Students take once in a lifetime trip to Cuba

Over fall break, seven students and one professor from Western Carolina took a once in a lifetime trip to Cuba, a place that not many Americans have been. Due to poor relations between Cuba and the United States, being able to go to Cuba was a lot harder than it would be going to Spain, […]

Honoring Catamounts, one brick at a time

The Catamount Legacy Walk, although it sounds like a charity walk, is a program set up to honor alumni, students, faculty and staff, and friends of the university, one brick at a time. The Legacy Walk will eventually be a collection of customized bricks placed on campus to commemorate Catamounts. The Legacy Walk will be […]

WCU interim athletic director Fred Cantler steps in

Interim athletic director Fred Cantler promised to focus on keeping the student athletes a top priority when making any decision that would result in changing personal around the department.  His first decision was firing football assistant head coach and defensive coordinator Matt Pawlowski last week.  Head coach, Dennis Wagner, filled the position with assistant coach, […]

Comedian Bo Burnham performs at Western

Bo Burnham left students laughing after the Wednesday, Oct. 26, show in the Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. Burnham is a 21 year old satire comedian from Hamilton, Massachusetts. He started doing comedy at a young age, but he found his fame five years ago after posting his skits and songs on Youtube. Since […]

WCU men’s basketball picked to finish 3rd in SoCon preseason poll

The Western Carolina Catamounts men’s basketball team was picked to finish 3rd in the Southern Conference as the preseason polls were released this past week. Also, sophomore point guard, Trey Sumler was named to the preseason all-conference team for his stellar play from last season. Western Carolina loses guard, Mike Williams and forward, Richie Gordon […]

Black bear stirs up campus

A black bear cub was found Wednesday, Oct. 26, by Reid Gym on the campus of Western Carolina University. University police and wildlife officials quickly assessed the situation and decided to remove the bear from campus. Several students watched throughout the day as the bear hid in the bushes. Monica Papworth has the story, first […]