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• Advice Goddess: Getting nowhere fast

  Created: Tuesday, 01 May 2007 17:59

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• We are called to answer Darfurís cries for help

  Created: Tuesday, 01 May 2007 17:57

  Can you imagine a life that suddenly is no longer safe for you or your loved ones? A life in which your common, everyday world is no longer predictable and there is no place to hide and feel safe? All of your food supply is continuously threatened and des...

• Presbyterians dismiss Montreat church

  Created: Tuesday, 01 May 2007 17:55

  MONTREAT ó Montreat Presbyterian Church on April 24 received approval of its request for dismissal from the Presbyterian USA denomination by the Presbytery of Western North Carolina.The 350-member church had voted overwhelmingly to ask for dismissal so i...

• Spiritual diversity signifies hope, regionís strength

  Created: Tuesday, 01 May 2007 17:52

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• Role of common law in American legal system discussed by prof

  Created: Tuesday, 01 May 2007 17:49

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• Following lecture, questions fielded on evolution of common law at philosophy forum

  Created: Tuesday, 01 May 2007 17:48

  From Staff ReportsHENDERSONVILLE ó Following a lecture by Dr. Ellen Pearson on common law April 3 at UNC Ashevilleís Kellogg Center, the Institute for Applied Philosophy and the UNCA Philosophy Department hosted a question-and-answer session, followed b...

• Threat to UNCA campus averted

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:45

  From Staff ReportsThe UNC Asheville administration last Thursday notified the campus community ó via a campuswide e-mail ó that a potential threat was averted.Specifically, a resident of The Grove apartments, who is not a UNCA student, notified a local ...

• Va. Tech vigil

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:43

  About 150 members of the UNC Asheville community gathered on Monday night for a candlelight vigil on the campusí quad to honor the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre. that occurred on April 16. A string trio also played several pieces and UNCA Chancel...

• City Council approves Candler subdivision, two school board appointments

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:42

  By DAVID FORBESA new 124-home subdivision will begin construction on pastureland in Candler, as Asheville City Council on April 17 voted 5-2 to approve rezoning necessary for the project to proceed, despite concerns about flooding.Council also interviewed...

• Police Blotter: April 25, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:40

  Two women arrested in stingon prostitution, drug chargesBENT CREEK ó Two women were arrested in an undercover prostitution sting in an apartment building in the Bent Creek area last Thursday.Agents from the Buncombe County Anti-Crime Task Force arrested ...

• County settles on W. Asheville location for new animal shelter

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:38

  By ANNA LEEBuncombe County is closer to having a new animal shelter, as the Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a motion on April 17 to build the new facility on Pond Road in West Asheville.ìOur current shelter has been a disgrace for decades,î Co...

• UNCA community honors victims of Va. Tech massacre with vigil

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:37

  By JIM GENAROThe mood was solemn and contemplative last Monday night as about 150 students and faculty members of UNC Asheville gathered in front of the schoolís library with candles in hand to commemorate the 32 people killed by gunman Seung-Hui Cho dur...

• Sartreís ideas to be focus of final philosophy lecture

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:36

  HENDERSONVILLE ó UNC Asheville senior philosophy major Amanda Lusky will wrap up the Universityís annual philosophy lecture series with a talk on ìResponsibility in the Thought of Jean Paul Sartreî at 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday at UNCAís Kellogg Center, ...

• High Point stages late rally to nip UNCA 9-8 in slugfest

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:29

  High Point University scored four runs in the eighth inning to edge UNC Asheville 9-8 in Big South Conference baseball play last Saturday at McCormick Field.Offensively, UNCA (17-26, 7-7) was led by Rob Vernon, who finished 4-for-5 with two RBIs and three...

• Tourists edge Drive 4-3 as reliever sparkles in 9th

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:29

  GREENVILLE, S.C. ó The Asheville Tourists nipped the Greenville Drive 4-3 in baseball last Saturday night.Sean Jarrett, who hurled a perfect ninth inning, earned his first save of the season, while Asheville starter Josh Sullivan (2-1) got the win.At the...

• Black Mtn. board debates new rules about stormwater

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:27

  By JIM GENAROBLACK MOUNTAIN ó Stormwater runoff was the subject of much debate at the April 16 meeting of the Black Mountain Board of Aldermen, as the board heard an update on efforts by the townís planning staff to implement new state-mandated standard...

• ëDisturbiaí proves to be terrifying, extraordinary in Hitchcock mold

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:26

  Shia LeBeoufís boredom turns into paranoia when he spies on a neighbor who seems to be a serial killer.By ELIZABETH MEADSìTerrifyingî was the word that pounded through my head as I drove home from seeing the latest box-office hit ìDisturbia.îThe film...

• Americans getting less informed

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:22

  Americans know less about world events than they did 20 years ago, and those who know the most also tend to get their information from satirical news programs, such as Jon Stewartís The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.That was the conclusion of a study...

• ëSavage Nationí misses mark on Va. Tech massacre

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:20

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• Imus debacle might spark a national debate on sexism

  Created: Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:18

  CHICAGO ó No one would have thought that when Rosa Parks opted not to give up her seat to a white man in 1956, a dozen years later blacks would have the full right to vote and the ability to eat in hotels and restaurants, and see Jim Crow destroyed.We mi...