The Whee Gaming Club will be holding a gaming tournament in the UC Illusions room on April 29. There will be several tournaments for games such as Super Smash Bros., Rocket League, Mario Kart and Mario Party. For just $5 you can enter and play in as many tournaments that you wish, and for $10 you can enter […]
Archives for April 2017
The 15th Literary Festival is over; preps for next one start
April 17, 2017 by
On April 6, the Coulter recital hall filled up with people to listen to a poetry reading from one of the most famous contemporary poets: Billy Collins. After 13 artists visited WCU, the 15th Literary Festival ended. This year’s Literary Festival started on April 3 and featured short story writers, novelists, poets and for the first […]
“Hair” brings Broadway to Cullowhee
April 17, 2017 by
“The Terrence Mann musicals here are fantastic, they’re better than any college plays have any right being,” said theater goer Mark Tyson, who had just come back with his wife Denise Tyson from Hamilton in Chicago a week ago. “Terrence Mann brings Broadway to Cullowhee,” added his wife Denise Tyson. Western Carolina University’s Stage & Screen […]
How well do you know your well?
April 17, 2017 by
This story was written by Rachel Plouse, originally published in The Crossroads Chronicle on April, 12th 2017. Well maintenance is usually the last thing on our minds while we’re improving our homes. It’s not until a catastrophe happens that we remember the wear and tear both weather and nature have on our wells. When you live outside […]
Adventuring on a budget
April 15, 2017 by
As a 22-year-old who is completely enveloped in the idea of traveling the world, I am continuously trying to find the cheapest way to do so. Between flights or other means of transportation, room and board, and basic means of living costs, traveling can be expensive. “I have a lot of experience traveling cheap, that’s […]
Dillsboro welcomes spring with Habitat for Humanity Bloom and Build
April 12, 2017 by
The third annual Spring Bloom and Build festival brought thousands to the Dillsboro, North Carolina train depot on an unseasonably warm April 1. The festival was sponsored by Habitat for Humanity of Macon and Jackson County, along with students taking the Hospitality and Tourism 436 class – Tourism Planning and Development of WCU. Bloom and Build is a […]
