Western Carolina kicked off the regular season with wins over Campbell, Central Florida and Bethune-Cookman while falling to national powerhouse North Carolina. Saturday night, Western (3-1) defeated Campbell 56-55 when Carrie Emory’s jump shot rimmed out and the Lady Cats gained possession on a jump ball. WCU started hot in […]
Month: December 2001
Catamounts Open Season with Pair of Home Wins
Western’s basketball squad kicked off the 2001-2002 campaign with wins over Toccoa Falls and Tennessee Wesleyan in the Ramsey Center, while falling to Coastal Carolina on the road. Monday night, WCU (2-1) set school several school records with a 133-58 win over Toccoa Falls. The 133-point offensive output and the […]
Black Theatre Ensemble Prepares For Production
Western Carolina’s Black Theatre Ensemble wants to expose everyone to the history of black entertainment like it’s never been seen before. Put down your textbooks boys and girls, this lesson is being taught this Thursday and Friday evening through the use of acting, singing and dancing and poetry reciting on […]
Radiohead outdoes Kid A with new concert album
The Beatles recorded some of the greatest music ever made. The problem is, or rather was, that they never got a chance to try and reproduce their studio marvels live. Many Beatles songs have never been played live by the Beatles themselves because technology did not allow for songs like […]
In Cars Shows Humor In Dysfunction
#8220;Awwww! Some of it got into my mouth!” says Beverly D’Onofrio (played by Drew Barrymore), as her son urinates up in the air while she’s changing his diaper in the new movie “Riding in Cars With Boys.” This is a perfect scene from the film to illustrate the film’s theme […]
Student’s Penis Removed from Art Display
Charlie Harshman, a 49-year-old art student at Western Carolina University, reported his seven-foot-tall sculpture of a penis missing from the art display on the second floor of the Belk Building last Thursday. It was put back on display the same day. “I called the campus police immediately because the Art […]
Nursing Graduates Post 95% Pass Rate
Western Carolina University’s nursing graduates have posted one of the state’s top pass rates on a professional licensure examination, according to reports issued by the North Carolina Board of Nursing. Test scores for the first nine months of 2001 indicate that 95 percent of WCU graduates who took the National […]
WCU Seeking to Boost Cultural Tourism in WNC
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 […]
