Archives for January 2022

Snow day for the Catamounts; Tuesday classes canceled

Story co-written by Charles Gadie. Every dog has its day and every student gets their snow day. After two years without good snowfall during the school year, Western Carolina students were thrilled to spend a day in a winter wonderland. The storm blew through Cullowhee early on Sunday morning with temperatures dipping as low as […]

WCU student, Jhanée Kimbrough, looks to form connections through tattooing

Jhanée Kimbrough, a junior studying studio arts at Western Carolina University, is working toward her goal of being a traveling tattoo artist while capturing the important aspect of connecting with people through tattooing. To Kimbrough, tattooing is a very intimate way to connect with people. Two people sit for up to hours while one drives […]

Gary Impressed by Catamounts’ First-Year Success under Kerwin Bell

Co-written and produced with Samuel Dietrich. “He uses words like ‘championship,’ because that is the goal here at Western Carolina. He’s doing all of the right things, saying all of the right things, and he has created a lot of belief in our community.” Those are the words of Director of Athletics, Alex Gary, who […]