Archives for December 2024

WCU students start holiday season with their own snow globes

A free holiday snow globe craft pulls a large crowd of WCU students. The Students started lining up at 6:45 and hundreds of students wrapped around the top floor of the University Center (UC). There was laughter, joy, and smiles all around. Which is a rare sight to see during the stressful finals season. Western […]

Project FIRE: Providing firewood for low income and elderly Jackson County residents 

Project FIRE held one of their final volunteer workdays of the fall semester on Dec. 4 at Cullowhee United Methodist Church.   A few WCU students showed up to chop wood in the near-freezing weather. The wood they chop will be given to people in need on Dec. 7 at Firewood Day.  Project FIRE was created […]

N.C. amends constitution language regarding citizenship

North Carolina House Bill 1074, or Citizens-Only Voting as it appeared on ballots, passed into law Nov. 5, earning 78% of NC votes. North Carolina House Rep. Destin Hall (R) introduced the bill in May of this year. The bill also appeared in varying forms on eight state ballots across the U.S. The amendment changed […]