In the ’20s, women began their flapper movement. The Civil Rights movement took center stage in the 1950s. The ’60s ushered in the flower power movement. The ’70s continued the fight for peace and revolutionized music. The ’80s brought about bad hair, along with an underground movement of punk. Americans […]

They are on the cover of every magazine. They make it into every day’s news headlines. Millions of dollars are made every year from them. Everywhere we look, we see celebrities. Our generation, more so than any other generation from the past, is fascinated by them. We live our lives […]

Following a heartbreaking 83-81 overtime loss to Georgia Southern, the Lady Catamounts bounced right back to win their final 3 games of the regular season, thus crowning them as the Regular Season Champions of the Southern Conference. Their first defeat en route to their three straight wins was over the […]

(3 and a half out of 5 stars) Though the listening styles of students and residents in Western North Carolina vary greatly, no other style of music captures the heart of the traditional mountain heritage like bluegrass. And so to write about that style of music, I would turn to […]

Incubus is back! After the release of A Crow Left of a Murder, many Incubus fans were left confused and unsure of what the band’s future would bring. However, the recent release of Light Grenades has brought hope to the hopeless. Light Grenades released at #1 on the Billboard 200, […]

3 out of 5 stars When you combine Marvel comic books and the big screen, you will usually get box-office success. The movie Ghost Rider is no different. The Marvel superhero movie took in $44.5 million on opening weekend to make it the biggest movie success so far in 2007. […]

In the political science department, there is a man who stands among the proud professors. Dr. Gibbs Knotts comes to class every morning sporting a fancy suit and a smile on his face that shows you his dedication to the students.This semester Dr. Knotts is teaching mainly upper-level and graduate-level […]

3.5 out of 5 stars If watching a picture-perfect thriller about a serial killer wreaking havoc in the San Francisco is your thing, then Zodiac is definitely the film for you. This thinking man’s thriller, though a little too long for my blood, was a decent portrayal of real events […]

The Western Carolina men’s golf team traveled to Trussville, Alabama, on March 12 looking to improve upon their 7th place finish in the Lonnie D. Small Spring Classic. Improve they did as the Catamounts went from 7th place on the first day of the invitational to finishing in 6th place. […]

The Men’s Golf team, led by junior Matt Cook, finished 6th out of 15 teams at the Argonaut Invitational in Pensacola, Florida, on February 27. Western shot a team total of 881, over three days, to finish 17 strokes behind the winning team, Virginia Commonwealth. VCU shot 864 and finished […]