var uslide_show_id = “ad6615f9-5b82-4fc7-ac08-71d7d1cfb3ad”;var slideshowwidth = “350”;var linktext = “”;WCU students came to listen to visiting authors as they read thrilling, heart-warming, and inspiring excerpts from their greatest works at the Sixth Annual Spring Literary Festival from April 7-10, 2008. Mary Adams, festival director and associate professor of English, said […]
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NFL mock draft, Carolina Panthers
A certain buzz is floating its way around the Carolina Panthers this off season. The front office started working to better the team as soon as the regular season was over. When asked about improving the offense, specifically adding another playmaker to complement Steve Smith, Head Coach Jon Fox commented […]
Catamount Baseball Earns First SoCon Series Victory of Season
CULLOWHEE-On the weekend of March 28th, Western Carolina’s men’s baseball team took two of three from UNC-Greensboro to earn their first Southern Conference series victory of the season at Childress Field/Hennon Stadium. A controversial call from the first base umpire saw senior Blake Murphy only eligible to play in two […]
Senior Jonathan Hubler Wins Western Carolinian Bracket Contest
The first annual Western Carolinian NCAA Bracket contest concluded Monday as Kansas beat Memphis in the National Championship game. Jonathan Hubler is the winner of the contest, having picked three of four final four teams and Kansas as the National Championship. A lot of picking a bracket has to do […]
Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell
Tokyo Police Club is a band based out of Ontario, Canada. Though the band delivered to expectant fans with Elephant Shell, they started out with their first EP A Lesson in Crime (Paper Bag Records) that was, in essence, the bleak-beautiful-cynical image of Blade Runner packed into a 16-minute recording. […]
New Food at WCU
Western Carolina University is currently undergoing an upgrade. One of the two structures being built on the lower campus is a new dinning facility.Mike Doppke and Rick Nicholson of Aramark, the university’s food provider, answered a few questions about the new dinning facility. The facility, which currently is unnamed, will […]
Top 10 Current and World Events
10. RESTON, Virginia (CNN) — William Kim still calls the cell phone of his son, a 21-year-old senior at Virginia Tech, just to hear his voice. He feels cheated out of a chance to save his only boy. 21- year-old senior Daniel Kim, committed suicide only eight months after the […]
CURVE: Wiping Cullowhee Back Into Shape
Litter, old houses and dilapidated shops line Old Cullowhee Road, which is located on the back side of WCU’s campus. It is probably not the best spot for a picnic or a night out on the town. How can we make Old Cullowhee a much better place? A community group […]
Lady Cats Take First Conference Series
The Western Carolina Lady Catamount softball team took its first conference series of the year by beating the UNC Greensboro Spartans two out of three games April 5-6. The win was a big step in the right direction as the Catamounts have struggled through the first two thirds of the […]
Western’s two sport superstar reflects on her final seasons with the Cats
In her four seasons at Western Carolina, Jessika Johnson has been shining for the Lady Catamounts on the basketball court and is now out leaping opponents in her final season on the Catamount Track and Field team. Johnson, a senior, who also plays basketball under head coach Kellie Harper for […]
