Archives for February 2012

Flurry of Threes lead Catamounts past Bulldogs, 79-77

Keaton Cole broke a Western Carolina Catamounts men’s basketball record Thursday night and helped the Catamounts win a crucial game against the Samford Bulldogs, 79-77. Assistant coach, Anquell McCollum’s record of 99 three pointers in a single-season was broke by Cole who hit 100 for the year on a season-high nine, three pointers and led […]

Catamounts Top Bulldogs, 70-53

Harouna Mutombo scored 24 points and grabbed seven rebounds as Western Carolina defeated the Citadel Bulldogs, 70-53 and notched their fifth conference win of the season on Thursday night. Keaton Cole delivered 15 points (5-of-13 from three) and Tawaski King nearly missed out on a double-double with eight points and 15 rebounds. King helped the […]

Race to the Ballot kicks off at WCU

Western Carolina University’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality group, Unity!,  kicked off the Race to the Ballot campaign at the central plaza on Friday, Jan. 27. Unity! members informed students of Amendment One’s possible implications and encouraged students to register to vote. The Race to the Ballot campaign is a state-wide event, created by […]

TV 62 premieres two new shows

Western Carolina’s TV 62 premiered their student produced news show and sitcom: Nothing But Young on Wednesday Feb. 8. Anchors Monica Papworth and Ariel Rymer, gave students a preview of events as well as a review of others. The news show, which is called Channel 62 News, will produce another show next Wednesday Feb.15 from […]

UNC Board of Governors votes today on average 8.8% tuition hike

Charlotte Observer reports that students at UNC Chapel Hill campus are expected to turn out in force today as the full UNC Board of Governors votes on a plan to increase tuition and fees an average of 8.8 percent for in-state undergraduates across North Carolina’s public universities next year. On Thursday, the board’s budget and […]

Get out of town, seriously!

There comes a time in everyone’s life where one spreads their wings, takes a leap of faith, and gets outside the box (or their box). Whether it is a day, a couple weeks, several months, or years of being out of their comfort zone, so much growing happens within that period of time. Recently I […]