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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Western Carolina won their last three games, two on the road and none by more than eight points, to finish out the season in the top six teams and earn a bye in the first round on this weekend’s Southern Conference Tournament in Charleston, SC. The Lady Cats (17-10, 9-9) […]
Despite losing starting senior David Pegg to a broken fibula in the first ten minutes of the game, Western Carolina’s men’s rugby team defeated Duke to win the conference championship for the second time in the past three years. In front of a large crowd, the rugby team dominated Duke […]
A rape reported by a WCU female freshman on December 20, 2001 was in fact a false allegation, according to Gene McAbee, director of Public Safety. McAbee said an investigation revealed that the report was false and that the victim has admitted so to her family. “We received some reliable […]
Former WCU student Alan Jeremy Tyson, 20, was arrested Feb. 25 on two counts of assault on a female and one count of second-degree rape in connection with incidences that occurred in Leatherwood residence hall. Tyson was released from jail after posting a $3,000 cash bond and $7,000 unsecured bond. […]
Two hundred students from Western North Carolina will have their voices heard on a variety of issues facing local governments across the region when they convene in a youth assembly Saturday, March 23, in Asheville, an event organized by Western Carolina University’s Public Policy Institute. The second annual Local Government […]
Most pople at WCU have experienced the “Cullowhee Crud,” thought to be an illness spread from all the students who are sick when they return to campus. Because everyone is in such close proximity on a college campus, it’s doesn’t take long for one sick person to turn into 300. […]
Western Carolina University freshman Joshua Curtis Balentine, 19, and non-student Aaron James Malay, 20, were arrested January 25 on drug charges related to a hydroponics garden and several marijuana plants found in their closet on the 3rd floor of Benton. Both were charged with possession of marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, maintaining […]
Western Carolina University’s Teaching fellows Program was lauded for demonstrating “excellence in implementation and results” in 18 of 25 program areas evaluated during a recent review by the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission. An evaluation team visited the WCU campus last November and “clearly received the message presented by the […]
Jocelyn Elders, former Surgeon General of the United States, visited Western on February 7. A student session was held in the Grandroom of the UC, as well as a session open for the public that night in the Ramsey Center. Elders is the last of three speakers in the Chancellor’s […]
What were you doing on October 3, 1993? I was watching TV with my parents while 120 elite American troops were engaged in the hornet’s nest called central Mogadishu. What a battle that was, as the Somalian militia overcame inferior training and weapons with numbers and determination to really give […]
