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Texting Ban Gets Final Approval
State lawmakers want North Carolina motorists to stop mashing their cell phone keypads while mashing on the gas. Legislation to ban drivers from text messaging or sending e-mails with their cell phones won final approval on Tuesday, June 9 in the state Senate. The House had already approved the measure, […]
Baseball Season Ends in SoCon Tournament
Western Carolina’s baseball season ended Friday, May 22 during the Catamounts’ third game of the Southern Conference Championship. Despite a three run rally in the top of the ninth, the Catamounts were unable to stop No. 8 Furman from advancing in the tournament. As of May 28, twelve Catamounts are […]
Buying Local Is Good For You
There are two hardware stores near my house. One is a big name-brand store that has everything I need at lower prices, open seven days a week. The other has inconvenient hours-they close at noon on Saturdays-and prices are a little higher. They don’t have nearly the same selection either. […]
WCU Athletics Faces Budget Cuts
Along with many other departments on the campus of Western Carolina University, the athletic department is having to reduce its expenses for the upcoming seasons of play. Similar budget cuts have been seen across the Southern Conference as athletic directors made changes in conference policies. These changes include reducing the […]
Four Catamounts selected in 2009 MLB Draft
A trio of Western Carolina juniors and senior right-hander Corey Martin were selected on the second day of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. Nick Liles (7th round), Chris Masters (11th round) and Brent Greer (14th round) were joined by Martin (27th round) through the first 30 rounds of the […]
New Hours at Mountain Heritage Center
The Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University’s museum of Appalachian culture and history, recently implemented a new schedule of visiting hours that includes being open on Saturdays for five months of the year. The center’s new year-round operating schedule is 8am to 5 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, […]
Coca-Cola No Longer WCU’s Beverage of Choice
A change is coming to Western Carolina University. Pepsi, a company of PepsiCo, is one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, and now it will find a home here on campus. The makers of Pepsi, Gatorade, Tropicana, and Mountain Dew, PepsiCo has won the contract over Coca-Cola for […]
UPDATED: Chancellor John Bardo Being Considered For Cincinnati Job
The University of Cincinnati is formally advertising for a new president to fill the school’s vacant position, but Western Carolina University Chancellor John Bardo may be invited to apply. In a story published online on Monday, June 1 in the Cincinnati Enquirer, several nominations have been submitted to UC trustees, […]
Jackson County’s Green Energy Park
Since its Phase 1 opening in October of 2006, the Jackson County Green Energy Park (JCGEP), located in Dillsboro, has been benefiting the community with education, jobs, and environmentally sound methods of producing energy. “That hill is about a nine acres landfill, it has about three quarters of a million […]
