The Western Carolina men’s basketball team traveled west during the holiday break, but unfortunately, they came back winless. Competing in the Saint Mary’s Shamrock Office Solutions Classic, the young Cats were not able to win either of their two games. The Classic started with a match up between WCU and […]
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Lady Catamounts upset Chattanooga
The adjustment period is over for the Lady Catamounts. Totaling just 9 wins last season, Western has surpassed that win total and it is only January. This time a year ago, Western Carolina and Chattanooga needed overtime to settle their 1st meeting (that game was in Cullowhee). The circumstances were […]
WCU drops 3 in a row outside of Southern Conference
Looking at the Western Carolina men’s basketball schedule at the beginning of the year, it was easy to see that the stretch of three non-conference games between December 2 and 16 just might be the toughest stretch of three games the Cats have all year. The Cats would have to […]
Freakonomics
Freakonomics, by economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner, is an exercise in strange comparisons by using examples, anecdotes, and data. Unfortunately, this book doesn’t have much going for it. The writing has many clumsy segues between the numbers, percentages, stories, and figures, and reads in a formal […]
The Third Policeman
The Third Policeman is Flann O’Brien’s story of a man who commits murder. Slowly, after the murder, his everyday surroundings begin to twist into a strange mockery of normality. Bit by bit strange things occur and the story goes further down the rabbit hole. The Third Policeman has a strange […]
Upcoming events for Native American History Month
November marks Native American History Month across the nation, and WCU is planning many events to educate and entertain students, faculty and community members alike. Author Leann Howe will present her story Spiral of Fire at 7 p.m. on Nov. 14 in the UC Grandroom. Spiral of Fire details Howe’s […]
UNC President Erskine Bowles limits tuition increases
Under a new plan proposed by UNC President Erskine Bowles and approved by the UNC system’s Board of Governors, the tuition for system colleges and universities cannot increase by more than 6.5% in any new school year. By establishing this limit on tuition increases in most schools, Bowles and the […]
Nick & Nate’s Fills You Up Right
Nick & Nate’s is a popular restaurant on Main Street in Sylva. It primarily serves burgers, subs, and pizzas, but don’t let that dissuade you; they definitely have something for everyone. I ate there recently with one of my friends, but this was by no means my first experience with […]
REACH Shooting Conclusion
The case of the recent murder of Bonnie Woodring by her husband John “Woody” Woodring at the REACH battered women’s shelter in Sylva came to an abrupt and unsatisfying end days ago when police officers found the body of Woodring, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in a houseboat at […]
Weird North Carolina laws
It has been hard times for all since North Carolinians could not use their elephants to plow their cotton fields anymore. It is against the law, and so are many other things that may surprise you. There are many laws still on the books that seem so ridiculous it is […]
