Although most freshmen may not realize it, returning Western Carolina students surely noticed that the old Brown cafeteria has gone under a tremendous makeover. Now called the Cat’s Den, this eating establishment has vastly improved according to many students. Like most of her friends, Erica Jones, a Junior at WCU, […]

Parking on campus is something that nearly every student has faced during their time at Western. As everyone knows, parking is a complete mess on campus that causes many commuters stress every day. If you don’t leave at least 30 minutes before your class, your odds of finding a parking […]

The crowd of 92,138 packed into Bryant-Denny Stadium to see the debut of new Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban as he prepared to take on Coach Kent Briggs’ Western Carolina Catamounts. The Crimson Tide did not disappoint their new coach, as they dismantled The Catamounts in their season […]

The Western Carolina volleyball team opened their season on August 24 in Dallas at the SMU Tournament. With three matches in two days the Catamounts didn’t get their season off to the best of starts as they lost all three matches three games to none. The first match of the […]

Over the summer, Western lost one of the best coaches on campus in head baseball coach Todd Raleigh. After leading Western to a 42-20 record and the NCAA Regionals, Coach Raleigh left to take the head coaching position at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Not only did Coach Raleigh […]

So you dig music, right? Yeah, so do I. Don’t like paying for it? Me too! But I’ll be honest with you, it’s a risky time and age to keep downloading illegally, particularly on a university campus. Chances are getting better that you will be caught and, don’t misunderstand, the […]

We’ve all heard the stereotypes that seem to surround modern rock. Emo, screamo, hardcore, post hardcore, progressive, punk, and whatever else is branded to anything new that rocks. All these titles make it sound like we’re shopping the isles of some outrageous guitar themed grocery store. What’s created though, from […]

Okay, yes, I admit it, I have been on a binge of memoirs, autobiographies or just any book that tells a true story. However, The Glass Castle has recently been ranked within my top favorite books.Everyone has a past. Some are ashamed by their’s and others are more accepting. For […]

Tragedy has struck the Catamount athletic family as former football player Xavier Godard passed away Wednesday evening in a drowning accident at Cedar Cliff Lakes in Jackson County. I was lucky enough to have shared one class with Godard during my previous three years at Western, when we were both […]