For the second time this outdoor season, the men’s and women’s track teams traveled to Clemson, SC, to compete in the Clemson Invitational last Saturday. The journey across the state line once again proved to be another merited experience. This was the first team-scored meet of the year, pitting the […]
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COMMENTARYSpring Game: More Punts than Points
The Purple and Gold game was not a exhibition of great football execution. If anything, it could be considered a tough defensive match-up. Despite the many incomplete passes and missed blocking assignments, spectators got a first hand look at next year’s team. Looking past this game and moving into next […]
Catamounts Win One of Two in the 7th annual Spring Soccer Shindig
The Catamount men’s club soccer team traveled to Clemson last weekend to compete against 23 other teams in the seventh annual Spring Soccer Shindig. The tournament was divided into six brackets, each containing four teams. WCU was unlucky to be drawn in one of the most talented brackets alongside UNC […]
Baseball Beats The Citadel’s Bulldogs on the Road
In the history of Southern Conference baseball, three teams immediately come to mind: Georgia Southern, The Citadel, and Western Carolina. GSU is the defending SoCon champion with the Catamounts, having garnered that title on nine separate occasions. And how about this for dominance: going into last weekend, The Citadel hadn’t […]
Catamount Cheerleaders Place Sixth in Florida
The WCU cheerleading squad placed sixth in the National Cheerleading Association (NCA) Competition Thursday and Friday, April 5-6 in Daytona, Florida. In last year’s competition, the team finished 14th. This year, the team made an impressive jump to 6th in their national division. The team also finished .02 points from […]
WCU Rugby Closes Out Year By Toppling Duke
With the bitter cold wind at their back, Duke walked off WCU’s rugby field with their hopes for another win shattered after the WCU women’s rugby team beat them soundly 66-0, leaving Duke to limp home nursing their pride and heir battle wounds. The energy and technique demonstrated by the […]
Spring Scrimmage Highlighted by Defense
The annual Purple-Gold Game wrapping up spring practice Sunday at E.J. Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field featured a defensive struggle on both sides, with only a drive in the final minutes separating the two squads. The contest featured 18 punts, two turnovers, and a missed field goal. Additionally, both teams combined […]
Communication falls Short Concerning Food Service
To the Editor: I believe their needs to be better communication between students and Aramark, (Foodservice Taskforce Assembled” March 28, 2001). Clete Myers, Food Service Director, stressed that he is ‘open to constructive criticism that students have to offer.’ So why don’t people stop complaining to other students and make […]
Student Amused by Harkins Letters
Dear Editor, Earlier this week I was reading Western’s very own newspaper, The Western Carolinian. I came across a page that had a letter to the editor written by the student who has been here for 7 years. This letter was the second letter that I had read from this […]
The All Powerful American Ego
A diplomatic “war” has begun, and this time America is not defending helpless victims of overbearing dictators, or protecting America’s financial interests. Now, the most selfish country in the world is proving it: America’s diplomacy is not aimed solely at protecting our relations with China, but at protecting our beloved […]
