The upcoming year 2012, is the presidential election, but the election campaign already started with the numerous debates of the GOP presidential candidates. In the last 2008 election, President Obama won with a huge surge from the youth voting movement. “If you look at the trends, we saw the same pattern in 1992 with Bill […]
Traditions bringing families together during the holidays
As the weather gets colder and winter break is approaching, the holidays are in the back of everybody’s minds: what presents we have to get each other, what side of the family you’ll be with this holiday season. But with the holidays in full swing, the traditions are what most remember. The holidays are the […]
Students speak out
Tuition hike, bad food and not enough parking were the topics of the latest open forum organized by the Student Government Association which hosted around 30 students on Thursday, Nov. 17. SGA President, TJ Eaves began the evening with introductions and quickly moved into discussing the proposed increase of tuition and fees for the 2012-13 school year. […]
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 […]




