Chip Smith was fired as athletic director of Western Carolina University effective Tuesday Oct. 25. Smith has been the director of athletics at Western since 2004, before that he was over athletics at Morehead State University. The decision came from Chancellor David Belcher Monday. Belcher sent an email message thanking Smith for his services at […]
2011 Homecoming winners
October 22, 2011 by
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 […]
Spirit night brings out Catamount Pride in students
October 22, 2011 by
On Friday, Oct. 21, Western Carolina University held Spirit Night at the Central Plaza, an event that brought hundreds of students, faculty and staff. Events at Spirit Night included the marching band playing alongside Catamount Athletes as well as cheerleaders. Rachel Rielly, a graduate of Western Carolina and season 13 winner of the television show […]
After Poverty Project launch, students unclear about goals
October 11, 2011 by
The second event of WCU’s Poverty Project, a movie entitled “Inside Job”, was held at the end of September in the UC Theater, yielding less than 20 people and only a handful of those being students. The movie focuses on the economic crisis of 2008 and how key players on Wall Street bargained, made corrupt […]
True roots
October 4, 2011 by
As early as noon on Friday, Sept. 23 vendors began setting up for one of Western Carolina University’s largest events of the year. Food and craft vendors as well as demonstrators come from all different areas to share their trade with festival visitors. Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina are just a few states people […]
‘Power of Purple Challenge’ coming to WCU
September 28, 2011 by
By Cory Spaugh Western Carolina University and the Appalachian State Mountaineers have long battled for the Old Mountain Jug. This year the two schools have something new to fight over- The Power of Purple Challenge. The challenge is a contest between the athletic teams and student bodies of each university. When the Catamounts and Mountaineers […]
