Western Carolina University is in the middle of a national search for its first distinguished professor of musical theatre. This position has been made possible by a $233,000 gift from the estate of the late Carolyne P. Phillips of Waynesville, $100,000 matching funds from the C.D. Spangler Foundation, and $167,000 […]

Dear Editor- Kudos to the WESTERN CAROLINIAN on their new website! As Western advances into the realm of education coupled with technology, there becomes a need to reflect our performance in the University’s websites. Many of you will notice a new design on Western’s homepage (www.wcu.edu) very shortly–and much thanks […]

Last Thursday night, students teamed up with the university police to canvass WCU’s campus in search of spots where students might feel less than secure while walking after dark. According to Joe Cowan, about 12 people turned out for the walk. Participants were divided into three groups, and each group […]

Western Carolina University’s Board of Trustees dropped a bomb on students last Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, when it proposed a four percent increase in student fees. The proposal is slated to take effect in the Fall semester of 2001, provided the University of North Carolina Board of Governors approves […]

In response to the increased attention focused on the issue of retention in the university, Western has formed the Catamount Academic Tutoring Center, which provides peer tutoring, study groups, workshops, and other resources to improve learning for students. According to the C.A.T. coordinator, Chesney Reich, many people have expressed a […]

On November 29, the Western Carolinian printed an article concerning the temporary probation of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity pending the investigation of a fight that occurred at the fraternity’s house involving members of the baseball team. The Carolinian has recently learned that the WCU Athletic Department conducted the investigation […]

Roaring into music venues across the United States with the force of a turbo-charged hot-rod, Gran Torino will come to Cullowhee, North Carolina to play Western Carolina University this Saturday, February 3. The nine member, horn-driven, pop rock ‘n’ soul crew is in the midst of their “Are You Livin […]

In the grand scheme of college basketball, the small mountain school that was formerly known as the Western Carolina Teachers College doesn’t pop quickly into focus. It has no John Wooden, no Adolph Rupp, no Dean Smith, even no Michael Jordan. There are no national championship banners hanging from the […]

It’s not often that aspiring musicians can find a living legend to tutor them in the ways of becoming a guitar master. Steve Miller found Chet Atkins. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, as the story goes, had Stevie Ray Vaughan. But one of the greatest living country blues guitarists found not one, […]