Women athletes and their achievements through the history of WCU is on display at the Mountain Heritage Center. The exhibit Clearing the Hurdles: Women and Sport at WCU, 1889 to the Present opened early September and you can see it through through Dec. 12. The exhibit explores the “people, events, and laws that helped shape […]
Jackson County members hold vigil for Charlie Kirk
September 24, 2025 by
A vigil and remembrance for Charlie Kirk was organized by a Whittie resident and Jackson county GOP treasurer, Kitti Chisholm was held on Saturday, Sept. 20 at the Bridge Park in Sylva. Kirk a conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA was shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University on Sept. […]
WCU first football game ends with a BANG!
September 1, 2025 by
The WCU football team played Gardner-Webb University on Aug. 30 for the first home game of the season and the first night football game since 2021, losing in a nail biter 45-52. The stands were filled with fans, ranging from students at WCU to alumni and parents that watched the games. Gardner-Webb started the game […]
WheeLife Eps. 9: Students and mental health; science stories we worked on this semester
May 23, 2025 by
The seasons and their effect on mental health
May 7, 2025 by
The sun has many positive impacts on our lives every day, including helping us grow plants and telling us the time of day. But the sun also helps people’s moods, preventing seasonal affective disorder. Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that comes around during different seasons, according to the United Kingdom […]
Scammers go phishing for students information through emails
May 7, 2025 by
With students getting hundreds of emails a day for school, it’s hard to sort through all of them to figure out which are real and which are scammers. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, phishing is a way people try to “trick us into opening harmful links or downloading malicious software.” “These […]
