The tradition just keeps flowing on as one of the nation’s largest annual single-day river cleanup of the is back in Cullowhee on Saturday, April 13. For the 35-th year, volunteers are ready to take on this adventure. The clean-up covers 20 miles of the Tuckasegee River starting in entry points at Cullowhee Dam, Dillsboro […]
Archives for April 10, 2019
Get ready for the annual Tuck River Cleanup
April 10, 2019 by Ashley Velazquez
Filed Under: Home, Outdoors Tagged With: environment, Tuck rever clean up, WCU
Are the Kardashians popularizing blackfishing?
April 10, 2019 by Elise Holbrook
Senior dual communication and sociology major Drue Stinnett used her last semester of college as an opportunity to take on a topic that intrigued her – “blackfishing.” “Basically, white women are altering their bodies through cosmetic procedures, surgery, certain workouts, tanning, etc. to the point of looking black or biracial. This is obviously problematic for […]
Filed Under: Feature stories, Home Tagged With: blackfishing, cultural appropriation, culture as a commodity, Kardashians, social sciences, sociology, undergraduate research