#8220;Night of the Living Dead” (1968)Written by John Russo and George RomeroDirected by George RomeroStarring Duane Jones and Judith O’DeaAn Image Ten Production Ah, Valentine’s Day – dozens of roses, heart-shaped boxes of candy, cute little teddy bears, shiny new jewelry, and flesh-eating zombies. Well, maybe not. If you do […]

Living and learning, personal development and communication with students will be the topics of a daylong workshop Monday, March 26, at Western Carolina University featuring medical education maverick Jeannette Norden, a neuroscientist from Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine. The public program is part of the “Learning to Live, Living to […]

Two hundred students from Western North Carolina will have their voices heard on a variety of issues facing local government across the region when they convene in a youth assembly Saturday, March 24, in Asheville, organized by Western Carolina University’s Public Policy Institute. The Local Government Youth Assembly, the first […]

Famed legal scholar and best-selling author Alan Dershowitz, who has defended such controversial clients as O.J. Simpson, Mike Tyson, Michael Milken and Claus von Bulow, will visit Western Carolina University on Thursday, March 1, as part of the Chancellor’s Speaker Series for 2000-01. Dershowitz will speak on the topic “Why […]

Dear Editor, I will have to say that on Monday night down at the Ramsey Center, not the RAC, I was impressed. For the most part it was a college basketball atmosphere, and everyone was treated to a good game between the mountain rivals, Appalachian State and Western Carolina. However, […]

Last Thursday millions of viewers were stuck in their seats in front of the television from 9:00 p.m. until just slightly after eleven in the evening watching the greatest rivalry in sports. Duke and Carolina battled back and forth, and the boys in blue pulled through with a two-point victory […]

Sophomore guard Marsh McGillivary scored a career-high 21 points, leading the Lady Cats to a 91-60 thrashing of Southern Conference rival Davidson College Saturday night at the Ramsey Center. The win was the first home triumph for Western Carolina this season. The Lady Catamounts jumped all over Davidson early, building […]

Monday night in the Ramsey Center, everyone got to see what a rivalry is all about: bragging rights and two teams wanting to move up in the Southern Conference standings heading down the wire in league play. Despite a season-high 3,121 boisterous fans in the arena, the Appalachian State Mountaineers […]

Western Carolina track and field was among 37 schools that gathered at Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum Friday and Saturday to compete in the Tiger Classic. The unscored, two-day event proved to be another steppingstone for the Catamounts as they continue to strive toward winning the Southern Conference Indoor Championship. Several individuals […]