Thousands of families piled into Western Carolina University on Saturday, Dec. 13, for the fall graduation ceremony that didn’t go quite as planned. As the clock struck 1 p.m., attendants in the Liston B. Ramsey center were not greeted with a warm welcome to the ceremony, but with instruction to evacuate the building. Chancellor David […]
Archives for December 2014
Bomb threat moves WCU commencement outside
December 13, 2014 by
There was a change of plan at Western Carolina University’s graduation on Saturday after bomb threat was called in. Five minutes after graduation was supposed to start Chancellor Belcher came on stage to announce that everyone needed to evacuate to the football field. He insured that he thought it was 100 percent a hoax. Everyone […]
WCU students protest police brutality
December 6, 2014 by
Students at Western Carolina University gathered on Friday, Dec. 5, at the fountain to protest the lives lost by police brutality in America and the unfair treatment of African Americans in the United States legal system. Students gathered at noon to participate in a form of peaceful protest known as a “die-in.” Recent victims of […]
Students protest police brutality, remind campus that black lives matter
December 6, 2014 by
Students organized protests at Western Carolina University on Friday as controversial Grand Jury decisions have sparked a national debate that has made its way to Cullowhee. Watch the full report below. Connor Kick contributed to this story.
