So close, yet so far away

The (3-28) Western Carolina Catamounts almost pulled off the upset against the eighth ranked team in the nation, the (23-10) Kentucky Wildcats, on Wednesday night’s game at Childress Field in Cullowhee. The Catamounts had a tough battle coming into Wednesday night’s game. The Wildcats jumped out to an early 4–run lead thanks to senior catcher/first baseman, Troy […]

Dancing icon, WillyB goes viral

It is the bottom of the eighth inning, everyone is tired and ready to finish out the game strong with not much energy left. That is…until you hear the song Sandstorm come over the sound system. “The Icon WillyB” has removed his shirt and is doing his famous dance to get the crowd pumped up to […]

Students show growing concern about on campus housing

Do you live on campus?  Are you worried that you won’t be able to live on campus? When asked about on campus housing, sophomore Caroline Caudle said,” At the rate that we’re accepting students and freshman, I don’t think there’s enough housing to hold all of us.” Sophomore Brandy Lyda had similar sentiments and said,” […]

The presence of #MeToo at WCU

The #MeToo movement allows women to share their experiences of sexual assault to the public through social media. Associate Sociology professor Peter Nieckarz teaches a social movements course at Western Carolina University and shares his knowledge on the #MeToo movement and what defines this movement specifically. Nieckarz defines a social movement as “a desired preference […]

Cats with bats hang on!

The Cats have finally locked down another win in Cullowhee, notching their second win of the season, and for what seemed to be a very dry spell of losses it’s a relief. The Cats with bats got swinging in the series finale Sunday, March 18 against the Kent State Golden Flashes with a victory of 9-2. After dropping the […]

#WheeMatter

Chants of “No Justice, No Peace” and “What do we want? Change! When do we want it? Now!” rang out through the crowd of government officials, administration, faculty and students that had gathered on Friday, March 2 on Western Carolina University’s campus for the ground-breaking ceremony of the new Tom Apodaca Science building. These chants […]