Story co-written by Charles Gadie. Every dog has its day and every student gets their snow day. After two years without good snowfall during the school year, Western Carolina students were thrilled to spend a day in a winter wonderland. The storm blew through Cullowhee early on Sunday morning with temperatures dipping as low as […]
Heathers: The Musical, a unique experience
December 13, 2021 by
Story co-written/ produced with Chloe Ettinger“What’s your damage, Heather?” A popular line from an even more popular movie and musical about murder, suicide, teenage angst, and finding yourself. Heathers: The Musical is the first show put on by the School of Stage of Screen since the COVID-19 pandemic where the actors were unmasked in an […]
Indigenous students and community members “rock their mocks” to bring awareness
November 16, 2021 by
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have been on this land for much longer than Western Carolina University. This is something that the WCU Cherokee Center and Native American Student Organization wanted to make very clear on Nov. 15 as they marched around campus for the Rock Your Mocks walk. “Rock Your Mocks is significant […]
WCU students solving hunger one onigiri at a time
October 7, 2021 by
Students helped feed hungry children by making paper onigiri and posting a picture of it to social media for Onigiri Action on Tuesday, Oct. 5. For every post using the hashtag #OnigiriAction, the nonprofit organization, Table for Two, will donate five meals to children in need. The photos can contain real and edible onigiri and […]
WCU Film and Television Program practices anti-racism
November 20, 2020 by
It’s Friday morning in the middle of September and around 40 students in the Film and Television Program at Western Carolina University are watching the movie “Black Panther” on the big screen in the University Auditorium. With enough social distancing, they are among the rare people this fall to enjoy big screen movies and get […]
