Lifestyle

Lifestyle

King of Pop Michael Jackson Dies; WCU Students React

Michael Jackson, who’s classic American tale as a celebrity took him from musical boy marvel to worldwide pop star to tragic figure haunted by accusations, paparazzi and failed plastic surgery, died suddenly on Thursday June 25, at U.C.L.A. Medical Center after suffering from cardiac arrest. He was pronounced dead at […]

Lifestyle

WCU’s Pride of the Mountains Summer Symposium for Marching Arts

On July 12-16, the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band staff will be hosting a four-day long marching arts clinic throughout the campus of Western Carolina University.For over a decade, The Pride of the Mountains has annually hosted a summer symposium event as a means to educate and inspire nearby […]

Opinion

Editorial

Over the past few weeks, a couple of deaths have stirred up a lot of conversation both in the United States and in Cullowhee. On June 25, Michael Jackson unexpectedly died in Los Angeles. Western Carolina University was struck with tragedy on July 8 with the untimely passing of junior […]

Opinion

Western Carolinian Staff Speaks Out on Michael Jackson Passing

Shelby Harrell, Intern When most people think of Michael Jackson, they think of the supposed “child abuse” he was allegedly accused of. What people don’t seem to acknowledge is the fact that Michael was never an abuser, but rather the victim of abuse for many years. We tend to forget […]

Opinion

Catalyzing Change

Nobody cares. If you’re like me, it seems that Western has many issues and concerns, but that’s all that is ever voiced—opinion. So why doesn’t anyone come through with resolution? Is it because we simply don’t know how, or is it that we are so quick to accept what consequences […]

Sports

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 […]

Sports

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 […]

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 […]