Co-written by Jonathan Birek Former Western Carolina head basketball coach, Larry Hunter, passed away at around 11 a.m. on Friday, May 4. He is survived by his loving wife, Mary. Funeral information will be provided by CatamountSports.com once it is made available. Hunter suffered a stroke on Sunday, April 29 and was on life support as […]
Archives for April 2018
WCU graduate takes guests on a walk through history
April 30, 2018 by
Edited & Multimedia by Jeremy Giovanni The Mountain Heritage Center sponsored a series of free tours through Western Carolina’s campus. The “Historic Walking Tours” featured a one-mile walk through nine different locations filled with western’s rich history. “I feel so connected to so many people by looking at these buildings by looking at the physically […]
State of the University System Address shines a light on the future of WCU
April 27, 2018 by
Leaders of the North Carolina University System came together at the NC Arboretum of Asheville as UNC system president Margaret Spellings delivered the State of the University System Address, on April 27. Spellings was the U.S. Secretary of Education from 2005 to 2009 under the George W. Bush administration. In that role, she led the implementation of […]
Opinion: SGA missed the mark on apology for Sexual Assault Awareness Event
April 27, 2018 by
Op-ed piece On April 5, 2018, the Student Government Association (SGA) sponsored a “car smash” event on the UC lawn. The event was largely organized by Student Body president-elect Matt Opinski in part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. As students were passing by, they were invited to demolish an old, presumably broken-down vehicle with sledgehammers […]
What sports and nationalism have in common?
April 27, 2018 by
Story is co-written with Mary Brown When you go to a UNC-Chapel Hill v. Duke game, in any sport, the fans in the stands are very set on who they think is going to win, and who they hate. It is the most well-known rivalry in North Carolina for many reasons. But why and what […]
Mateius Brown: The road to success
April 27, 2018 by
As a fourth-year student and athlete at Western Carolina University, Mateius Brown is the epitome of determination and resilience. Having been a student-athlete for over half of his life, Brown has seen his successes and failures. He has been involved with track and field since the end of his freshman year of high school. Weighing […]
