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MUSICIs More Vitamin C Really Good For You?

They are calling her a pop culture dynamo. They are saying she is daring and sexy. They are billing her as the next big thing for pop music. No, not Brittney or Christina or even Jessica Simpson; that other blondie vying for the title of Miss Teeny-Bopper is Vitamin C. […]

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VIDEO:”Power to the People and Punish Bad Cinema!”

The United Artists Theater is showing a Pauly Shore film festival. General Cinema is playing “Scream 4,” “Lake Placid 2,” and “Vertigo: The Sequel.” The Maryland Film Commission is fawning over Honey Whitlock, a vain and loathsome Hollywood starlet. How can a guerilla filmmaker like Cecil B. DeMented possibly be […]

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BOOKSFacing Boogeymen and Bad Guys In The Forest of Harm

#8220;’Mary?’ Joan asked tentatively, an instant before she looked down and saw that the figure stood barefooted. Dark hair covered the tops of the feet; the nails were thick as claws. A snippet of bright green grass clung to one dirty toe. Joan opened her mouth to speak, but the […]

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WCU Searches for Musical Theatre Professor

Western Carolina University is in the middle of a national search for its first distinguished professor of musical theatre. This position has been made possible by a $233,000 gift from the estate of the late Carolyne P. Phillips of Waynesville, $100,000 matching funds from the C.D. Spangler Foundation, and $167,000 […]

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Carolinian’s New Look Draws Praise

Dear Editor- Kudos to the WESTERN CAROLINIAN on their new website! As Western advances into the realm of education coupled with technology, there becomes a need to reflect our performance in the University’s websites. Many of you will notice a new design on Western’s homepage (www.wcu.edu) very shortly–and much thanks […]

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Safety Walk Spotlights Dark Spots on Campus

Last Thursday night, students teamed up with the university police to canvass WCU’s campus in search of spots where students might feel less than secure while walking after dark. According to Joe Cowan, about 12 people turned out for the walk. Participants were divided into three groups, and each group […]

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WCU Board of Trustees Proposes Fee Increase

Western Carolina University’s Board of Trustees dropped a bomb on students last Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, when it proposed a four percent increase in student fees. The proposal is slated to take effect in the Fall semester of 2001, provided the University of North Carolina Board of Governors approves […]

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C.A.T. Center Helps Students Stay in School

In response to the increased attention focused on the issue of retention in the university, Western has formed the Catamount Academic Tutoring Center, which provides peer tutoring, study groups, workshops, and other resources to improve learning for students. According to the C.A.T. coordinator, Chesney Reich, many people have expressed a […]

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Pi Kapp Incident Sends Baseball Team to Conflict Resolution Sessions,

On November 29, the Western Carolinian printed an article concerning the temporary probation of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity pending the investigation of a fight that occurred at the fraternity’s house involving members of the baseball team. The Carolinian has recently learned that the WCU Athletic Department conducted the investigation […]

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Gran Torino Returns to WCU to ask, “Are You Livin’?”

Roaring into music venues across the United States with the force of a turbo-charged hot-rod, Gran Torino will come to Cullowhee, North Carolina to play Western Carolina University this Saturday, February 3. The nine member, horn-driven, pop rock ‘n’ soul crew is in the midst of their “Are You Livin […]