Jenny Lewis has developed into indie rock music’s unofficial queen, and for good reason. She has been churning out successful music for years with her band Rilo Kiley and in 2006 she released her first solo album “Rabbit Fur Coat” on a new label started by fellow indie folk hero […]

Though I must have driven past it Monday morning on my way to work, I didn’t see it, and for that I’m thankful. But I heard about it soon enough from a colleague who had happened upon the scene moments later, just as maintenance workers arrived to deal with the […]

By Justin CaudellSports Editor It took over 450 minutes of play and six teams before an opponent could crack the Lady Catamounts’ defense on Oct. 10 at UNC-Greensboro. After winning five games in a row, all shut-outs, the Western Carolina women’s soccer team was unable to overcome two first-half goals […]

The Western Carolinian is on a publishing hiatus until Jan. 12, 2009, the start of the Spring semester, but the Web site will remain active throughout the holidays. Breaking news and other time sensitive events from around the Western Carolina University campus will be found on westerncarolinian.com. Staff writers will […]

By Kaitlyn MullisSports Writer The Lady Catamounts golf team placed 13 in a 19 team field at the Palmetto Intercollegiate at the par 72, 5,955-yard Oak Point Golf Course, located on Kiawah Island, South Carolina on Oct. 28. The finish ended Western’s fall season, Western Carolina had two golfers end […]

By Cory SpaughSports Writer With the men coming off a fourteenth place finish at the Blue Ridge Open and the women a ninth place finish at the same event, the Catamounts cross country teams each finished the 2008 season with seventh place finishes in the SoCon Championships, which were held […]

By Kaitlyn MullisSports Writer The men’s and women’s cross country teams participated in two of their largest meets, the Greater Louisville Classic on October 4 and the Blue Ridge Open on October 17, to end the regular season. Western traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to run in the gold division of […]

Regarding my last editorial concerning the WCU Public Relations Department and the Office of the Chancellor, I must make a retraction. Let this be a lesson to you all: be very wary of the automatic spam filter on your e-mail account. Sometimes, this malfunctions and filters out messages that are […]

By Justin CaudellSports Editor A loss to UNC-Greensboro on Oct. 10 that ended a five game winning streak did not hinder the Western Carolina Women’s Soccer Team’s moral. Two days after the loss, they returned to the win column in an overtime rally against the Phoenix of Elon on Oct. […]