After a long night of partying and drinking, you should always consider the harsh penalties for getting caught with a first-offense DWI. In North Carolina, even if a driver is of age to legally drink, the costs of driving after consumption can be detrimental with fines ranging from $100 to […]

Teal blue, flamingo pink and crystal clear thirst quenchers entice us into stores everywhere. Enhanced waters, energy drinks, sports drinks and fitness waters, who needs them and why? Some drinks promise lightening fast reaction times and others offer to boost immunity. Do they help health, or is it all hype? […]

The Western Carolina University music department’s newly launched Catamount Concert Series will continue in February, with performances in Cashiers, Cullowhee and Asheville. The yearlong series of performances, designed to showcase the talents of Western’s music department faculty for audiences across the mountains, will feature a broad array of music, ranging […]

Western Carolina University’s administration has long favored importing the ideas of others over cultivating and exporting the ideas of its own. This is despite Chancellor Bardo’s eerily ever-similar, bi-annual graduation speech highlighting that year’s one Western graduate who didn’t buy into him and his administration’s implied message of regional and […]

With America in a state of instability after the terrorist attacks on September 11, the Patriot Act managed to move through the Senate and Congress quickly and was enacted on October 25, 2001. The Patriot Act was designed to increase the amount of information the government is able to receive […]

Since September 11, many liberties have been taken away from Americans in the name of defending freedom. The Patriot Act has not only taken away search and seizure rights over your home and personal property, but this law also extends into the privacy of your home or office by going […]

Six years ago NASA designed the Reduced Gravity Student Flight Program to get more students interested in science and technology. Teams selected to participate have the opportunity to travel to Houston, Texas for a week and a half and conduct their experiments in a weightless environment on the KC-135. The […]

Just a short drive south from Western Carolina University on NC 107 is one of North Carolina’s most beautiful treasures, Whitewater Falls. With a total height of over 400 feet measured from several towering cascades, it is the tallest waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains. Whitewater Falls is located in […]

Last year when students were asked to choose a design for the new recreation center as part of the Reid Gymnasium renovation, many commented on how great it was to see an indoor climbing wall as part of the design. Some thought that WCU was finally moving into the big […]

Sometimes it seems difficult to maintain an active lifestyle while in college. Luckily at Western there is never a shortage of active things to do outdoors. Organizations like Base Camp Cullowhee (BCC) are devoted to providing a true source of outdoor entertainment that doesn’t come from the television or the […]