Archives for February 2020

Beyond the language

Western North Carolina is nestled in the beautiful mountains of the Blue Ridge region. It’s home to the color-changing leaves you can experience every fall, the music of the Pride of the Mountains you can hear in Cullowhee and is chockful of history and heritage you can see all around. But not for long. The […]

Only 71 percent of the 2020 Iowa Caucus results are in

After almost a year of campaigning and seven debates, the first votes of the 2020 primary season were made Feb. 3 in Iowa. However, only 71 percent of the precincts have been released by the Iowa Democratic Party as of Tuesday evening, Feb. 4. Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is ahead of Senator Bernie […]

CRC goes green with sustainable treadmills

The Campus Recreation Center (CRC) of Western Carolina University has taken a step to become more sustainable. During the fall semester of 2019, the CRC added two “green” treadmills to its inventory. Jacqueline Lanner, recent graduate of WCU, provided the idea and worked in partnership with Brandon MacCallum, Associate Director of Campus Recreation and Wellness, […]

WCU students on the 2020 Election

Story co-reported with Jessica Posa. Voting season is notorious for evoking strong public opinions, and twenty randomly selected Western Carolina University students proved no differently. Student responses were generally vague when asked what the 2020 elections meant to them. “To be honest not much, but I know that I should care,” WCU sophomore, Bryce Mitchell, […]

Whee Talk with the founders of From Privilege to Progress

WCU’s upcoming Whee Talk event focuses on the national movement, From Privilege to Progress (P2P), that aims to desegregate conversation about racism. Melissa DePino and Michelle Saahene, the two women behind the P2P movement, will be speaking in the WCU University Center Grand Room at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4. DePino and Saahene met […]