Political science professor and director of the Public Policy Institute, Dr. Todd Collins, sent us the following rules for the primary voting that are coming from the election law: New registrations: best way is to do it so that the Board of Elections receives it by Feb 19 at 5:00 Based on a court case, […]
Behind the scenes: volunteers of the UP Program
February 17, 2016 by
“I can’t express to you how much this program means to me, how much the students, volunteers and staff have influenced and touched my life,” said two-year volunteer and now paid natural support for Western Carolina University’s University Participant Program (UP), Grayson Coleman. Coleman’s response is much like many other volunteer reactions when asked how […]
South African Apartheid exhibit offers a lesson of forgiveness
February 13, 2016 by
An earlier version of this story did not give credit to Hilary Lindler for providing the loan of the Amy Biehl materials and the 1994 election ballot to the exhibit. It has been corrected. Living in a country where democracy is so often taken for granted, it’s difficult to imagine a time and place where […]
A unique twist on coffee shop music
February 11, 2016 by
” To the windows, to the walls. To the sweat drop downs my b***s, To all these b*****s crawl. To all skeet skeet motherf*****s, all skeet skeet god d**n” This is how Dan Henig entertained an audience of around 30 people in UC Illusions, on Feb. 9, during his coffee house concert. Henig’s music is […]
“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, […]
Fighting for a new Jackson County Animal Shelter
February 3, 2016 by
Mud mushes in under car tires heading up Airport Road in Cullowhee. After a drive up the narrow, inclined, twisty back road, a dirty gate stands open on the left, and an unwelcoming hill lies ahead. Following a steady ascent to the muddy hill’s peak, a timeworn, outdated building can be seen sitting amidst a tiny unpaved parking lot. A few shrubs […]
