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 […]
The biggest fan
He’s got purple hair, attends all the WCU sporting events, and is always wanted for photos. Who else might this cool cat be but the one and only Paws. Paws never leaves home without his Catamount Pride. Join him in supporting our Catamount sports teams during the remainder of the year. For more information […]
WCU athletic director fired
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
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
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
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 […]







