Recently, the Cullowhee Valley School hosted its annual Fall Festival. Every year, Cullowhee Valley Fall Festival hosts over 700 children and their parents, entertaining them with food, games, and educational booths. Mary Kay Bauer is a professor at Western Carolina University and a mother of two Cullowhee Valley students. Working […]
Cherokee lessons
Back to the drawing board: #22 WCU loses to #3 Furman, 42-7
Western took high hopes into Greenville, SC, on September 23, but those hopes were dashed as #3 Furman demolished the Catamounts 42-7. While the Cats were beat handily, Coach Kent Briggs of Western still thought his team could bounce back from the effort. “It’s not the end of the world. […]
Hornak takes over as new Catamount head coach
The month-long search for a replacement for Megan Smith has finally come to an end. Christine Hornak has been named the new head coach of the Catamount softball team. Hornak is a former assistant coach for the Virginia Tech Hokies, where she helped the Hokies get to the ACC Championship […]
World didn’t begin with a bang, but instead with a beetle: Cherokee religious beliefs
We are familiar with most creation theories: evolution, the religious aspects of a god willing a world, and of course, the “Big Bang.” But what if instead of an omnipotent god, the world started with a tiny beetle? To understand, we must go back in time. Imagine Western Carolina University’s […]
Preseason Favorites battle to a tie
Sept. 29 – Oct. 1 for Western Carolina soccer was a tough battle as they faced the team predicted to finish in second this year: the Furman Paladins and the favorite to win the conference: the UNC-Greensboro Spartans. Despite a loss to Furman, the Lady Catamounts earned a tie against […]
Do you know the five pillars of Islam? A Western student shares her Muslim beliefs
Before September 11, I had no idea what Islam was. At school, discussing other cultures and religions was an amusing idea as we were the guinea pigs for President Bush’s “No Child Left Behind Policy” of January 2001. Anything that wasn’t on our end-of-course test wasn’t discussed. We were under […]
Cross-country has impressive showing in the Bluegrass State
The Catamount cross-country teams traveled up to the state of Kentucky for the Greater Louisville Classic on the University of Louisville campus. Both teams had commendable showings in a race that had so many teams compete that they ended up having to have two separate races. Both teams ran in […]
Is religion helpful or harmful?
This is the time in our lives when we learn who we are and where we want to be later in life. College is the ideal place to explore what religion and faith means to you and how you will let it exist in your life. When considering whether religion […]
Do Parents Influence Their Children?
What influences students on their religion? Is it their parents? Is it school or their peers? The WC polled these questions to 25 anonymous students around campus. We received many different types of responses through our poll. The majority of students polled thought that their parents had influenced them. Some […]
Eat at Stoney’s
Two of my friends and I recently ate at Stoney’s Crab Shack for the first time. If you didn’t know, the restaurant is located on Broad Street where the old Broad Street Fish Camp used to be. It can be kind of a tricky place to find since it’s behind […]
