road away from school. The accident took place at 11:54 a.m. when Wagner entered a curve and ran off the right side of the […]

How many of you have lost a friend? More specifically, how many of you have lost a friend here at WCU during the past year? Unfortunately, Student deaths at universities are a reality, but those who die are not forgotten. Every year for the past ten years, WCU has prepared […]