Preventing the flu this season

As the weather begins to cool off the Western Carolina Journalist spoke with Pam Buchanan, director of the Health Center on how to prevent the flu this season!

Children, ghost, and candy! Oh my!

  Earlier this week children from the local community came to WCU for Village Trick or Treating, a fun safe way for children to get candy and enjoy some festive activities. WCU Police Department shut down traffic going to lower campus that evening so that it would be a safer, car free area for children […]

Halloween brings Western ghost stories to the front burner

As Halloween approaches and the leaves start to fall from trees, the campus of Western Carolina University has an eerie air to it as ghost stories are whispered from student to student. The most famous of these ghosts stories starts at the oldest building on campus, Moore. There are several stories floating around the mysterious […]

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 […]

2011 Homecoming winners

Hannah Blanton and Adam Ray were announced during halftime of the Western vs. Citadel football game as the 2011 Homecoming Queen and King. Hannah Marie Blanton is a junior from Forest City majoring in communication sciences and disorders. Christopher Adam Ray is a junior from Cullowhee majoring in social science education. Both were sponsored by […]