Fresh on the table

Most college campuses offer pizza, burgers, sandwiches, and don’t forget the “all-you-can-eat” cafeteria options complete with soda, desserts, and ice cream. Lack of variety, freshness, and healthy choices at meal times for on and off campus options is a concern of college kids. One way you can ensure a healthy lifestyle is by eating local […]

Not just another student

Resident Assistant, orientation student leader, and station manager of TV 62 are just three titles senior Jarrett Frazier has held during his time at Western.     Completing his fourth year at Western, Frazier believes all the organizations, groups, and events he has taken part in have enhanced his college experience.

Leaving it all on the field

E.J. Whitmire Stadium sits quietly, as it waits for the boys of fall to play once again in the Cullowhee Valley. For most, next season can’t get here soon enough, but for the seniors, next season is a thing of the past. On November 19, when the final whistle blew, 13 senior Catamounts played their last […]

Taking on crisis

Most college classes seem boring and irrelevant, but in Michael Caudill’s crisis communication course anxiety will kick in. Caudill challenges students in a sink or swim attitude to learn how to be a public figure during a crisis.  Students participate in mock public hearings, interviews and television briefing where they receive hands on experience that […]

Dillsboro brightens the holidays

Dillisboro began their 28th annual festival of lights and luminaries to kick off the holiday season on December 2.  The festival was opened on Friday with a Western Carolina University night encouraging all students, faculty, and staff to visit the town. Chancellor David Belcher and his wife opened the night with a horse and buggy […]

Catamounts making an impact

Students at Western Carolina are making an impact on each other, sharing their love of knowledge along the way. Junior Sofia Lilly is a Chemistry tutor, part of a special task force on campus reviewing the liberal studies, and a Biology and English double major. Along the way, Lilly hopes to change a few lives […]