The annual Purple-Gold Game wrapping up spring practice Sunday at E.J. Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field featured a defensive struggle on both sides, with only a drive in the final minutes separating the two squads. The contest featured 18 punts, two turnovers, and a missed field goal. Additionally, both teams combined […]
Author: Mike Furno
WCU Rugby Closes Out Year By Toppling Duke
With the bitter cold wind at their back, Duke walked off WCU’s rugby field with their hopes for another win shattered after the WCU women’s rugby team beat them soundly 66-0, leaving Duke to limp home nursing their pride and heir battle wounds. The energy and technique demonstrated by the […]
Catamount Cheerleaders Place Sixth in Florida
The WCU cheerleading squad placed sixth in the National Cheerleading Association (NCA) Competition Thursday and Friday, April 5-6 in Daytona, Florida. In last year’s competition, the team finished 14th. This year, the team made an impressive jump to 6th in their national division. The team also finished .02 points from […]
Baseball Beats The Citadel’s Bulldogs on the Road
In the history of Southern Conference baseball, three teams immediately come to mind: Georgia Southern, The Citadel, and Western Carolina. GSU is the defending SoCon champion with the Catamounts, having garnered that title on nine separate occasions. And how about this for dominance: going into last weekend, The Citadel hadn’t […]
Catamounts Win One of Two in the 7th annual Spring Soccer Shindig
The Catamount men’s club soccer team traveled to Clemson last weekend to compete against 23 other teams in the seventh annual Spring Soccer Shindig. The tournament was divided into six brackets, each containing four teams. WCU was unlucky to be drawn in one of the most talented brackets alongside UNC […]
Clemson Invitational Merited Test Run for SoCon Championship
For the second time this outdoor season, the men’s and women’s track teams traveled to Clemson, SC, to compete in the Clemson Invitational last Saturday. The journey across the state line once again proved to be another merited experience. This was the first team-scored meet of the year, pitting the […]
MUSICRun Wild with Guided By Voices’ Isolation Drills
Last week Guided By Voices, the Dayton, Ohio-based rock band released Isolation Drills. Their feel-good melodies and fun lyrics make the album ideal for warm weather enjoyment. This album is solid; it offers up a healthy serving of pop and rock without compromising. Sometimes the songs are on the serious […]
WCU Clarinet Choir to Perform
Western Carolina University’s clarinet choir will give a performance featuring classical standards and original music on Tuesday, April 17, at 8 pm. The free concert will take place in the recital hall of WCU’s Coulter Building. The choir will be led by WCU clarinet professor Shannon Thompson. The performance will […]
WCU to Offer Spring and Summer Youth Swim Programs
Swim programs for youngsters of all ages will be offered this spring and summer at Western Carolina University. Four sessions of the popular Tiny Tot Swim Program will be held weekdays, April 30-May 11, June 4-15, June 18-29 and July 9-20 at WCU’s Breese Pool. The classes are designed for […]
Carolinian Should Cover Community, says Reader
Dear Editor, I am writing concerning an assignment in one of my classes. Our class was asked to write a letter to the editor concerning our opinion about the Western Carolinian. We were ask to discuss one aspect of the paper that we would change and one thing about the […]
