On Monday, November 12, Western Carolina Athletic Director Chip Smith announced that WCU head football coach Kent Briggs would be reassigned to another position at Western and the rest of the coaching staff would be replaced. The news does not come as a great surprise considering Western’s abysmal record of […]
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Women Gripe
Do we have to talk about it? Can I just say stupid things, grow facial hair, make poop jokes, and eat bacon? See, if I had a bad day I’d really just like to lie on the couch, pour the chips directly on to my stomach, turn on ESPN and […]
Down With “Shoot ‘Em Up”
Blam blam blam. The movie opens with Clive Owen (playing the same character he plays in Sin City, more or less) sitting on a bench and staring into the camera. He takes a bite of a carrot, then a sip of coffee. A pregnant woman runs past screaming, followed by […]
Interpol, Our Love to Admire
New York band Interpol’s latest release Our Love to Admire is the band’s latest attempt at crafting their black-and-white, cigarette-fused, avant garde rock formula. After the success of the band’s two previous albums, Turn off the Bright Lights and Antics, where is there to go? Regardless of opinion, Interpol’s established […]
The Campus Mediation Program
Disputes among students can be an all-too-common problem on campus. The Campus Mediation Program (CMP), which was created last year, will help resolve disputes between students and help the parties reach an agreement. According to College of Business Professor Jayne Zanglein: “Mediation is an informal process in which an impartial […]
The Top-5 Things That Drive Me Nuts About The Opposite Sex
Women do a lot of things to drive men up the wall. Just ask my girlfriend. Sometimes, I think she does it purposely to get under my skin. Now, I do love my girlfriend to death and I would go out to the ends of the earth for her, from […]
Dear those that shall remain nameless,
Girls, we have all been there. The bad dates, the horrible breakups, and the downright strange behavior. Though, I admit that guys definitely have their moments of grace and clarity. There are two major things to address. For starters, we do not like being stood up. If for some reason […]
My Problems with the Female Species
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 […]
It’s not you, it’s me
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 […]
Catamounts get first win of season against Blue Hose, snap 12-game losing skid
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 […]