She had always been drawn to Moore building. “It’s not the ghosts that scare me, it’s getting caught and getting kicked off campus.” Fired, right when she was about to be working on campus again, the recent graduate who moved back to Cullowhee to be close to her people. “It’s […]
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Mountain Heritage Day 2019
“Saturday, Sept. 28, marked 45 years that Western Carolina University has set aside a day to celebrate all the things that come together to make the mountains our home, the beginnings that led to this moment, and the new traditions that point to our future,” said Geoff Cantrell of University […]
John Hoppenthaler to Give Poetry, Essay Reading at Western Carolina
John Hoppenthaler, poet, essayist, Associate Professor of English at East Carolina University, and a decade-long personal assistant to the immortal Toni Morrison, will be reading his work at Western Carolina on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, in Coulter Building, room 304, beginning at 5 p.m. This event is open to the […]
Sigma Alpha Epsilon ends pledging
Since 2006, nine Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers have died during fraternity related deaths. Eight of those people were pledges. In a unanimous vote from the SAE Supreme Council to avoid incidences such as these, Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s council has made a change in their new-member programming that makes “The True […]
What Whee need to know: FASFA
#8220;Do it early and follow through,” these were the words of Paula Coates, the assistant director of financial aid, on Western Carolina University’s campus. She is referring to students applying for financial aid. “Do it early. If we cannot stress anything else, let’s stress that. If a student does have […]
Player Profile: Cody Jones, baseball
Cody Jones, senior outfielder for the Catamounts, is very passionate about baseball. Jones said, “Ever since I was three years old, I have played baseball, and I have loved every minute of it.” Jones started playing baseball on an organized team at age three on a south Asheville […]
What Whee need to know: FAFSA
#8220;Do it early and follow through,” these were the words of Paula Coates, the assistant director of financial aid, on Western Carolina University’s campus. She is referring to students applying for financial aid. “Do it early. If we cannot stress anything else, let’s stress that. If a student does have […]
Les Misérables: The Musical Phenomenon
#8220;Les Misérables” has always and forever will be one of Broadway’s dearest and most beloved musicals of all time. Audiences around the globe have fallen in love with this iconic work, based on Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel of the same name. “Les Misérables“ includes three of the most recognizable songs […]
Meet Dana Sally, Dean of Library Sciences
Western Carolina University has recently given the position of Dean of Library Sciences to Dana Sally. He has come to the university from the University of West Florida. This is not the only place he has worked. This is not his first job working in the University of North Carolina […]
Mad Batter makes the move to Sylva
Since the fire that swept through Cullowhee on Nov. 21, burning down several of the area restaurants, students and staff alike have been wondering if the restaurants affected would be able to reopen. It seems that this wait is over for the Mad Batter, which is in the process of […]
