With educational issues on their minds, a busload of WCU students traveled to Raleigh on Tuesday, February 20, to lobby the North Carolina legislation. About 60 WCU students boarded a bus at 6:45 am to make the five-hour trip to the state capital. Fourteen other universities in the UNC system […]
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Student Injured after Accident at Fraternity House
A WCU student remains listed in critical but stable condition at an Asheville hospital after falling off a wall at a fraternity house early Saturday morning. Andrew Thomas Carter, 19, fell off a 10-foot wall beside a sunken driveway leading to a room on the lower level of the Sigma […]
Fiske Pleads Guilty to Murder of Infant
In Jackson County Superior Court on Monday, a former WCU student was sentenced after pleading guilty to the murder of her newborn child. Christina Marie Fiske, 22, was sentenced to a minimum of 94 to a maximum of 122 months in prison after entering into a plea agreement. Fiske had […]
Catamount Baseball Team Takes Two in Pre-Season Play
The Western Carolina baseball team traveled to Myrtle Beach, SC, this weekend to compete in the Baseball at the Beach Tournament at Coastal Federal Field. They won two of their three games in the pre-conference season event. WCU kicked off the weekend by defeating Kent State and ended with a […]
Fifth-Seed Lady Cats Look to Upset SoCon Tournament
The Western Carolina women’s basketball squad will enter this week’s Southern Conference tournament winning five of their last seven conference match-ups, including the final three in a row. This late-season surge has earned the Lady Cats (13-14, 7-11) a fifth seed, the highest for a WCU women’s team since the […]
ServoPay-Per-View of the Year
The results are in and the winner of the best Pay-Per-View of 2001 is WWF’s No Way Out. Yeah, I know I may seem a bit premature in my assumption. For those of you that didn’t see last Sunday’s PPV, however, I suggest that you save your money to purchase […]
Lady Catamounts Beat App to Close Regular Season
At first they couldn’t buy a win at home. But lately, the Lady Cats seem unstoppable in the Ramsey Center, and this weekend was no different. Western Carolina (13-14, 7-11 in SoCon) got some revenge against their mountain nemesis Appalachian State (5-22, 3-15) and closed out the regular season with […]
VideoA Study in Human Dignity – “The Elephant Man”
There are three reasons why every human being should see this movie. First, it’s one of the most emotional stories ever put on film. Second, it’s based on a true story unlike any other. Third, Anthony Hopkins may just be the most talented actor alive. “The Elephant Man” tells the […]
Native Americans: Environmentalists or Exploiters?
On Thursday, February 22, in the Mountain Heritage Center, anthropologist Shepard Krech III redefined Native American ecology and environmentalism in an hour-long presentation based on his book, The Ecological Indian. The Ecological Indian, which is the subject of an upcoming conference, details Krech’s research and proposes that, contrary to the […]
Clubbin with MikeKayak Club: Taking kayaking to the next level
Kayaking can be a fun recreational activity, and a club on this campus takes kayaking to the next level. The members of the Kayak club at Western Carolina not only kayak for recreational purposes, but they also train to compete in intercollegiate tournaments throughout the Southeast. This semester the club […]
