Thursday September 25 Book Signing with Mark Strand + Barnes and Noble | 7pm | AshevillePulitzer prize winner reads from his book , “Man and Camel.” Friday September 26 A Look At North Carolina Politics + City Lights | 7pm | Sylva Reading and Discussion by Christopher Cooper Steve Almond […]
Cherokee lessons
First Annual Cherokee Fair
By Carolyn Ellison Features Editor On September 12, the first annual Cherokee Fair took place on the UC lawn. The event hosted dancing and authentic traditional music while students and faculty eagerly stood in line to buy fry bread and “Indian tacos,” while others made their own pinch pot at […]
Honors College Calendar
September27 Flat Rock Play house and Carl Sandburg Home 10:00 am- 7:00 pm *USI October1 Movie Night Reynolds Lobby 8:00 pm 2 Homecoming: Float Decoration TBA 3 Homecoming: Parade TBA 4 Homecoming: Tailgate Football Parking Lot 11:00 am 6 Honors College may start registering for Spring Classes! 7 Checkers and […]
Meet the 2008 Western Carolinian Sports Staff
From past baseball and soccer players to a cross country athlete, over the next few months the Catamounts will be covered by reporters with their own personal experiences playing on sports teams. Three students are at the helm of the Western Carolinian Sports Section this semester, bringing varied sports backgrounds […]
UC Theatre Calendar
By: Jennifer ToledoArts & Entertainment Editor Friday September 26The Love Guru | 5 & 9pm Saturday September 27The Love Guru | 5 & 9pm Tuesday September 30Mar Adentro | 7:30pm Monday October 6Beyond the Call | 7pm Tuesday October 7Como Agua Para Chocolate | 7:30pm
E.J. Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field Turf Replacement Begins
By Justin Caudell Sports Editor By the time the Catamounts have their next home football game on Saturday, Oct. 4 against Samford, they will be playing on a new turf. Hours following Western Carolina’s home game against the Liberty Flames on Saturday, Sept. 13, the turf replacement project at E.J. […]
Dave Mathews Band Takes On Saxophonist Jeff Coffin
By Alison Murphy Staff Writer On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 LeRoi Moore, saxophonist of Dave Mathews Band for over 15 years, passed away. In late June, Moore was in an ATV accident and was recovering in his Los Angeles home when he died unexpectedly. After the initial accident DMB did […]
WCU Ride Board
By Kimberly Pruitt Staff Writer There is a bumper sticker that can be seen around campus that reads: “If you see my professor, tell ’em I’m still looking for a parking place.” While this is, on the surface, humorous, there is a growing problem with parking. Many students are willing […]
Sylva’s Lynn Hotaling Compiles New Book
By Morgan Carver Staff Writer Jackson county’s very own Lynn Hotaling, editor of “The Sylva Herald,” has written a book giving this small town a vision of the past. Her book “Sylva” has images included in it from around the early 1900s and up. Looking back and seeing how Sylva […]
Dr. Carl Mumpower Gives Address At WCU
By Parker Millar News Editor The race for your vote is heating up. Dr. Carl Mumpower visited Western Carolina University on September 17 to speak to students about his campaign. Mumpower is running to represent the 11th district in the United States House of Representative. Mumpower is running in opposition […]
