People from 16 Western North Carolina counties and over a dozen organizations from North Carolina’s District 11 gathered outside of the Haywood County Courthouse in Waynesville on Sunday, April 23. “Where is Mark Meadows?” was the question on many signs of an estimated 450 people standing outside the courthouse in the heavy rain. Meadows currently serves as […]
Archives for April 27, 2017
How was senior thesis film “Creating Joseph” created?
April 27, 2017 by
Films aren’t easy things to make. According to the new program director for Film & Television production, Joshua Russell, films are a sophisticated, populist art for people and by people in their ways of telling a compelling visual story. Not everything in film makes it to their final cuts, and the Spring student thesis film “Creating […]
Reduce, reuse…now what?
April 27, 2017 by
This story was co-written with Jessica Wooten. Every year, according to a 2015 study, North Carolinians throw away 23.6 billion pounds of trash. That is enough trash to circle the earth twice. It isn’t spite that makes NC residents throw away their recyclables, but ignorance. Ipsos, a market research company, performed a study in 2011 during […]
What to expect from the Catamounts this season
April 27, 2017 by
Article was co-written with Chris Lang After a disappointing 2016 season, the Catamounts are hungry for vengeance this upcoming season. Their annual spring game, practices, and weight training sessions are showing that there is a chance for a good rebound come Fall 2017. The spring game on March 18 was the Catamounts’ first test for the […]
New club takes advantage of fly fishing’s growing popularity
April 27, 2017 by
In the Fall of 2016, two WCU students and avid anglers combined their passion for fishing as well as the opportunity of the area to start a new student club on campus. Jackson County, home to WCU, has recently been named the trout capital of North Carolina. Cole Cantrell, junior, and Tyler Cornett, freshman, recognized the growing […]
