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Western Carolinian Volume 65 (66) Number 11

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  • College Republican Club NC Club of The Year By David Chesley Guest Columnist The North Carolina Federation of College Republicans (NCFCR) kicked off their Fall Convention Friday, WCU College Republicans October 27 with the annual awards banquet. NCFCR State Chairman Wendy Rouse handed out awards to elected officials, individual clubs, and individual members. The CR Club from Western Carolina University walked out of this banquet with the top honor as the NCFCR 2000 Club of the Year. The Club of the Year Award is based on overall club excellence. To be eligible for the award, clubs were nominated by an individual or photo courtesy of College Republicans another club. An Awards Committee then scored each club on a secret set of criteria. The committee scored WCU the highest out of the 21 CR clubs in the state of North Carolina. The award includes a $200 check from Rouse. She thanked the group for their leadership. This year the club has worked diligently to campaign for Republican candidates, and has attended conferences and registered many WCU students to vote. This award is a tribute to every student and faculty member who rolled up their sleeves and gave time and energy to a common goal. This is the first ever NCFCR Club of the Year Award for the WCU Club. photo court**, of College Republicans College Republicans win first NCFCR Club- of-the- Year Award. Bluegrass comes alive this Saturday in Asheville By Eric Newsom Staff Writer When I decided to come to Western near the end of my senior year, I had readied myself for the onslaught of typical mountain activities: log cabin building, moonshine drinking, and bluegrass music listening. I was sure that I could do everything short of run into the backwoods boys from Deliverance. By the time I got here, however, I realized that my fears were unfounded, and that life at WCU was pretty much like life everywhere else. I was happy about this fact, but at the same time slightly disappointed. I could take or leave the other stuff, but I kind of did want to hear some bluegrass music. This Saturday, the Asheville music scene remedies this problem by providing not one, but two contemporary bluegrass shows on the same night. Some of you might know the String Cheese Incident from the version of "Gin and As it turns out, you don't know either of those bands at all, you know another jam band, the Gourds. While SCI does have a similar style to the one displayed on the Snoop Dogg classic, they are, in my humble opinion, much better ■■IIIMI 111 ""' I photo courtesy of String Cheese Incident Juice" that's widely available on Napster. Some of you might know Phish from the version of "Gin and Juice"that's also widely available on Napster. their best work. With Michael Kang on mandolin and violin, Kyle Hollingsworth on piano, organ and accordion, Bill Nershi on acoustic guitar, Keith Moseley on bass, and Michael Travis on all sorts of percussion, they've got plenty of instruments to choose from. Their songs flow like water from a faucet, and change according to how they feel when playing. They're supported by a strong cult following and most of their albums are recorded live from their extensive tours. These factors, along with the bandi's pure talent, ensure that they'll be a jam band to be reckoned with now that Phish has gone on a touring sabbatical. They'll be bringing this talent to the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium this atwhattheydo. Ranging in styles from Saturday night" nS r? t0 fUSi°n J3ZZ t0 Speakin8 of cult fallowings DMB-hkejams, the Colorado and pure talent. Cleveland rt!nVWay,SCOmeSbaCkt0 C°Unty's own Acoustic the traditional instruments for Syndicate will also be performing this Sunday, at the Asheville Music Zone^ Another bluegrass-influenced jam band, these guys are even more traditional. Awesome shows at local venues like Green Acres in Bostic, the Music Zone and the Visulite Theater in Charlotte, combined wim well-deserve" airplay on the local NFR station have made Acoustic Syndicate one of the biggest college bands for campuses' the western North Carolina area. ,_-, Fitz (drums and vocals)^ Byron (banjo and vocals) an Steve (guitar, mandohn a vocals) McCurry, along w ^ Sander, (bass)-Xic the main core of Aco Syndicate, barring fans sometimes get onstage to ^n theHband;ny°entetteless traditional, yd classics. f • nds, Get together some fnen^ dust off grandpa s ov andcorneouttoseetwoo^ best contemporary WJ8 acts this Saturday m Ashe
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