In our society, there are two clear genders: male and female. Androgyny may be trendy, but there are only ‘male’ and ‘female’ check boxes on driver’s license forms, birth certificates, and other forms. So what happens if you just don’t fit into either category? What happens when the doctor picks […]

Teen thriller Scream (1996) revolutionized the horror genre, which up until that point had become predictable and looked down upon by film critics, by bringing humor and a sense of self that was novel at the time. This movie presents the “rules” of horror films as well as revamping the […]

Like to crunch numbers? Here are a few guy-versus-girl calculations that might interest you. • According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, men are approximately three times more likely to commit suicide than women. • Based on information from the World Health Organization, men are 2.7 times more likely to […]

All right, guys, listen up. • If you say you’re going to call, call. Don’t make up excuses, and if you do have an excuse, it better be an amazing one.• Don’t cheat. Whether you want to believe it or not, most of the time, you will get caught. Just […]

The Catamounts wrapped up the first leg of their current road trip in the East Tennessee State University invitational tournament. They defeated Stetson University 2-0 before losing to ETSU in the finals 1-0.The story of the first match against the Stetson University Hatters was freshman midfielder Courtney Mallon- she’s number […]

Western Carolina Soccer just split two road games at 1-1. The Catamounts defeated Gardner-Webb 2-0, and lost to UNCC 0-2.Jack Kerouac once pondered the question “What’s in store for me in the direction I don’t take?” Kerouac, of course, was referring to the random adventures that took place in a […]

In fights between cats and dogs, the dogs usually win. It was the same result on Saturday as the #23 Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Western Carolina Catamounts 45-16 at Sanford Stadium in Athens. The Catamounts have lost 12 in a row from last season to now, which is the fourth […]

After more than a calendar year of continuous losing, head coach Kent Briggs received a huge present for his birthday on September 22, 2007. His Catamounts finally ended a 12-game losing skid by defeating the Blue Hose of Presbyterian College 33-20 in Cullowhee. The Catamounts (1-3), whose season had a […]

Despite any possible good things that could happen in a relationship, I have always focused on the cold realities of what bad things could come from the pursuit of love. I’m not a perpetual pessimist, I swear! It’s just that I rely on logic and knowledge to make decisions. And […]

I wish my parents had warned me about women. Man, I just can’t stand when girls take 4,837,649 hours to get ready to go anywhere. Why bother with makeup and all that jazz? If I care anything about you as a person, it’s not going to matter to me what […]