Archives for April 2013

Soul Infusion infuses local community with good times

Soul Infusion was the site of a pretty earthy party on Saturday, April 20. The home-turned-bistro played host to six local bands and housed close to 200 people. The event’s march of musicians featured one band for an hour every hour and included Porch 40, Pearly Peach and Flip Ya For Real. The tea house […]

Intramurals give students a second chance in sports

Most high school athletes will never play a game at the college level, but just because you don’t go to college and play on a NCAA team doesn’t mean you can’t still compete. Intramural sports are allowing former athletes to continue to play the games they love and even games they never played before. “I […]

WCU Gaming Club holds final LAN party of school year

The WCU Gaming Club held its final LAN party of the semester on Saturday, April 20, drawing in gamers from all over campus to participate in the biggest gaming tournament of the year. Located in the Illusions room of the University Center, the LAN party featured tournaments in games such as Mortal Kombat, League of […]

WCU students focus on affirmative action in wake of national exposure

In 1858, Abraham Lincoln challenged Stephen A. Douglas for the Illinois Senate seat.  The two participated in a series of seven debates in the state, and Douglas won the election.  These debates, which are taught in history classes across the nation because they were a “war of ideas,” are dubbed the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The Organization […]

Catamount softball caps off Senior Day weekend with wins

Senior Day weekend went about as well as it could for senior softball players Morgan Blanton, Jordan Fulton, Haley Pace, Shemekia Scotton, and Amber Steinhardt. After dropping the first game of a Saturday double-header against Georgia Southern 4-0, the Catamounts fired back in game two on their way to a 7-2 victory. They carried the […]

WCU’s 2013 LEGO Summit: Improving science literacy

WCU held its second annual LEGO Summit and other open house events Saturday, April 13 in the Stillwell building on campus in an attempt to improve “science literacy” by participating in the statewide science festival. Dr. Enrique Gomez, an associate professor of physics at Western and leader of the stargazing event that kicked off the […]