As a member of The Western Carolinian sports staff for four years, I’ve noticed some big changes and have seen some big things happen with the sports at the university, and good things are definitely on the horizon for a lot of the Catamount sports. In four years this school […]

CULLOWHEE- On Saturday, April 19, the Western Carolina football program held it’s annual Purple/White Spring football game at E.J. Whitmire Stadium, which marked the beginning of a new era in Catamount football. The offensive unit (the white squad) defeated the defensive unit (the purple) 35-16 in a 100-play game that […]

Well, schools over, I’m leaving, and WCU doesn’t offer any sports in the summer. Maybe we should. There’s a lot of undiscovered underwater basketweaving talent at this school just waiting to be unearthed. Bend those reeds! Anyway, since I’ve got nothing to talk about this week, I give you the […]

This is technically the off-season for the Lady Cats of Western Carolina University women’s soccer. If you asked them, however, the girls would tell you otherwise, as they have played in several exhibition tournaments in preparation for the fall season. The first exhibition tournament took place on Mar. 29 as […]

Gnarles Barkley, the collaborative effort of neo-soul artist Cee-lo and producer Brain “Danger Mouse” Burton returns with “the Odd Couple”, a sophomore record that dares to break the mold of the follow-up record. Explanation: There is no “Crazy” on this album. There doesn’t need to be. Neither are many of […]

In a road series against the Georgia Southern Eagles April 19-20, the Lady Catamount softball team took two of the three games by solid pitchingand a tough offensive threat. Havingstruggled in conference this season, the series win was much needed for Western.In the first game of the series, Western started […]

10. (CNN) — Sen. John McCain on Monday rejected a “big government” takeover of the health care system, saying he wants to empower families to make more medical decisions.On the republican side of things, McCain wants to takeover the health care system by putting families in charge of their own […]

Solid pitching held Western to minimal offense and a 6-0 shutout against Clemson April 26. With the win the Tigers split the two game yearly series with the Catamounts. The Catamounts took the previous contest a week earlier 6-2 on the Tigers home field. Western has failed to sweep games […]

On Thursday, Apr. 17, Western Carolina University sophomore and Engineering Technology major Cameron Lloyd Wagner died in a motorcycle accident while traveling west near Cullowhee Mountain Road away from school. The accident took place at 11:54 a.m. when Wagner entered a curve and ran off the right side of the […]

How many of you have lost a friend? More specifically, how many of you have lost a friend here at WCU during the past year? Unfortunately, Student deaths at universities are a reality, but those who die are not forgotten. Every year for the past ten years, WCU has prepared […]