Western Carolina University is taking significant new steps to boost the Western North Carolina travel and tourism industry by becoming an additional destination for visitors in search of cultural arts and heritage-based activities. That was the word Thursday, Nov. 15, from WCU Chancellor John Bardo, who opened a daylong conference […]
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WCU 65th Most Wired College in US
For the second consecutive year, Western Carolina University has been named one of the 100 “most wired” colleges in the nation by Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine, a national publication and guide to the World Wide Web. WCU was number 68 last year, but it has now moved up 3 places […]
Catamounts Fall To Appalachian State, 34-24
BOONE — Jimmy Watkins ran for 194 yards and two touchdowns as Appalachian State beat Western Carolina 34-24 on Saturday. Appalachian State (7-3, 6-2 Southern) had 439 total yards and forced four turnovers. Fred Boateng led Western Carolina (6-4, 4-3) with 141 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries. Western […]
Fall Sports Answer Challenge Forged by Athletics
At the onset of the school year, the Western Carolina athletic department developed a new slogan and mission: “One goal…to be the best.” While this may be a common goal for athletic programs across the country, WCU has managed to quickly back this statement with top-tier programs in football, soccer […]
WCU Rugby Goes To States
The WCU men’s rugby team has continued their winning ways this fall season. They head into this weekend’s state tournament with winning three straight, all against division opponents. More impressively, the combined score for the three games was 83-5 in favor of the Catamounts. Furman, Elon, and the University of […]
WCU To Offer Survival Course
Western Carolina University will offer “Strength and Conditioning Survivability” as a self-study distance learning course. Participants may enroll and take the course at any time. Course topics will include overtraining, resistance training systems, nutrition and supplements, strength and conditioning exercises, injury prevention and treatment,combatives and self-defense exercises, and environmental survival […]
Rampant Parnoia
Dear Editor, Paranoia is rampant in our nation. I, too, have fallen victim to its clutches and have made an effort to escape a mindset that suspects everyone as a terrorist. Recently, a day spent in Atlanta changed that. Frothing at the mouth to escape the humdrum of Cullowhee, I […]
Justice, Starvation and Afghans
MSNBC’s Preston Mendenhall reported from Pakistan the Afghan view of the U.S. air strikes: “If a U.S. bomb is off target or falls by mistake on a civilian area, it’s very difficult for Afghans to comprehend why, at least as they see it in very black-and-white terms when a bomb […]
Course On Middle East Offered
A geography topics course on the Middle East, an area of popular interest among Americans in light of current world events, is being offered at Western Carolina University in the spring semester. WCU associate professor of geography, Jeffrey Neff, will instruct “Topics in Regional Geography – The Middle East” (GEOG […]
WCU Secures Title, First Seed with SoCon Victories
After finishing their conference season with wins over Appalachian State and East Tennessee State, the Lady Catamount soccer squad has moved to first in the Southern Conference and has secured at least a share of the regular season title. Additionally, since WCU has defeated UNCG and Furman, who are the […]
