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
October 11, 2011 by
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 […]
Phoenix win shootout against Catamounts, 38-31
October 9, 2011 by
Senior wide receiver, Josh Cockrell had two receiving touchdowns and one rushing touchdown for Western Carolina, but it was not enough as the Elon Phoenix handed the Catamounts their third straight loss of the season on Saturday night, 38-31. Elon finished the game with four rushing touchdowns and 153 yards rushing led by senior tailbacks, […]
Eagles soar past Catamounts
September 25, 2011 by
Georgia Southern’s option attack proved too much for Western Carolina to handle, as the Eagles defeated the Catamounts, 52-20 on Saturday Night. The number 1, FCS ranked Eagles had eleven different players carry the ball on the night and finished with 634 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns. The ground game was sparked by quarterback, Jerick […]
Southern Circuit film tour opens with success
September 16, 2011 by
In a packed University Center Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 13, hundreds of students and staff gather to watch the first documentary in the Southern Circuit film tour entitled Surviving Hitler: A Love Story. Jutta and Helmuth are German citizens when Hitler rises into power, but despite Jutta’s newly discovered Jewish nationality, and Helmuth’s military status, […]
Real Dreams, Real Success: Gabe Nucci
March 16, 2011 by
Professor of Communication and Emmy award winner Gabe Nucci is more than meets the eye. In fact, he even has a little advice.
