In light of the new movie “Coraline,” directed and written by Henry Selick, whom you might know as the Director of the Nightmare Before Christmas, I decided to read the book before I saw the movie. The only thing that I knew about the book prior to reading it was […]
Author: Catherine Connor
Lady Catamounts Finish Strong to Defeat Davidson
The Western Carolina Lady Catamounts took advantage of their home court by defeating Davidson 72-66 on Monday, Jan. 25. After leading by one point, 37-36, at halftime, Western Carolina built as much as a five point lead, 43-38, early in the second half before Davidson went on a 14-4 run […]
Catamounts Could Not Stop Mountaineers in Second Half in Boone
Despite a strong effort in a hostile environment, the Catamount Basketball team came up short against rival Appalachian State on Saturday, Jan. 24. The Western Carolina men’s basketball team was unable to overcome a career day by ASU guard Kellen Brand and the Mountaineers full court press in the second […]
Western Carolina Clips the Georgia Southern Eagles 89-75
Junior Jake Robinson scored a game-high 20 points and freshman Greg Avery tied his career-best with 17 to lead four Catamounts in double figures as Western Carolina used a strong offensive performance to down the Georgia Southern Eagles, 89-75, in Southern Conference action on a snowy Monday night at the […]
Los Campesinos – We are Beautiful, We are Doomed
Los Campesinos! is one of those bands that has jumped on the exclamation point title bandwagon, pun intended — not that this is necessarily a bad thing. I was tuned into ‘The Verge’ on my Sirius/XM dial when I first heard them in December. Honestly, I was expecting something along […]
Open Letter to Dr. Robert Kehrberg, Fine and Performing Arts College Dean, and Professor Richard Tichich, Art Department Head
Dear Dr. Kehrberg and Professor Tichich, The Fine Arts program of our university is indeed one of the most privileged in the state. We have amazing new facilities, a brand new beautifully constructed building and a group of professors who would truly go to the edge of the earth to […]
What’s in a Name: Ronnie G. Childress Field and Hennon Stadium
(Editor Note: The following is the second in a series of articles where Western Carolinian writers report on why the athletic facilities at WCU are named after who they are.) The Western Carolina University baseball team has called the facilities within Hennon Stadium its home since 1972, and they have […]
Carter Cheves Joins WCU Golf Team as Assistant Coach
Carter Cheves will join the Western Carolina men’s golf team as an assistant coach beginning in March. A native of Apex, N.C., Cheves attended North Carolina State University as a member of the men’s golf team where he played two years under veteran Wolfpack head coach Richard Sykes, who is […]
The Oscars are Here…And This is Why You Should Care
The Oscar nominations came out a little while ago and for the most part they were the right choices with one exception. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” received 13 nominations when it deserved maybe four or five at the most. The film was sub- par at best, the story […]
DVD Pick for the week: “Basquiat”
Julian Schnabel’s bio-pic, “Basquiat,” on the late New York based artist Jean- Michel Basquiat is a breath of fresh air. The creation of a work of art may not always make for the most interesting subject matter for a film. The creation of the artist may be just as uninteresting […]
