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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
By: Justin Caudell Sports Editor WCU TO HOLD BASEBALL TRYOUTS Western Carolina University and head baseball coach Bobby Moranda have announced the date for annual open walk-on tryouts. Current WCU students who are interested in trying out for the Catamount baseball team can do so on Friday, Sept. 26. The […]
Randall Holcombe WCU Public Relations CULLOWHEE – Mountain Heritage Weekend events at Western Carolina University, including a bluegrass concert this coming Friday, Sept. 26, and the university’s Mountain Heritage Day festival on Saturday, Sept. 27, will go on as scheduled despite gasoline supply problems in Jackson County and across Western […]
By Justin Caudell Sports Editor Despite maintaining possession of the football for five minutes longer than the opposition, Western was shut down by the Seminoles of Florida State University on Saturday, September 6 in Tallahassee, Florida. The start of the game was delayed 1 hour 21 minutes because of lightning, […]
By Justin Caudell Sports Editor For the eleventh straight season, the Catamounts won their home opener on Thursday, Aug. 28, blanking the Shorter College Hawks 35 – 0 on the gridiron to start the 2008 season. The triumph ended a seven game losing streak, dating back to last year. The […]
By Justin Caudell Weather Writer While Cullowhee escaped the brunt of the wild weather the last week of August, it rained and it poured in Cashiers, North Carolina to cause flooding, downed trees and car crashes. Remnants of Tropical Storm Fay, which made four landfalls through Florida before heading west […]
Hello Blood Drive Supporters, As you can imagine, hurricanes and even the threats of hurricanes have forced the cancellation of many blood drives recently around the east coast and in the gulf area. With the need for blood being a constant thing, these cancellations have taken a toll on the […]
By Kaitlyn Mullis Staff Writer The changing of the new mascot logo for Western Carolina University has been one received with mixed feelings. The Catamount that recent students and faculty have grown accustomed to has been done away with, and the new logo was unveiled on Aug. 13, the 75th […]
By Parker Millar News Editor JACKSON, MO – 52 year old Deborah Shank suffered permanent brain damage and is now wheelchair bound after her car collided with a semi-truck trailer seven years ago. Fortunately, Shank and her family received a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company. After paying Legal […]
By Paige Carrick Staff Writer On Friday morning, Aug. 8, two men were found murdered in Swain County and a third man was found wounded but not dead. A 911 call made around 11 am alerted authorities that a man with gunshot wounds was lying in a ditch at a […]
By Parker Millar News Editor Congressman Heath Shuler delivered an inspirational speech to an assembled group of students, professors, athletes and administrative staff in the UC Theatre on Tuesday, September 3, 2008 at 3:45 pm. Before Congressman Shuler spoke, our congressional representative was presented with a Western Carolina University football […]
