Day: February 2, 2009

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A Follow-Up of the October 20 Bear Incident on Western’s Campus

Once having caused a huge uproar, the infamous WCU bear incident of October 20, 2008 has transformed into nothing more than a hushed memory, a memory that Western Carolina University would prefer to repress. Although the incident was dismissed as a “prank” by administration, two students, questioned by the campus […]

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Upcoming Live Music

Friday, February 6th: South French Broads + Solito @ Guadalupe Café: Asheville-based duo The South French Broads create an eclectic sound combing folk, jazz, blues and funk influences. You can expect to hear driving bass lines, spoken-word vocals and even sound toys. Also performing is the Sylva-based duo Solito, formerly […]

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WCU Student Receives Music Contract

Senior political science major Seth Uldricks received a call unexpectedly in November 2007. It was an agent, hoping to make a contract with Uldricks’ metal band Southern Cross. Southern Cross’s album Written in Stone will be finished in May with a tour and tour dates to follow. At first, Seth […]

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Coraline: From the Page to the Screen

In light of the new movie “Coraline,” directed and written by Henry Selick, whom you might know as the Director of the Nightmare Before Christmas, I decided to read the book before I saw the movie. The only thing that I knew about the book prior to reading it was […]

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Lady Catamounts Finish Strong to Defeat Davidson

The Western Carolina Lady Catamounts took advantage of their home court by defeating Davidson 72-66 on Monday, Jan. 25. After leading by one point, 37-36, at halftime, Western Carolina built as much as a five point lead, 43-38, early in the second half before Davidson went on a 14-4 run […]

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Catamounts Could Not Stop Mountaineers in Second Half in Boone

Despite a strong effort in a hostile environment, the Catamount Basketball team came up short against rival Appalachian State on Saturday, Jan. 24. The Western Carolina men’s basketball team was unable to overcome a career day by ASU guard Kellen Brand and the Mountaineers full court press in the second […]

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Western Carolina Clips the Georgia Southern Eagles 89-75

Junior Jake Robinson scored a game-high 20 points and freshman Greg Avery tied his career-best with 17 to lead four Catamounts in double figures as Western Carolina used a strong offensive performance to down the Georgia Southern Eagles, 89-75, in Southern Conference action on a snowy Monday night at the […]

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Los Campesinos – We are Beautiful, We are Doomed

Los Campesinos! is one of those bands that has jumped on the exclamation point title bandwagon, pun intended — not that this is necessarily a bad thing. I was tuned into ‘The Verge’ on my Sirius/XM dial when I first heard them in December. Honestly, I was expecting something along […]

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What’s in a Name: Ronnie G. Childress Field and Hennon Stadium

(Editor Note: The following is the second in a series of articles where Western Carolinian writers report on why the athletic facilities at WCU are named after who they are.) The Western Carolina University baseball team has called the facilities within Hennon Stadium its home since 1972, and they have […]