Nick & Nate’s is a popular restaurant on Main Street in Sylva. It primarily serves burgers, subs, and pizzas, but don’t let that dissuade you; they definitely have something for everyone. I ate there recently with one of my friends, but this was by no means my first experience with […]
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UNC President Erskine Bowles limits tuition increases
Under a new plan proposed by UNC President Erskine Bowles and approved by the UNC system’s Board of Governors, the tuition for system colleges and universities cannot increase by more than 6.5% in any new school year. By establishing this limit on tuition increases in most schools, Bowles and the […]
Upcoming events for Native American History Month
November marks Native American History Month across the nation, and WCU is planning many events to educate and entertain students, faculty and community members alike. Author Leann Howe will present her story Spiral of Fire at 7 p.m. on Nov. 14 in the UC Grandroom. Spiral of Fire details Howe’s […]
The Third Policeman
The Third Policeman is Flann O’Brien’s story of a man who commits murder. Slowly, after the murder, his everyday surroundings begin to twist into a strange mockery of normality. Bit by bit strange things occur and the story goes further down the rabbit hole. The Third Policeman has a strange […]
Freakonomics
Freakonomics, by economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner, is an exercise in strange comparisons by using examples, anecdotes, and data. Unfortunately, this book doesn’t have much going for it. The writing has many clumsy segues between the numbers, percentages, stories, and figures, and reads in a formal […]
Back to the drawing board: #22 WCU loses to #3 Furman, 42-7
Western took high hopes into Greenville, SC, on September 23, but those hopes were dashed as #3 Furman demolished the Catamounts 42-7. While the Cats were beat handily, Coach Kent Briggs of Western still thought his team could bounce back from the effort. “It’s not the end of the world. […]
World didn’t begin with a bang, but instead with a beetle: Cherokee religious beliefs
We are familiar with most creation theories: evolution, the religious aspects of a god willing a world, and of course, the “Big Bang.” But what if instead of an omnipotent god, the world started with a tiny beetle? To understand, we must go back in time. Imagine Western Carolina University’s […]
Do you know the five pillars of Islam? A Western student shares her Muslim beliefs
Before September 11, I had no idea what Islam was. At school, discussing other cultures and religions was an amusing idea as we were the guinea pigs for President Bush’s “No Child Left Behind Policy” of January 2001. Anything that wasn’t on our end-of-course test wasn’t discussed. We were under […]
Is religion helpful or harmful?
This is the time in our lives when we learn who we are and where we want to be later in life. College is the ideal place to explore what religion and faith means to you and how you will let it exist in your life. When considering whether religion […]
Eat at Stoney’s
Two of my friends and I recently ate at Stoney’s Crab Shack for the first time. If you didn’t know, the restaurant is located on Broad Street where the old Broad Street Fish Camp used to be. It can be kind of a tricky place to find since it’s behind […]
