Oh, sure, we all claim to speak the same language, but everyone in the know happens to know that men and women may as well be living on different hemispheres when it comes to certain things. What follows are some of the most confusing, perplexing and otherwise insane things that […]

Despite any possible good things that could happen in a relationship, I have always focused on the cold realities of what bad things could come from the pursuit of love. I’m not a perpetual pessimist, I swear! It’s just that I rely on logic and knowledge to make decisions. And […]

The physical differences between men and women are obvious. Any physical difference (facial hair, muscle mass, etc.) is due to the biological differences in the X and Y chromosomes. Women obtain an X chromosome from both parents while men obtain an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome […]

After more than a calendar year of continuous losing, head coach Kent Briggs received a huge present for his birthday on September 22, 2007. His Catamounts finally ended a 12-game losing skid by defeating the Blue Hose of Presbyterian College 33-20 in Cullowhee. The Catamounts (1-3), whose season had a […]

After winning two of their four games in the Catamount Clash, the Western Carolina women’s volleyball team couldn’t continue the momentum and dropped two SoCon matches in a row. The Cats lost at Chattanooga 3-0 on September 18 and then returned home and dropped a match to App State 3-0 […]

After the Georgia Tech Classic, the Western volleyball team came back home for a match against Gardner Webb on September 11. The Cats fought valiantly but lost three games to one. Western started off the match horribly as they lost game one by a score of 30-19, but the Cats […]

Peyton Manning, Brad Hoover, Steve Spurrier, and Vince Young; what do all of these football stars and coaches have in common? They all started their football careers in the South. Football continues to grow as the South’s most popular sport. American high school and college football is a lot more […]

The Western Carolina men’s and women’s cross country teams opened their season on August 31st at home in the Western Carolina Invitational. Both teams defended home-field advantage well as the women won on their side and the men finished third. Both teams had to deal with harsh weather conditions. Rain, […]

Although a lot of students here at Western were born and raised in the South, there are a handful of us (from the North, obviously), who have flown south for the winter and have never left. For instance, I was born in Connecticut and moved to the North Carolina coast […]

The Western Carolina volleyball team traveled to Asheville on August 31 to take part in the two-day UNC-Asheville Volleyball Classic. With their first wins of the year, the team dominated the event, sweeping UNCA and USC Upstate three games to none and beating Kennesaw State three games to one. The […]