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Friday, July 4, 2025
Death, although a resultant of living, is typically viewed from afar by today’s society. One would assume that something as impending, and morbid, as death would arouse more curiosity and interest. However, in general, people do not wish to talk about or even think about death. Professor Laura Cruz created […]
Alesha Row could not have asked for a better way to go out on Senior Day, but the Catamount soccer team would have liked to have gotten the win; unfortunately, Western Carolina would have to settle for a 0-0 tie against the Elon Phoenix in front of 379 fans at […]
Homecoming 2006 was a very successful time for Western as they pulled out two victories and moved into a tie with Furman for second place in the Southern Conference. The Catamounts improved to 9-5-2 on the season and 5-1-1 in the Conference. Western needed a strong second half to pull […]
The Catamount Volleyball team is struggling this season to produce wins and have fallen to ninth place in the Southern Conference with a conference record of 3&12. After sweeping the Wofford Terriers 3-0 on Oct. 14, the Cats lost four consecutive games to Furman, Chattanooga, UNC-Greensboro, and Elon. In the […]
4.5 stars out of 5 When I first heard about Flags of our Fathers, I was very skeptical that this was going to be a typical war film like Saving Private Ryan and Windtalkers. Then I heard that the movie was co-directed by Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg, and it […]
Losing a match by one goal can hurt, but losing back-to-back one goal games, can make a team sick. That was the case with the Western Carolina soccer team as they dropped a pair of Southern Conference games, each by a goal apiece including a match that went to double […]
The Western Carolina cross country teams competed in the Blue Ridge Open at the newly-christened Don Kennedy Trails on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone. The women seeded eighth out of 10 teams, while the men came in 11th out of 14 teams. The women’s team finished 14 […]
Two seasons ago the Catamount women’s basketball team excelled in the SoCon Tournament and took home the Tournament Championship, and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament. This season, Kellie Harper and her Lady Cats are back looking to bring that same magic back to Cullowhee. On Nov. 10, the […]
The Lady Catamount soccer team has been on a roll as of late, and that continued in their two victories over the weekend of October 5-8 as they scored a combined total of nine goals, while allowing only two. With the wins, Western improves to 7-5-2 overall and 3-1-1 in […]
The Western Carolina Catamount’s football season got even worse on Nov. 4. WCU traveled to Liberty in what was supposed to be a winnable game at the beginning of the season but instead was a shutout 21-0. The Liberty Flames scored in the first, second, and third quarter to easily […]
