William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” has been performed for over 400 years, but never quite like this. Western Carolina University’s School of Stage and Screen will be taking the stage to perform a revamped version of “Hamlet” from Wednesday, March 4, to Saturday, March 7, in the Bardo Arts Center Josephina Niggli Studio Theatre. Performances on March […]
Pam Duncan: WCU leader of the learners
March 2, 2020 by
While many professors at WCU see their role in the classroom as more of an authoritative one, Pam Duncan, author and Associate Professor in the English Department at WCU, sees her role in the creative writing classroom differently. “In the writing classroom, I don’t feel qualified to tell anybody how to be a writer,” Duncan […]
WCU Student Democracy Coalition is working hard during early voting
February 27, 2020 by
Once again, Western Carolina University is prioritizing civic engagement by holding a voting location on campus inside the University Center (UC). Early voting for the North Carolina primaries began on Feb. 13 and will continue until Feb. 29. The Student Democracy Coalition (SDC) is a non-partisan organization on campus focused on civic engagement. The organization […]
Housing crunch and IT issues have WCU students scrambling
February 27, 2020 by
Originally published in The Sylva Herald on Feb. 27, 2020. The words chalked around the fountain in the center of the Western Carolina University campus expressed the frustration of many students: “More than 9,000 students on campus, less than 5,000 beds on campus. Do you hear us? You might want to start looking for an […]
Budget impasse may cause a need for slower enrollment at WCU
February 27, 2020 by
Story co-written with Ruth Dahl. Story was published in The Sylva Herald on March 4, 2020. As the impasse between Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Republicans involving the State Budget continues, Western Carolina University faces another financial issue: the cost of accepted students. Chancellor Kelli Brown has asked the university’s Executive Council to begin […]
Student Government Association vice-presidential debates continue tonight, Feb. 27
February 27, 2020 by
Western Carolina University’s Student Government Association is holding elections to seek the next student body president and vice president. SGA hosted the presidential debate on Feb. 25 at 6 pm in the UC Theatre. The vice-presidential debates will take place Feb. 27 at the same time and location. Dawson Spencer, current SGA vice-president, is running […]
