Day: January 30, 2001

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A Penny for Thought: Suggestions For The Rocky Horror Show

Did you know that in Europe the stage show production of The Rocky Horror Show is more frequently performed and is better known than the movie version? Did you know that also in the stage version, there is no dinner scene? Typically there’s no throwing toast here either. But the […]

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Critically Acclaimed Poet Thomas Lux Visits WCU

One wave falling forward meets another wave fallingforward. Well-water, hand-hauled, mineral, cool,could bea kiss, or pasturesfiery green after rain, beforethe grazers. In this excerpt from “The Kiss,” critically acclaimed poet Thomas Lux lives up to the title “biographer of the ordinary” bestowed on him by Booklist for his volume New […]

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Greensboro Slides Past Lady Cats

The Lady Cats had revenge on their minds Saturday afternoon going into their game against the Lady Spartans of UNC Greensboro (15-4, 9-1). However, the visiting team had other plans, shooting 54 percent in the second half and forcing 23 Western Carolina to prevail 71-54. The loss was Western’s second […]

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Cats Sprint into Spring Season

The men’s and women’s track and field squads traveled to Johnson City, Tennessee to compete in the IKON Invitational, hosted by Southern Conference rival East Tennessee State University, last weekend. The highlight of the meet for the Cats was the performance of the men’s 4×400 relay team, which set a […]

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Cats Whip Keydets, 82-62

GREENVILLE, SC – The Western Carolina Catamounts fought for 35 of the allotted 40 minutes, but a 20-2 run by the Furman Paladins ended their two-game winning streak, 67-47 Monday night from Timmons Arena. WCU fell to 4-18 overall and a game back from other conference teams at 2-7. Furman, […]

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Catamount Rugby Notches Victory Over Paladins

GREENVILLE, SC – Western Carolina’s men’s rugby squad narrowly defeated Furman last Saturday in Greenville, their first Southern Conference contest of the season. The 10-8 win lived up to its billing as the Catamounts’ most difficult conference match-up of the year. The game’s opening half was a scoreless stalemate, as […]

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Got HookAdventures in the Southern Conference

For four years I’ve represented Western Carolina at athletic contests as either a member of print or electronic media, or as a member of the media relations staff. Sitting along the press row or high atop Whitmire Stadium in the press box, emotions are not tolerated. Rather than being a […]

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Tragic Loss at Oklahoma State Shows that We Should All Be Thankful

Oftentimes, in today’s modern world of college basketball, we tend to assume that teams will travel quickly around the country to play games for the sake of our enjoyment. This luxury, however, sometimes comes with a cost. Last Saturday, ten members of the Oklahoma State University basketball family, including two […]