Christmas spirit at WCU

Western Carolina University started the Christmas festivities last week with the 3rd annual Holiday at the UC. Students, staff and the whole community came to share and enjoy the holiday spirits enjoying the carriage rides, hot cider and stuffing toys. “We try to provide family orientated activities geared towards the holidays,” said the director and […]

The man behind the camera

It’s Saturday night in a deserted office building. The game is over. All of the fans have gone home, except for Mark Haskett. He sits editing photos from the game, making sure they are received in a timely manner before deadlines for newspapers and online articles. Mark Haskett has been photographing events at Western Carolina […]

Club Tennis team competes in State Championship

The Catamount tennis club competed in the State Championship in Greensboro, N.C., Nov. 19 and 20. In total, 15 teams were in attendance, including two from Western Carolina University. Last year, the tennis club almost doubled so Western Carolina split the team in half, creating two teams and more play for each member. For each […]

Survivor of cancer, inspiration to many

In the United States today 1 out of 3 people are diagnosed with cancer, and almost everyone else knows someone who has or had cancer. In 2004 Debbie Moore,34, resident of Sylva, became the one. She was diagnosed with Paraganglioma and Pheochromocytoma, and began her fight. She had at least 13 different tumors spread all […]

Waiting for a dream

Catamount Roger Cote is waiting for a phone call that should have come in July, but as each day passes and November is nearly halfway through, the phone call still hasn’t come. Cote is waiting for a call from NBC to determine whether or not he will be interning with NBC at the 2012 Summer […]

Dennis Wagner era over at WCU

Western Carolina will have a different head coach on the sidelines of the upcoming home football game versus Coastal Carolina.  Dennis Wagner announced his resignation after a meeting with interim athletic director Fred Cantler Sunday morning. “Coach Wagner announced his resignation to the team and his assistants earlier today after meeting with me for a […]