A group of protesters gathered at Western Carolina University staged a silent protest to bring awareness to racial tensions on campus. WCU community standing with Black Lives Matter, April 4, 2016. Photo by Alec Simkiss. A group of about 30 to 40 people gathered around the fountain with hand-made signs on Monday evening, April 4, writing […]
Archives for April 7, 2016
Students & faculty protest to bring awareness to racial tensions at Western Carolina University
American journalist and nonfiction writer Rick Bragg
American journalist and nonfiction writer Rick Bragg will be speaking at the Spring Literary Festival on April 7 at 4 p.m. in the UC Theater. He will be reading from a few of his memoirs and speaking about his time as a journalist. Bragg was born in the small city of Piedmont, Alabama, and grew […]
Put your best cosplay on
Cosplayers and comic lovers will gather on Saturday, April 9, for the Third Annual Whee-Con at Western Carolina University. It will take place in the UC Grandroom from 10-6 p.m. Whee-Con is an event sponsored by The Comic Club and the Student Government Association (SGA). It is the annual comic book convention that WCU’s students put […]
Local poet and novelist Darnell Arnoult
Poet and novelist Darnell Arnoult will be joining us at the Spring Literary Festival on April 6, at 4 p.m. in the UC Theater and she will be reading from her collection of poems titled What Travels With Us and her fiction novel Sufficient Grace. Arnoult was born and raised in Henry County, Virginia, but […]