Archives for September 2018

Rich heritage & great fun: 44th Mountain Heritage Day

Make sure you bring your dancing shoes and an empty stomach to celebrate the Appalachian culture. The annual Mountain Heritage Day is this Saturday, Sept. 28, at the intramural field behind the Camp building on WCU. It is a whole day event that starts at 10 a.m. but come early to get a good parking spot. […]

Halloween with ‘Rocky Horror’

  Bardo Arts Center brings the “Rocky Horror Shadow Cast” to WCU on Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. “Rocky Horror Picture Show” is a comedy musical originally released in 1975 as a movie. The film follows a newly engaged couple encounter with the eccentric Dr. Frank-N-Furter after the couple’s car breaks down.  They arrived at […]

WCU students were challenged to listen

“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other,” former Attorney General Loretta Lynch said, quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lynch, who spoke to the full auditorium at Bardo at the […]

Cabaret the classic musical speaks to audiences of today

Western Carolina University’s School of Stage and Screen opens its Mainstage theatre season with a performance of the musical Cabaret. Cabaret opens at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 27 in the Hoey Auditorium. The show will run until Sept. 30. However, on Sept. 30, the show will play at 3 p.m. Tickets are on sale now either […]

Hazing prevention week at Western Carolina University

After a week of rushing and pledging to join the Greek community at WCU, comes a week that focuses on preventing hazing. WCU’s Greek Student Engagement & Development pledged zero tolerance for hazing and sexual misconduct, and speaker, Dr. Lori Hart, is plans to educate student leaders on how to accomplish that.  The event will […]

Drag Queens needed at WCU

Intercultural Affairs (ICA) and the Sexuality And Gender Alliance (SAGA) are hosting the 2018 WCU Drag Show, and for the first time ever, students will have the chance to audition to be a queen on stage! Auditions are on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 5 p.m. in the UC Theater, but students must email Tyler Melvin […]