It was a cat fight in Cullowhee on Thursday night when the lions from Mars Hill made a trip to E.J. Whitmire Stadium to take on the Catamounts. The catamounts struggled in their first series by missing a field goal, followed by a punt on the next. They seemed to settle down after that and used their […]
Phelps goes out in style
August 5, 2012 by
Michael Phelps gets his storybook ending by winning gold in the final race of his Olympic career. Before these 2012 Olympic games began, Phelps referred to them as the “sprinkles on my sundae”, and thats exactly what they were. He added six sprinkles to be exact, four gold and two silver. The six medals he earned in London […]
Mens basketball team bounces Tunisia in second game of Olympics
August 1, 2012 by
Photo By: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images It was a tale of two halves for the U.S. mens basketball team as their first half performance was anything but a work of art. The heavily favored American team got off to a slow start against the Tunisian national team Tuesday in London. Appearing lethargic and unmotivated, the U.S. […]
Despite early shooting woes, U.S. has little trouble against France
July 30, 2012 by
The men’s basketball team tipped off Sunday in London with an opening round matchup against France. A sloppy start to the contest that consisted of turnovers, foul trouble and poor shooting. With everything going wrong, the U.S. still found themselves with a 22-21 lead after the opening quarter. The U.S. would turn that around in the […]
“Hunger Games” and hunger in WNC
March 13, 2012 by
Mallory McDuff, professor at Warren Wilson College, makes an interesting parallel between the movie “Hunger games” and the real-life hunger that families in Western North Carolina are facing. In her opinion published in Asheville Citizen Times on March 9 she writes: “The movie’s trailer features this foreboding line: “Happy Hunger Games.” But on the screen […]
