Two seasons ago the Catamount women’s basketball team excelled in the SoCon Tournament and took home the Tournament Championship, and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament. This season, Kellie Harper and her Lady Cats are back looking to bring that same magic back to Cullowhee. On Nov. 10, the […]
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Catamounts finish eighth and 11th in meet
The Western Carolina cross country teams competed in the Blue Ridge Open at the newly-christened Don Kennedy Trails on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone. The women seeded eighth out of 10 teams, while the men came in 11th out of 14 teams. The women’s team finished 14 […]
Catamounts drop a pair of 1-goal matches
Losing a match by one goal can hurt, but losing back-to-back one goal games, can make a team sick. That was the case with the Western Carolina soccer team as they dropped a pair of Southern Conference games, each by a goal apiece including a match that went to double […]
Flags of our Fathers: Not your typical war film
4.5 stars out of 5 When I first heard about Flags of our Fathers, I was very skeptical that this was going to be a typical war film like Saving Private Ryan and Windtalkers. Then I heard that the movie was co-directed by Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg, and it […]
Volleyball
The Catamount Volleyball team is struggling this season to produce wins and have fallen to ninth place in the Southern Conference with a conference record of 3&12. After sweeping the Wofford Terriers 3-0 on Oct. 14, the Cats lost four consecutive games to Furman, Chattanooga, UNC-Greensboro, and Elon. In the […]
Western moves into 2nd place
Homecoming 2006 was a very successful time for Western as they pulled out two victories and moved into a tie with Furman for second place in the Southern Conference. The Catamounts improved to 9-5-2 on the season and 5-1-1 in the Conference. Western needed a strong second half to pull […]
Row makes history on Senior Day
Alesha Row could not have asked for a better way to go out on Senior Day, but the Catamount soccer team would have liked to have gotten the win; unfortunately, Western Carolina would have to settle for a 0-0 tie against the Elon Phoenix in front of 379 fans at […]
Death and Dying: A gateway to reflection
Death, although a resultant of living, is typically viewed from afar by today’s society. One would assume that something as impending, and morbid, as death would arouse more curiosity and interest. However, in general, people do not wish to talk about or even think about death. Professor Laura Cruz created […]
The Thomas Divide
The mountains for North Carolina are filled with great stories and many mysteries only known to locals. However, one great mystery of the Blue Ridge Mountains has managed to stay one of the well-kept secrets today. That mystery is the one of the Thomas Divide.The Thomas Divide is located off […]
Scott & Harrill Residence Halls-haunted??
Scott and Harrill Residence Halls may seem like just two more dorms on the campus of Western Carolina University. However, each building has a reputation for being haunted because of some mysterious events that occurred in the past. Current and prospective students of WCU should keep these stories in mind […]
