Version of story originally published in print for The Western Carolinian. The UC Illusions doorway acted as a gateway into the paranormal as WCU students lined up to have their Aura photographed. Aura photography is a portrait, usually a polaroid, that shows colors around the person, or subject, representing their aura in that moment. According […]
Archives for March 2023
Reducing the political divide in Jackson County
March 15, 2023 by
On Saturday, March 18, from 10 a.m to noon, Braver Angels, an organization dedicated to decreasing the political divide between citizens, will be holding its first event “Speaking with the ‘enemy’ – Healthy conversations across the political divide” in the UC Multi-purpose room. Palin Berkana-Wycoff, the senior associate director for Student Activities at Western Carolina […]
WCU Board of Trustees discuss student debt and WCU’s fight to stay competitive
March 15, 2023 by
In the first Board of Trustees meeting of 2023, Chancellor Kelli Brown celebrated victories of Western Carolina University, while also forewarning economic challenges that could be on the horizon. Since 2018, one of WCU’s biggest selling points has been fair tuition prices and low debt, but according to Brown, staying competitive will not be easy, […]
Moody Bridge – rocking the local community
March 15, 2023 by
The local music scene is not as active compared to previous years in Cullowhee, but a local indie/rock band has quickly gained traction in Jackson county for their unique style of performance. Moody Bridge, a new four-person band, is entertaining and talkative. They tend to take time between each song to speak with the audience, […]
Greening Up set to kick off festival season
March 9, 2023 by
Story originally published in The Sylva Herald, March 9 edition. The first leaves to fall are on the top of the mountain. There is no festival.But when the first green at the bottom of the mountainsides starts working its way up it is time to wear bright clothes, get out into fresh spring air and […]
Webster board begins short-term rental conversation
March 9, 2023 by
Originally published in The Sylva Herald, March 9 edition. Short-term rentals, an issue discussed in municipal boardrooms across the region, were on the minds of the Webster Town Council at their March 1 meeting. The board discussed at length how to deal with rental organizations who, can “drive up the housing costs for people who […]
