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
November 21, 2011 by
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 […]
Survivor of cancer, inspiration to many
November 19, 2011 by
In the United States today 1 out of 3 people are diagnosed with cancer, and almost everyone else knows someone who has or had cancer. In 2004 Debbie Moore,34, resident of Sylva, became the one. She was diagnosed with Paraganglioma and Pheochromocytoma, and began her fight. She had at least 13 different tumors spread all […]
Students take once in a lifetime trip to Cuba
November 11, 2011 by
Over fall break, seven students and one professor from Western Carolina took a once in a lifetime trip to Cuba, a place that not many Americans have been. Due to poor relations between Cuba and the United States, being able to go to Cuba was a lot harder than it would be going to Spain, […]
Honoring Catamounts, one brick at a time
November 9, 2011 by
The Catamount Legacy Walk, although it sounds like a charity walk, is a program set up to honor alumni, students, faculty and staff, and friends of the university, one brick at a time. The Legacy Walk will eventually be a collection of customized bricks placed on campus to commemorate Catamounts. The Legacy Walk will be […]
