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• Russian composers influenced by land, conductor claims

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2005 01:15

  Berenika performed in Asheville on Nov. 20By STEPHANIE THOMASRussian symphonies embody irony and the landscape of Russia, and their composers are known for their ability to orchestrate, Daniel Meyer, conductor of the Asheville Symphony, said Nov. 18 durin...

• Brad Norman: Other 'President' Bush? USC's defensive star, Heisman prospect

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 06:02

  Brad NormanBOONE ?±?± The President, a.k.a., Mr. Bush, is doing everything right nowadays.Believe me, I??m definitely not talking about Dubya.Reggie Bush, the most electrifying player on the best college football team in the country, the University of S...

• ASU outlasts Lafayette 34-23 to advance to quarterfinals

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:57

  ASU running back Kevin Richardson surges forward in last Saturday's playoff victory over LafayetteBOONE ?? Kevin Richardson??s 171 rushing yards and a timely defense proved to be the difference in Appalachian State University??s 34-23 victory over visitin...

• Renowned Bread Loaf English program coming to UNCA this summer

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:50

  By DAVID FORBESUNC Asheville will soon be hosting a summer satellite of the Masters of Liberal Arts program of the Bread Loaf School of English, Bill Spellman, associate vice chancellor for humanities, announced at the Nov. 10 meeting of UNCA??s Faculty S...

• Asheville approves grant for bike path plans 5-2; expense questioned

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:47

  BY DAVID FORBESAsheville City Council voted 5-2 on Nov. 22 to accept state grants for the development of a plan for bike paths around the city after some members questioned the usefulness of such an expenditure.Originally on the consent agenda, Vice Mayor...

• Daily Planet: 'Any way you like it' ?? new Asheville slogan has its flaws

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:43

  Our fair city has a new slogan to draw in those oh-so-vital tourism dollars. Goodbye ?®Land of Sky?∆ and hello ?®Any way you like it.?∆After a $200,000 study, which decided that ?®Land of Sky?∆ was apparently too stodgy and outdated, the Buncombe...

• John North: "Walk the Line' film? It's a high-voltage love story

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:40

  John NorthEditor & PublisherThe Johnny Cash biopic, ?®Walk the Line,?∆ based on his autobiography, is a smash, with dead-on acting by Joaquin Phoenix as the title character and Reese Witherspoon as his love interest, June Carter.Directed by James...

• Letters to the Editor: Cuban medical system not as good as touted

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:36

  While visiting Asheville over Thanksgiving, I picked up and enjoyed your newspaper. One of your stories by Stephanie Thomas (?®Cuban health system tops U.S., acitvist claims,?∆ Nov. 23) reporting on a lecture by Katrina Sommers demanded my quite differ...

• Mark West: Bird flu, hurricanes, inaction: time to pray

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:32

  Mark WestI suppose, when all is said and done, that my primary emotion concerning the neoconservative revolution is anger.I??m frightened, of course; the neoconservatives never seem to have met a war they didn??t like, and seem to share the defining chara...

• Seamus McNerney: Music: Not a language, but it still communicates

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:22

  Seamus McNerneyMusic is not a language. I??ve had several interesting conversations with folks concerning this issue and have always taken this position. First off, why is this important?  In my dealings with some people concerning this topic, they i...

• Janese Johnson: Be a man? Many males feel oppressed by inflexible cultural rules

  Created: Thursday, 01 December 2005 05:17

  Janese JohnsonIt is pretty clear how women and minorities are still oppressed in our culture. And because of the obvious inequality of this oppression, we often ignore how the effects of male oppression can contribute to all other forms.So, how are men op...

• Wake Forest defeats UNCA 79-63 in competitive battle

  Created: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 09:16

  WINSTON-SALEM ?? No. 8-ranked Wake Forest (18) placed five players in double figures to outlast UNC Asheville 79-63 in front of a sell-out crowd of 14,665 at Joel Coliseum on Nov. 14. ...

• American Indoor Football League inks pact with civic center commission

  Created: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 09:14

  American Indoor Football League officials secured an endorsement on Nov. 21 from the Civic Center Commission to finalize plans to bring an indoor football league team to the Asheville Civic Center. ...

• ASU snags player, coach of the year awards from Southern Conference

  Created: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 09:12

  CULLOWHEE ?? Four days after seizing the championship, Appalachian State University won three individual Southern Conference awards including coach and player of the year, while placing 10 players on the first team all-conference squad. ...

• UNCA police cite woman for driving after drinking

  Created: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 09:07

  UNC Asheville campus police cited Tierney Oberhammer, 19, of Spruce Pine for driving after consuming alcohol under the age of 21 at 2:44 a.m. Nov. 19....

• Marc Mullinax: Fundamentalists come from all across the spectrum of thought

  Created: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 09:04

  Marc Mullinax?®Pray thee, has it occurred to you that you might be wrong??∆                  ??Oliver Cromwell?ÿMARS HILL ?±?± Asheville sports two kinds of fundamentalists...

• Asheville Police granted re-accreditation for 3 years

  Created: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 09:02

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. ?? The Asheville Police Department earned re-accreditation   for the next three years, effective Nov. 19, from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. ...

• Bear taken to safer home after capture on Merrimon

  Created: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 09:00

  A black bear cub who stayed for three weeks on a wooded hillside next to Merrimon Avenue before being captured by wildlife authorities last Monday will have a new home at a state-owned facility north of Raleigh. ...

• Meg Hale: 'Everything is Illuminated' luminous in meaning, but vague in motive

  Created: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 08:36

  Meg HaleI am so proud of Liev Schreiber! He is this great, little-known actor ?±?± little-known because the films in which he is great are the ones that nobody sees. For instance, he was amazing playing legendary director Orson Welles in the 1999 film...

• Protestors to Taylor: Oppose Cuts to Social Programs

  Created: Wednesday, 30 November 2005 04:32

  Protestors gather in Pack Place last Wednesday to voice their opposition to proposed, federal budget cuts. Organized by MoveOn.org, the protestors urged Congressman Charles Taylor to vote against the cutsBy DAVID FORBESHolding signs and voicing their op...