The Department of Residential Living has implemented several new “operational practices” that will impact the upcoming 2016-2017 room selection process. One of the most prominent changes to room selection affects any student currently living in a room connected to a Resident Assistant (RA) suite. These students will no longer be eligible for the Premier Level […]
Archives for January 2016
Lady Catamounts triumph over Spartans
January 31, 2016 by
Western Carolina University Women’s Basketball team prevailed in a home game against the University of North Carolina Greensboro on Jan. 30. The Cats beat the Spartans 84-72 for a crowd of 695 people. Cat’s starting forward, Sherae Bonner had nine rebounds and scored 14 points. Raziyah Farrington and Julia Brown also had 14 points. For 30 […]
Iowa goes to caucus
January 31, 2016 by
On Feb. 1, Iowa voters officially kick off the election season with their caucus a week before New Hampshire has its primary on Feb. 9. Bing election blog predicts Donald Trump winning Iowa on the Republican side with nearly 40 percent of the vote and Hilary Clinton winning the Democratic primary with around 50 percent. This is close […]
Catamounts release 2016 football schedule
January 26, 2016 by
Western Carolina University released their football schedule for the 2016 season Jan. 26. University of South Carolina and East Carolina University are just two of the 11 teams on this list of opponents. The Cats will open their season with a huge match up against the Pirates of ECU on Sep. 3. They will travel to […]
WCU men’s basketball beats Mercer
January 25, 2016 by
Western Carolina University Men’s Basketball Team took Mercer on a trip to double overtime and beat them on Jan. 24 at the Ramsey Center. Mercer put up 80 points in the end, but it did not match Western’s 86. The Catamounts are tied with University of North Carolina Greensboro for third in the Socon Conference leader board […]
Snow removal on campus after Jonas
January 25, 2016 by
Bradley Lucore contributed to this story. After the winter storm Jonas, Western Carolina University’s maintenance team are working hard at making the campus safe again. There are still many snowy/icy spots in and around WCU’s campus. Lee Smith, Director of Operations and Maintenance, received some complaints about certain areas of the campus that are still […]
