Many students feel the need to move off-campus after spending a couple years living in the dorms. These students, usually upperclassmen, often discover how difficult it is to find off-campus housing in the surrounding area that is within their living standards and that is affordable. Western Carolina University has recognized […]
Cherokee lessons
“Smashing Pumpkins and the People That Carve Them”
The odds are good that if you’re a student at Western Carolina University you probably lived through the ’90s, unless you’re some sort of child prodigy. But for most students, the ’90s hosted the awkward squeaking voices and general discovery of advanced hygiene practices of puberty and (or) the walking, […]
WCU’s Performing Arts Center Offers Sizzlin’ Summer Shorts
There is something for everyone this summer at Western Carolina University’s Fine and Performing Arts Center. The Center’s second annual Sizzlin’ Summer Shorts Series opened its curtains to the full sounds of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra on May 28. The Orchestra’s tribute to the music of North Carolina, “Blue […]
Don’t Get Ticked Off This Summer
As I tried to put off the many loads of laundry I should have been doing, I went to the raid the freezer for popsicles, but instead I was greeted by… A tick. Well, a tick that had bitten my mother in a labeled and dated Ziploc bag to be […]
Western Carolina claims Parkway Series with win
The inaugural Parkway Series between Western Carolina and UNC-Asheville has come to an end for the season, and the trophy has found a home in the valley of Cullowhee. With a 12-6 Catamount Baseball win over the UNC-Asheville Bulldogs in front of 328 fans at McCormick Field in Asheville, North […]
Summer travel on a shoe string
With the summer finally rolling around and the weather getting more and more gorgeous every day, many students are starting to think about places they want to go and people they’d like to see before beginning their careers or coming back to school in the fall. Of course, being college […]
Two out of three ain’t bad for Catamount Baseball
With the threat of bad weather looming over the Piedmont-Triad area, it was not enough to deter the Catamount baseball team from claiming their 3rd straight Southern Conference series as they take 2-of-3 from the Spartans of UNC-Greensboro at the UNCG Baseball Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina over the weekend […]
“The Reaping” is not your usual horrible horror flick
3 out of 5 stars Horror films, historically, have not been known for their wonderful plots or excellent acting. Only a few horror films have good plots and solid acting such as “Saw” or “The Descent”, while many more films fall into the stereotype of poor acting and writing such […]
Catamounts Lose 2 of 3 To Mocs In SoCon Play
On Friday April 6, 2007 the Catamount softball team began a three game series against SoCon rival Chattanooga. In the opening game, The Catamounts won a nail biter 5-4 thanks to freshman Mollie Fowler’s walk off homerun in the bottom of the eighth inning. However, that one win would be […]
Local band Last Rezort crowned Battle of the Bands Winner
When inclement weather threatened the crowd turn-out for Battle of the Bands on Wednesday April 11, LMP Music Coordinator Jason Eckard refused to let it get him down. Rain or shine, he was going to deliver the show he knew the students had been waiting for. The bands, too. The […]
