It's that time of the year again. The sun is shining, school is coming to a close and students are scrambling to find a summer job. Only this time may be more urgent than ever. With the summer of 2010 ingrained in the minds of many high school ...

'That is just sick,' exclaimed one of the announcers at the 2011 NCAA Final Four dunk contest. He had just witnessed UNC Asheville senior John Williams leap over Memphis' 6-foot-9-inch center Will Coleman and perform a dunk that nearly dispro...

Aaron Norris doubled for his brother, Chuck Norris, in the movie 'Good Guys Wear Black.' 'The car was coming at me, and I ran towards it and jumped up. I went through that windshield with a flying sidekick,' he said. 'They had to build a robot to p...

Doing what is right is not always easy, but for Franklin McCain and three other college freshmen in 1960, it meant getting spit at, threatened with a club and having hot coffee poured over their heads. Wednesday night at his keyn...

Despite university-wide budget cuts, the chemistry department has high hopes for its prospective freshman. 'We wrote a grant and submitted it to the National Science Foundation to help improve and kind of bring the chemistry major to the next level...

Speakers at the Queer Studies Conference last weekend shed light on important issues and struggles in the LGBTQ community. 'Resisting is more than coming out and more than pride parades,' said Eli Clare, writer, queer activist and poet. 'We need to...

Antonio Torres ran across his lawn only to see his grandparents handcuffed in front of a police car. Soon after, Antonio's mother, Wanna Torres, came out of the house screen door with her hand over her face and crying. 'We're taking them to the det...

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. Those were the words of Socrates, the classic Greek scholar. However, kindling flames in times of an economic downtuwn is something even the classics must deal with. 'We were lu...

Vehicle accidents: University Police investigated a vehicle accident in the Ridges Parking Deck. The driver was attempting to back out of a parking space when the vehicle collided with a concrete pole. Medical emergencies: University Police respon...

When an individual is newly diagnosed with HIV, Michele Hutchins, the lead disease intervention control specialist for Western North Carolina, informs him or her of the disease control measures they are now bound to uphold. 'Either way, we sit down...

Friday: ECO CARNIVAL (11 a.m.-4 p.m.) -On the quad -WNC Environmental Organizations tabling -Campus Recreation Outdoors Program Leave-no-trace activity -DOGTALE performance (12:15 p.m.) -Local petting zoo with goats -SEC free market ...

Everything relates to economics, according to Vicki Meath, executive director of Just Economics. 'Income disparity is a root cause of poverty. Poverty is what results in homelessness,' the Ohio native said. 'Just Economics deals with the systems th...