The distribution of COVID-19 vaccines will begin this week at WCU. The director of WCU’s regional COVID-19 vaccine clinic, Cortnee Lingerfelt, said for The Sylva Herald, that the state has been allotted 600 Moderna vaccines. “We’ll do 150 on Thursday, 250 on Friday and 200 on Monday,” Lingerfelt said. In the first two to three […]
Archives for February 2021
WWCU FM begins broadcasting online due to frequency transition
February 25, 2021 by
Story co-written with Patrick Clemons. For the first time in its 73-year history, the student-run radio station at Western Carolina University is silent. But not for long. Feb. 1, 2021, marked a new challenge for Western students as WWCU FM began the transition to its new frequency of 95.3 FM, with the potential to reach […]
Registration open for the 11th annual Assault on BlackRock
February 25, 2021 by
Story originally published in the Sylva Herald, publication from Feb. 25. About 120 of the most in-shape athletes around will scramble up to Blackrock summit in the 11th Assault on Blackrock on Saturday, March 30. The seven-mile race starts in the parking lot of Sylva’s Pinnacle Park, up to the Blackrock summit and back, totaling […]
US, North Carolina Must Prioritize and Address Vaccine Hesitancy
February 25, 2021 by
With an average daily death toll of over 3,000 Americans and 25,000 daily new infections, the COVID-19 pandemic has entered a new phase of accelerated spread since this holiday season. In North Carolina, there has been an average of 8,032 cases per day and a daily average of 90 deaths. To date at least 659,840 […]
Parking availability on WCU campus diminishes further
February 22, 2021 by
Co-edited by Marina Cooper Parking at WCU will remain a problem this semester with the constructions of new buildings and parking garage. WCU’s parking services announced on Jan. 26 that the Baptist 4-tier commuter lot will be closed for the remainder of the spring 2021 semester due to construction. Located next to Hunter Library, this […]
Cullowhee Valley School mascot to be removed
February 9, 2021 by
Story co-written with Emma Hodes. Since 1958, the Rebel has represented Cullowhee Valley School as their mascot. But after a Jackson County Board of Education meeting on January 26, the Rebel will be retired. The topic of the mascot change was one main topic discussed in the meeting, along with COVID-19 vaccinations, spring season sports, […]
