National radio commentator Jim Hightower, Gesundheit! Institute founder Patch Adams, grassroots activist Granny D, and Afro-Celtic singer Laura Love headline the Rolling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour to be held at the Asheville Civic Center on Saturday, May 3. “For too long progressives have walked fearful of their shadows, whimpering and […]

SLIDESHOW SPOTLIGHT FOR MAY/MOUNTAIN HERITAGE CENTER: Mountain Trout tells the 10,000-year-old story of people, trout and flowing water in the southern mountains. Thursday, May 1 Memorial tree planting ceremony-Special presentation of memorial marker honoring deceased Western Carolina University students. 3:30 P. M. Plaza, Brown Cafeteria. (227-7234) Recital-Music history class. 8 […]

What do WCU students think about the war in Iraq? WC newsmagazine asks, “What effect will the war with Iraq have on terrorism? Will war with Iraq, make or break future peace around the world?”______________________ Campus views- “I feel that the war will show terrorists and terrorist nations a like […]

Does war beget more war? This sounds like a question that one might find on the end of year exam in a sociology class about war and society. Of course, the answer to this can never truly be known. Does war actually cause more war to occur? Probably not. However, […]

Are others telling you the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Can you tell the difference between half-truths and whole-truths? Most of us are only guessing when what we’re hearing doesn’t seem correct. But police, judges, FBI agents, psychiatrists and many others are trained in techniques for how to […]

This comedy of betrayal and deception will be performed April 23-26 at 7:30 p.m. and on April 26-27 at 2 p.m. All shows will be held in Hoey Auditorium. Reserved seats are available through the Communication and Theatre Arts Department at (828) 227-7491.

In our final issue this semester we open up our pages to the debate over stem cell cloning and DNA testing. On February 28, the U. S. House of Representatives passed a ban on all human cloning and blocked funding for cloned stem cell research. Awaiting passage in the Senate, […]

Everyone likes to joke about being a “professional college student” these days, but the statement is closer to the truth than one might think. Studies have shown that the rate of undergraduate degrees earned in four years is constantly decreasing although the number of students enrolled in college continues to […]

N. C. Attorney General Roy Cooper asked more than 250 scientists and students gathered at a genomics research conference organized by Western Carolina University to join him in his effort to expand the state’s DNA database and increase the number of genetic analysts in the State Bureau of Investigation. “Thanks […]

Western Carolina University is listed among “the top 100 outstanding but under-appreciated colleges” in a new book by one of the nation’s most-respected education writers, who debunks the notion that a quality education can be found only at brand-name, Ivy League schools. In his book, Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the […]