Hello wrestling fans, and welcome once again to Servo’s little column. Sorry about the absence last week. I was feeling a bit under the weather with a combination of the dozen sicknesses that are going around campus this time of year. But I count my illness as a blessing because […]
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Good Showing at Clemson for WCU Track
Western Carolina track and field was among 37 schools that gathered at Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum Friday and Saturday to compete in the Tiger Classic. The unscored, two-day event proved to be another steppingstone for the Catamounts as they continue to strive toward winning the Southern Conference Indoor Championship. Several individuals […]
Catamounts Drop Pair to Mountain Rivals
Monday night in the Ramsey Center, everyone got to see what a rivalry is all about: bragging rights and two teams wanting to move up in the Southern Conference standings heading down the wire in league play. Despite a season-high 3,121 boisterous fans in the arena, the Appalachian State Mountaineers […]
First Home Triumph For Lady Cats This Season
Sophomore guard Marsh McGillivary scored a career-high 21 points, leading the Lady Cats to a 91-60 thrashing of Southern Conference rival Davidson College Saturday night at the Ramsey Center. The win was the first home triumph for Western Carolina this season. The Lady Catamounts jumped all over Davidson early, building […]
Western Students Show Lack of Support, Even in the Biggest Games
Last Thursday millions of viewers were stuck in their seats in front of the television from 9:00 p.m. until just slightly after eleven in the evening watching the greatest rivalry in sports. Duke and Carolina battled back and forth, and the boys in blue pulled through with a two-point victory […]
Sports Fans?
Dear Editor, I will have to say that on Monday night down at the Ramsey Center, not the RAC, I was impressed. For the most part it was a college basketball atmosphere, and everyone was treated to a good game between the mountain rivals, Appalachian State and Western Carolina. However, […]
Issues of Interest Discussed at Chat With the Chancellor
Last week’s Chat with the Chancellor, held in the lobby of Buchanan Hall, brought up issues of concern to students at WCU. One major topic of discussion was the contruction projects that are soon to be underway. Construction bids on three much anticipated projects on campus, funded in part by […]
Former WCU Student Suspected in Parents’ Disappearance
The recent identification of a man’s bones, found last year in the forest off of Highway 107, have led authorities to arrest a Wisconsin man who is a former WCU student. The remains of a man were found by hunters in December 1999 on a riverbank off of Moses Creek […]
EDITORIALEducation in a Double-Wide
To say that the Western Carolina University community needs the repairs that the bond money will subsidize is a gross understatement. This campus is in dire need of some serious work. Roofs are caving in, heaters aren’t heating, and several classrooms are bereft of much needed equipment. The money will […]
Baseball Drops Three-set to #11 Auburn
In their first series of the 2001 season, head coach Todd Raleigh and the Western Carolina baseball team dropped three games to the eleventh-ranked Auburn Tigers this weekend in Auburn, Alabama. “Going into Auburn playing the number 11 team on the road in front of 3,000 fans, it’s no easy […]