Do you write? Do you like sports? Would you like to get paid writing about sports? Are you motivated? Do you get things done, or just talk about them? The Western Carolinian is now accepting applications for sports writers and editors for Fall 2003 and Spring 2004. Those interested should […]

A weeklong festival pitting Western’s fraternities and sororities in a variety of fun-filled competitions, Greek Week also provides an opportunity for the university’s Greek letter organizations to get involved in community service and fund-raising activities, said Ryan Williams, coordinator of student organizations and Greek life. “Twelve is the number of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Swim programs for youngsters of all ages and lifeguard training will be offered this spring and summer at Western Carolina University. The Tiny Tot Swim Program will be held weekdays, June 2 – 13, July 21 – Aug. 1 and Aug. 4 – 15 at WCU’s Reid Gymnasium Pool. The […]

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, […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]