Sounds of classic music literature from two major ensembles filled the halls of the Bardo Arts Center on WCU’s campus as members of the community gathered to attend the first Concert Band and Symphonic Band concert of the semester on March 1. Both of these ensembles consist of WCU students. The concert band is composed […]
Archives for March 2017
“Catamount School” raises new questions and curiosity
March 3, 2017 by
Western Carolina University and Jackson County public schools are teaming up to bring a new and ambitious program to the public school system. The new initiative, dubbed “Catamount School” by the North Carolina legislature, will start this August and is aimed at districts where schools are identified as low-performing. Catamount School will serve students as a […]
Police say student started WCU fire in dorm’s elevator
March 3, 2017 by
This story was originally published in The Sylva Herald. Police say a Western Carolina University student set the Feb. 13 fire in Walker Residence Hall that forced hundreds of students to evacuate. Byron Young, 18, a WCU freshman from Winston-Salem, faces a felony criminal charge of burn certain public buildings. If convicted, he could face 10 […]
Amid deportation rumors … Immigrants gripped by fear
March 3, 2017 by
This story was written by Quintin Ellison, originally published in The Sylva Herald. As federal policies on immigration harden, the local rumor mill churns ever faster. Federal agents and local law enforcement officers reportedly arrested a Hispanic man on immigration violations at Sylva’s Walmart Plaza. Local law enforcement say the story is untrue. Police officers did arrest […]
Health communication speaker helps kick-off new concentration
March 2, 2017 by
This story was co-written with Haley Smith. Western Carolina University’s Communication Department is offering a new health communication concentration for current and prospective students. The new concentration will accompany the current broadcasting, broadcast sales, journalism and public relations concentrations for communication majors. The department’s website defines the new concentration as, “A program that focuses on how […]
Rhonda Vincent & co. prove at WCU they are absolutely all the rage
March 1, 2017 by
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage is as American and comforting as apple pie, offering the audience dazzling entertainment through the night with a pleasant atmosphere. Vincent & co. performed Feb. 24 at the Bardo Arts Center. Dubbed the “new queen of bluegrass,” Rhonda Vincent found her claim to fame when she was a child in […]
