Month: July 2009

Sports

Western Carolina to Host ‘Football 101 for Women’

Western Carolina Athletics will hold the second annual “Football 101 for Women” in preparation for the 2009 college football season. Hosted by Cyndi Wagner and Gale Smith, the wives of head football coach Dennis Wagner and WCU Athletic Director Chip Smith, women are invited to join them for a night […]

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WCU Football Player Collapses At Practice, Later Dies

A Western Carolina University football player’s first practice as a Catamount ended in tragedy. Ja’Quayvin Ja’Quar Smalls, a junior defensive back from Mount Pleasant, S.C., died unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 8 at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva after collapsing during conditioning drills as a part of voluntary off-season workouts. Smalls […]

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Karen Middleton Announces Assistant Women’s Basketball Coaches

Western Carolina’s women’s head basketball coach, Karen Middleton, who has taken over this year after the departure of former head coach Kellie Haprer to N.C. State, recently announced her assistant coaching staff. The Lady Catamounts will jumpstart its season with an all female coaching staff which includes head Coach Karen […]

News

South Has Higher HIV Rates Compared to Nation

New studies by the Center for Disease Control show that new HIV rates are higher than previously thought. The latest CDC reports show that at the end of 2008, 1.1 million people are living with the HIV virus. Due to the effectiveness of treatments, more people are being infected per […]

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Credit Card Age to Rise to 21 in U.S.

There are a number of ways that students can pay for school supplies: cash, debit cards, and student loans, to name a few. But in February 2010, freshmen will find themselves with one less option: credit cards. President Barack Obama recently signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act […]

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NC Wants to Raise Tobacco Tax

On April 3, the United States congress passed a bill that raised the federal tobacco tax from 39 cents to $1.01. The tax increase has been faced with criticism throughout North Carolina, and Western Carolina University is not exempt. The tax was set in motion as a means to pay […]

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Judaculla Rock Gets a Facelift

Judaculla Rock is getting a facelift. Jackson County, along with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Caney Fork Community Development council, and the Parker Family, who have owned the land for hundreds of years, are attempting to restore the rock back to where it was in the 1920s. Since […]

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Digital TV Transition Goes Unnoticed at WCU

The transition from analog to digital TV (DTV) has gone virtually unnoticed at Western Carolina University. The government mandated switch, which was originally supposed to take place Feb. 17, was delayed until June 12 in order to give Americans more time to prepare. The move to digital TV was prefaced […]