1. A tornado ripped through downtown Atlanta on Friday night, rippling the roof of the Georgia Dome during a college basketball game, shattering windows and ripping roofs from buildings before tearing into several residential neighborhoods. 15 people were clamed to be injured but none were killed. A tornado warning was […]

FOLLOW UP- Suspect of the Feb. 9, 2008 vandalism in Harrill Residence Hall has been found. Detective Robbie Carter, Officer Trent Turpin, and Lieutenant Kent Davis arrested 22-year-old WCU student Anand Rushikesh Mehta just after he got out of class the week before Spring Break. University Chief of Police Tom […]

As an array of off-season moves are made in the National Football League, the Carolina Panthers are in the middle of it all. Teams are taking a look at last years season and what players they should keep or let go to better their franchise. It’s the unpredictable world of […]

The Women’s basketball team cruised their way to the Southern Conference tournament finals before losing a hard fought game against top seeded Chattanooga 71-59 The first two rounds the Catamounts looked unstoppable, easily taking care of Wofford 78-61 in the quarterfinal, and Elon 72-66 in the semis. The first matchup […]

Starting April 1, 2008 there will be a new payment system at Western Carolina. WCU is switching their online payment plan to PayPath Tuition Service, which accepts MasterCard, Discover, and American Express but will no longer take Visa cards. tarting April 1, 2008 there will be a new payment system […]

The Catamount baseball team gave nationally ranked Georgia Tech an early scare on March 4th, and proved themselves a tough competitor in the early 2008 season. Western jumped out to an early one to nothing lead off the bat of junior J.C. Lyons, who hit his third homer this year. […]

On Monday, November 12, Western Carolina Athletic Director Chip Smith announced that WCU head football coach Kent Briggs would be reassigned to another position at Western and the rest of the coaching staff would be replaced. The news does not come as a great surprise considering Western’s abysmal record of […]

Though fires are not incredibly uncommon, non-arson-induced wildfires in 2007 burned more violently, especially in the West. Destroying over a million acres of public, residential, and agricultural land, the fires were impossible to avoid and almost as difficult to extinguish. Most of us were aware of the Southern California fires […]

There are lots of perks about living on this side of the mountains, killer views around the corner of every trail, friendly folks always waiving as they pass by, and a wide array of outdoor activities awaiting in your own backyard but WCU graduate Lesley Fries decided there was still […]

The C.R.I.B. (Computer Resource and Information Bureau)The C.R.I.B. is now located in the Cat’s Den (formally Brown Cafeteria) and is open daily from 5:00pm – 10:00pm. At the C.R.I.B. you can get the same technical support you have received in the past, but you can now get one-on-one assistance at […]