There are four types of solar eclipses – partial, annular, total and hybrid: • The outer shadow cast by the moon, also called the penumbra, shows a partial eclipse. • Annular eclipses occur when the moon doesn’t cover the sun entirely, leaving a “ring of fire” around the moon. • The rare celestial phenomenon that […]
Archives for March 2017
Educators view eclipse as teachable moment
March 9, 2017 by
This story was written by Haley Smith, originally published in The Sylva Herald. Monday, Aug. 21 will be the first day of schools for Jackson County students, and educators couldn’t be happier about the coinciding solar eclipse. Superintendent Mike Murray, who has a background in science, has helped push all-things science in local schools. “I’m excited to […]
Getting ready for the solar eclipse
March 9, 2017 by
This story was written by Haley Smith, originally published in The Sylva Herald. Julia Wiggins has been waiting 10 years to see a total solar eclipse. On Aug. 21, she’ll finally get her wish. Although she grew up on a family farm in eastern North Carolina, she has family in Sylva. Her mother, LaRae Truckner Wiggins, spent […]
WCU instructor to give lesson on traditional Latino remedies
March 7, 2017 by
A WCU Communication instructor, Michael Caudill, will be giving an in-depth lesson about Latino folk medicine and how it relates to western health care. Caudill, who had extensive work at Los Angeles County Hospital in California and George Washington Hospital in Washington D.C. will be giving a video presentation on “curanderismo,” a spiritual form of medicine […]
Bulldogs send Catamounts home
March 7, 2017 by
The Catamounts fell to the Bulldogs in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament , Friday , March 3, in the U.S Cellular Center. The score was 78-72. The entire game was a fight to the finish, and with the help of the SoCon’s freshman of the year, Preston Parks, the Bulldogs came out on top and […]
Lady Catamounts trounced by Chattanooga in SoCon tournament
March 4, 2017 by
Western Carolina’s women’s basketball team was crushed by Chattanooga Lady Mocs in the first round of the SoCon tournament Thursday, March 2, at the US Cellular Center in Asheville. The final score of the game 85-41. The game started out competitive, but soon the Lady Mocs went full-throttle and scored 30 points in the first quarter. […]
