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Six months following a prank that put WCU in the global spotlight, two individuals that pleaded guilty to dumping a dead bear on campus in October with Barack Obama campaign signs on its head, found out their fate today, Tuesday, Mar. 10. Brothers Marvin Caleb Williams, of Wilksboro, who was […]
Five home games and a season-opening road trip to Southeastern Conference foe, Vanderbilt, highlight Western Carolina’s 11-game 2009 Catamount football schedule released last week. The slate includes three teams which made the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs a season ago and a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) winner. “The 2009 […]
On Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 2pm, LA-based hip-hop producer and musician Thavius Beck gave an electronic music production workshop to over a dozen WCU students. Sponsored by WCAT and Student Media, the event included demonstrations of Ableton Live and Reason music production software, tips and tricks for production, a Q&A […]
The Western Carolina Indoor Track and Field teams placed three finishes with a rank of third place or better in the Tiger Paw Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 14. The meet was part of a series of track and field events that will continue at Clemson University through February 28. On […]
Western Carolina University unveiled its latest modification in the athletics department a few weeks ago, with a fresh new look for the Catamount mascot. Better known as Paws, who was given this name as a part of a student competition several years ago, the Catamount mascot has been revamped from […]
Last week, WCU officials cancelled Western Carolina University’s summer commencement ceremony scheduled for Aug. 7. It was suspended in preparation for projected cuts in state-appropriated funding for the 2009-10 fiscal year. The move will not affect spring commencement ceremonies, set for May 8-9, or fall exercises, to be held Dec. […]
Junior Jada Bratton is the latest Western Carolina University student to join the Western Carolinian sports staff. A Communications major with a concentration in Public Relations and minor in Sports Management, Bratton is a native of Gastonia, North Carolina. She graduated from Shelby High School and is the daughter of […]
The Lady Catamounts basketball team defeated Elon, 77-61, on Monday, Feb.16 in the Ramsey Center. The victory improved the Lady Cats to 15-11 and 11-6 in the Southern Conference, while the Phoenix fell to 3-23 and 1-16 in the SoCon. Western Carolina had a hard time scoring, shooting 44.4 percent […]
Basketball season is winding down and the weather is slowly getting warmer, which can mean only one thing-baseball season. Western opened its season hosting the Bowling Green Falcons at Hennon Stadium with a three-game set on Friday, Feb. 20. The Catamounts got off to strong start, winning their opening game, […]
Dr. Sam Miller is the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at Western Carolina University. He attended the University of Alabama where he earned his undergraduate degree in human resources management and his master’s degree in business administration. He received his doctorate in education from the University of Virginia. Dr. Miller […]
