One word was bouncing around my head during the Mountain Faith concert on Thursday night: precious. With the harmonies of biscuits-and-gravy angels, and lyrics as pure as a Saturday drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Mountain Faith is everything and more you could hope for in a small-town band. Sam McMahan is the patriarch of […]
Coming up this weekend in Western Carolina Athletics
November 6, 2015 by
Western Carolina Athletics has a big weekend with Football, Volleyball and Basketball games happening on campus. The biggest game of the weekend is the final home football game against the Furman Paladins on Nov 7, at 3:30pm. If the football team beats the Paladins, the Catamounts would not have lost at home all season. […]
Mountain Faith to Perform at WCU
November 2, 2015 by
America’s Got Talent semifinalist Mountain Faith will perform at Western Carolina University’s John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Nov.5. The Jackson County-based bluegrass-gospel band prides itself in being a family collective. The lead vocalist and fiddler is Summer McMahan. Her father, Sam McMahan, on bass, and her brother, Brayden McMahan, on […]
WCU community discussion sparks argument between student and board member
November 2, 2015 by
The story was updated on Nov. 3 with a statement from Title IX Coordinator, Shea Browning at the end of the story. WCU hosted an open discussion on sexual relationships, sexual assault and gender-based discrimination on campus last week. Some students were not happy with how the administration is handling sexual assault and WCJ […]
The True History of Traditional Dance in Southern Applachia
October 30, 2015 by
Around 20 of WCU students, now know what hoedowns, reels and frolics are thanks to professor Phil Jamison who took his audience through the history of traditional dance in Western North Carolina on Thursday, Oct. 29. The presentation was the result of a 14 year research project into the history of southern traditional dance that resulted […]
Why Coheed & Cambria’s latest album is important and you should give it a(nother) listen
October 28, 2015 by
Coheed & Cambria released their latest record this month, “The Color Before The Sun,” signifying their departure from their usual conceptual storyline, “The Amory Wars.” The record has earned praise among fans, as well as others citing their disappointment due to its lack of story. It is their arguably most accessible and commercial record yet, […]
