Do not miss the 19th Annual Tuckaseegee River Clean Up on Saturday, April 26 from noon until 6 P. M. All you have to do to participate is dress for fun and plan to get dirty and possibly, wet. (Hmmm, wet and dirty, sounds fun already.) Wear shoes that will […]
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y Sergio Ortiz | WCnewsmagaizne Who ever said that Western graduates don’t make a difference? Well whoever did, they’ve never heard of Tracy Putnam Ray. Ray is a WCU graduate, who now is a captain in the U. S. Air Force. Almost all of us saw or heard about Pfc. […]
University Theatre Presents “Sinners,” April 23-27, Hoey Auditorium
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. “Sinners” is a “comic-mystery of love, lust, […]
lmp presents: ANTIGONE RISING
Antigone Rising is not a feminist band, per se. They might give that impression, seeing as how they took their name from one of the first feminists – the tragic Greek character who lost her life because she refused to compromise her principles. But moreover, they’re a band made up […]
Conference on Gender Sets Stage for Women’s History
CULLOWHEE – “Gender Across the Lifespan,” a daylong conference examining the influences of gender at various stages of development throughout life, will be held Friday, Feb. 28, at Western Carolina University, kicking off Women’s History Month events at WCU. Sponsored by WCU’s Women’s Studies Program, the conference is the first […]
EQUAL INK – FOR WAR – Don’t let history repeat itself!
If Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana warned us that “those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it,” then why are we constantly repeating past mistakes and allowing a madman like Saddam Hussein to remain in power? Since the Gulf War of the 1990’s, Hussein has been in the […]
EQUAL INK – AGAINST WAR – Finishing What Daddy Started
Each time I hear about the “pre-emptive non-aggression” or war in Iraq, I cannot help thinking that Bush is just trying to finish what his father started back in the early 1990’s. I will not disagree with the fact that Iraq has violated some of the sanctions placed on it […]
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SECOND NABBED AGAIN, $5000 IN COMPETITION
For the second consecutive year, a team from WCU finished second at the annual American Express Financial Planning Invitational. The competition pits students from universities across the nation against each other, with only their financial planning abilities and their wits to aid them. The WCU team consisted of finance majors […]
Western Carolinian newsmagazine in stands NOW!
Welcome and Hello From “New” Editor- How many times have I found out about an event the day, or even an hour, after it happens? I remember this past Spring semester I was really disappointed when I missed a national political figure who spoke on campus. Then about a week […]