Two minutes are left in the game. The championship is on the line. Your team is down 24-21, and you’re the only who can steer the team down for that game-winning score. You are the quarterback of the team. This is a dream that countless kids who play football have. […]

Many students and parents may wonder what rights they have regarding official records once the school year has started. Unlike in high school, parents may not have the ability to ask for information regarding their student unless specific paperwork has been filed. Unfortunately, crimes are committed on campus either relating […]

In what was a tail of two halfs, the Western Carolina Catamounts upset #19 Eastern Kentucky, 20-17. Trailing 17-7 at halftime, it was hard to see anything that Western had done right. EKU held onto the ball for 21:07 in the first half, while the WCU only had the ball […]

Dorm rooms are designed as a safe environment for all students and guest of WCU. There are certain rules and regulations that each hall has to abide by in order to make it a safe environment for the students. To ensure comfort and a safe environment while living in a […]

Things are heating up in the Catamount athletic department with football season starting and basketball right around the corner. But, most don’t hear about our Catamount cross country team. The Western Carolinian recently sat in with Josh Thompson on Power 90.5’s “The Litter Box” to speak with Danny Williamson, Western’s […]

This semester, Western Carolina University made two changes to enhance security for its students. The first change was a new system for student ID numbers, and the second was the distribution of new Cat Cards. These two items promise to protect personal information of students and to provide convenience and […]

Both Catamount cross-country teams started out the season the way they started out last season: with strong finishes. The Ladies Cross Country team earned a 2nd place finish at the Clemson Cross Country Invitational, edging out Gardner-Webb by just a single point. The South Carolina Gamecocks won the event with […]

It is a well-known rumor among Western students that the IT department has the technology and initiative to track your every action while logged on to the campus network. Many people consider this to be a violation of their personal privacy. Fortunately, the truth is much less paranoia-inducing.In reality, the […]

The Lady Catamount Soccer team returned to the .500 mark and won their first Southern Conference win of the season last week. Western started off the week against the 32nd-ranked Nebraska Cornhusker and took them to double-overtime before falling 1-0 in front of 352 fans at Nebraska Soccer field.Western Carolina […]

General Richard B. Myers led the way by leading the first presentation of the year in the Fine and Performing Arts center. Entitled “War X,” the retired General held a series of sessions, wherein he spoke on the controversial War on Terror. An exclusive student session was held earlier in […]