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Friday, June 27, 2025
A high school student recently dissed his teacher on his Facebook status and got away with it thanks to his First Amendment rights. According to the Los Angeles Times, when Donny Dunlap from California called out his biology teacher for giving too much homework on the favored networking website Facebook, […]
Volunteers are being sought to help relocate rivercane from the Western Carolina University area to a site near Cherokee as part of the university’s Rivercane Restoration Project. The work to transplant the rivercane will take place in March and April as volunteers pitch in to move the plants from locations […]
Scenes from The Second City’s comedy performance at the Western Carolina University Fine and Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011.
A January snow storm that shut down Western Carolina University for two days to start the spring semester meant big business for a Western North Carolina ski slope.
The Western Carolinian has started to do what some of their counterparts are considering not doing anymore: offer subscriptions. Though many newspapers across the country are seeing a decline in circulation, Justin Caudell, the Western Carolinian’s editor-in-chief, believes there is a market for his newspaper. “We have had a lot […]
It is the height of the flu season again, and Western Carolina University’s Health Center is patching up those who are already sick and helping those who are well to stay that way. As of Jan. 31, the Health Center has seen 122 students with influenza like illness according to […]
Last season, the Catamounts, with a record of 37-21, lost in the Southern Conference championship to Citidel and just missed the cut to enter the NCAA tournament. 2011 is a brand new season though, and Coach Bobby Moranda and his Catamounts have high expectations. Coach Moranda has been coaching baseball […]
#8220;It was amazing. It exceeded my hopes and dreams,” said Jonathan Cobrda as he discussed his Jan. 30 performance in ‘Sweet ‘N Low: The True Story of One Diabetic’s Journey to Keep Spirits High and Sugars Low.’ Cobrda’s one man show shares details of his Diabetes experiences – from the […]
Families and children from all over the community ventured out to see the laser beams, juggling, 3D effects, and a grand finale featuring toilet paper at the Mark Nizer 3D Show in the Fine and Performing Arts Center on Friday, Jan. 28. With over an hour and a half of […]
A new law could pass this year for community colleges concerning potential students. In the law, colleges can deny applicants who pose a threat to themselves or others, whether health wise or for safety reasons. This could be verbal threats, gun violence, or talking of suicide. Colleges who refuse admission […]
