Western Carolina has fired volleyball coach Stephanie Dragan after the Catamounts ended the 2008 season with a 6-26 record. WCU was 3-15 in the Southern Conference and was tied with Appalachian State for last in the league’s North Division this year. In Dragan’s four seasons, the Catamounts’ overall record was […]
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Dead Bear “Prank” at WCU
By Michael O’Shea Editor-in-Chief On Monday, October 20 at 7:45 am, WCU maintenance workers found a dead black bear cub placed in front of the Catamount statue outside the H.F.R. administration building in the roundabout on Western Carolina University’s campus and immediately notified campus police. Two stolen Barack Obama campaign […]
Editorial:
By Michael O’Shea Editor-in-Chief Dear Readers, I feel that something more must be said concerning the bear incident than a news story, so here’s my opinion on the matter. The first topic is public relations. Public relations is defined in the dictionary as the professional maintenance of a favorable public […]
“Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow”
By Michael O’Shea Editor-in-Chief “Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow,” K-the-I???’s latest release due out November 7, starts off with a burst of exploding beats clanking over a soundscape of surreality, setting the tone for the rest of what’s to come. K-the-I???’s rhymes seem to be spit from the top of the […]
New Football Turf Debuts
By Cory Spaugh Sports Writer (Editors Note: The following is the first of a two-part series where Western Carolinian sports writer Cory Spaugh gathers opinions on the new turf at E.J. Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field) Eight years since the last makeover, Western Carolina unveiled a new playing surface at E.J […]
Lewis Buck: Beyond The Surface
By Christine Elder Contributing Writer Currently exhibiting in the Fine Art Museum of The Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University is Lewis Buck with his life works in painting and assemblage. Spanning over six decades and still in the process of making art, Lewis Buck has not […]
Nobody Stops The Summertime Whiskey Band
By Parker Millar News Editor Right now I’m sitting on the UC lawn in the chill of early October listening to an impromptu show from Cullowhee’s Hometown Heroes, the Summertime Whiskey Band. “Funk You Very Much” is the message behind the band that set up on the stage at the […]
Jon Benton’s Poetry Apparatus Vehicle Extravaganza:
Jon Benton’s Poetry Apparatus Vehicle Extravaganza: “Gregory was once a magician” Gregory was once a magicianhe did acts that non could believehe vanished and appeared across the binhe flew, defying all laws of gravityhe entered a competition, seeking a winhe didn’t, however get what he had hoped forhe went home […]
Nine Lives: Zombies for Art
Press Release: Thesis Art Exhibition of Nine Bachelor of Fine Arts Candidates Fine and Performing Art Center Museum Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC Opening Reception: Monday, November 10, 4-6 pm. Show runs through November 25. Contact: Marya Roland 828-227-3593 Are you feeling like a zombie? Nine of Western Carolina […]
Finally Jim and Pam Are Happy Together
By Max Kath Staff Writer “Office” fans rejoice! The new season is off to a great start. It started off on a really positive note by showing the viewers what happened over the eight weeks of summer that the show usually glosses over. By doing this the writers have made […]
