Western Carolina University’s department of nursing will be offering a new course this summer, focusing on the rise of bacteria and viruses that are resistant to treatment. “Nursing 393: Infection Control and Emerging Pathogens” will be taught at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. The 10-week course begins June […]

Prospective college students who want to find out what college life is all about will have an opportunity to get their questions answered as Western Carolina University holds Open House on Saturday, April 21. Hosted by WCU’s Admissions Office, Open House gives students and their families a chance to explore […]

Western Carolina University will offer a lifeguard training course on Saturdays, April 14, 21 and 28. The three-part course will take place in WCU’s Reid Gymnasium from 2 to 6pm. A registration fee of $75 is required. Otto Spilker, retired professor in the department of health and human performance, will […]

Here I go again. For the second time in three weeks, I’m entering the ring-only metaphorically. I admit, I’m not the biggest wrestling fan in the world. For one thing, I have all of my teeth, I don’t own a beat up ol’ pick-up truck, and I understand that the […]

The Western Carolina football squad will complete its 2001 spring practices with the annual Purple-Gold Scrimmage, held Sunday (April 8), at E.J. Whitmire Stadium. The team will take the field at approximately 2 p.m., with the first snap set to take place at 2:30 p.m. Admission and parking will be […]

Western Carolina junior Donovan Minero was named the Southern Conference Player of the Week. The announcement was made on Monday. Minero raised his season batting average 41 points to .352 this past week, going 10-for-18 (.556) at the plate with three home runs and ten RBIs. Versus Tennessee, he went […]

Springtime is often associated with the onset of baseball season. It also typically means an increase in rain fall. Both were true this week as the Catamounts’ Tuesday afternoon date with the 8th-ranked Clemson Tigers was washed out a day after the major league’s opening day. At the time of […]

The Western Carolina tennis squad dropped two matches in Southern Conference action last weekend on the road. Sunday the Lady Cats (4-10, 0-7) traveled to Johnson City, Tenn., where they could not keep pace with East Tennessee State University, 2-5. In their first match, the team fell to Chattanooga 0-7. […]

Dear Editor: After reading the biography written about me by Staff Writer Lee Schwarz in last week’s edition of the Western Carolinian, it is obvious to me that clarification is needed on some statements which were printed. Although I am not implying that Mr. Schwarz misconstrued my statements, I am […]