Co-written and produced with Bryson Jusko What’s one of the best parts about attending a concert? Most people would say the music, or the food, but if you ask Skylar Ward, her favorite part is making art and taking it to trade with other people at the concert. “I’ve been participating in PLURR and going […]
Archives for November 2023
The Catamounts incredible football season
November 28, 2023 by
Story co-written with Nicole Azar and Thalia Richardson The 2023 season of football has come to a close at Western. After beating East Tennessee State University, Western Carolina was heading off to play their final game against VMI, looking to end the season on a good note. However, the season did not end how they […]
Women’s soccer wins SoCon championship, faced Alabama in first round NCAA tournament
November 19, 2023 by
The story was originally published in The Western Carolinian. After a historic season, WCU’s women’s soccer team traveled to Tuscaloosa to face off against Alabama in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament. The Catamounts lost to the Crimson Tide 2-0. The Catamounts capped off the Southern Conference Championship in winning fashion, defeating […]
Jackson County Veterans Day Parade
November 19, 2023 by
The Jackson County Veterans Office held a Veterans Day parade on Nov. 11 in downtown Sylva. The cloudy skies did little to deter over 100 locals as they lined the streets to cheer on their hometown heroes. Sheila Setzer, the director of the Jackson County Veterans Office, started the Veterans Day Parade in 2015, which […]
Veterans Day lunch highlights the importance of camaraderie for WCU’s veterans
November 17, 2023 by
Story co-produced by Mackenzie Atkinson The WCU Office of Student Military Services celebrated Veterans Day by hosting a lunch in the Cardinal room of the University Center on Friday, Nov. 9. Over 30 WCU students and staff from all branches of the military attended the lunch. Not many know what it is like to have […]
Veterans speak about their unseen scars
November 17, 2023 by
Story co-produced with Ryan Mullis Story updated on 11.28.23 For most people in America, war is what we see in movies, video games, or on the news. We take for granted the bliss of never seeing the unprecedented horrors of combat. War comes with an invaluable loss of life and leaves deep wounds on the […]
