Beer branded with white nationalist lingo, imagery draws outrage
As cities across the nation smolder amidst the destruction of racially charged rioting over the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, social media backlash against the branding of a locally-brewed beer has some people leveling accusations of alt-right white nationalism and anti-government militia sentiments at the brewers.
Roller coaster in the sky: Solar eclipses inspire awe and enchantment for WCU professor
Enrique Gomez was 16 years old the first time he experienced the shadow of the moon.
Gomez, now an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Western Carolina University, is originally from Mexico. And while his family had already moved to the United States when the 1991 solar eclipse passed over Mexico City, they just so happened to be in town that summer for a visit with Gomez’s grandparents.
