As some of you might have noticed, Lea DeLaria, widely known for her role as Carrie “Big Boo” Black in the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, has been scheduled and rescheduled to speak on Western Carolina’s campus for some time now. Those that have been looking forward to DeLaria’s appearance since last semester […]
WCU welcomes the unique and unforgettable
February 8, 2016 by
The story was created with Kayla Brookshire. The halls of Bardo Arts Center were filled with gasps of awe and the laughter of children and their parents alike as a group called Galumpha put on a one of a kind physical performance at Western Carolina University on Friday, Feb. 5. This family friendly show was […]
Guest Speaker Challenges Race
February 4, 2016 by
Diversity and inclusion leader Teja Arboleda shared his expertise on the concept of race to Western Carolina University’s students in the UC Theater at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3. During the evening Arboleda made the audience question what the real definition of race was. Is the concept of race real? Can you quickly or easily […]
“RaceOff” in front of WCU students
February 3, 2016 by
Teja Arboleda, the champion of diversity and the ‘speaker for the human race’ will make his appearance at Western Carolina University on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. in the UC Theater. The Entertaining Diversity, a minority-owned production, entertainment and educational collaborative founded by Arboleda, provides details about his work as a TEDx speaker and consultant on diversity, […]
Album Review: Aofie O’Donovan – In The Magic Hour
February 3, 2016 by
“In the magic hour…” sounds like the beginning of a fairy tail, or the beginning of instructions to a witch’s spell. Aofie (pronounced “EE-fah”) O’ Donovan’s Jan. 22 release certainly calls to mind the whimsy of these childish fantasies. As a stage and screen student who has taken a whopping one cinematography class, I know […]
Five album releases to get excited about in 2016
January 20, 2016 by
If you don’t think 2015 was a good year for music, maybe you are deaf. Or perhaps, you pride yourself in being super underground and are therefore too enlightened to listen to Adele. In that case, you probably hated the month of December, because it was impossible to take in any medium of media without […]
