It’s Saturday night in a deserted office building. The game is over. All of the fans have gone home, except for Mark Haskett. He sits editing photos from the game, making sure they are received in a timely manner before deadlines for newspapers and online articles. Mark Haskett has been photographing events at Western Carolina […]
Archives for November 2011
Club Tennis team competes in State Championship
The Catamount tennis club competed in the State Championship in Greensboro, N.C., Nov. 19 and 20. In total, 15 teams were in attendance, including two from Western Carolina University. Last year, the tennis club almost doubled so Western Carolina split the team in half, creating two teams and more play for each member. For each […]
Survivor of cancer, inspiration to many
In the United States today 1 out of 3 people are diagnosed with cancer, and almost everyone else knows someone who has or had cancer. In 2004 Debbie Moore,34, resident of Sylva, became the one. She was diagnosed with Paraganglioma and Pheochromocytoma, and began her fight. She had at least 13 different tumors spread all […]
Water boy or teammate?
Western Carolina University sophomore, Harrison Skiver is the Catamount’s first ever paid water boy. As a freshman Skiver (see the slideshow) was looking for many things, including a job, making friends, and finding a way to get involved. All of these problems were solved when Joanne Foster, WCU’s work study coordinator, and an athletic trainer […]