Ruth Dahl, Nate Hadley, Hannah Fink & Sara Stanley contributed to the profiles. Democratic Party Platform The Jackson County Democratic party’s mission is electing Democratic candidates to local, state and national offices that reflect the party’s values. Jackson county’s Democratic candidates reflect the national Democratic values with emphasis on certain issues such as living wages, the […]
Election 2020: Libertarian Party
March 2, 2020 by
Story co-reported with Samantha Lughart. Although America is often seen as bipartisan, other parties attempt to chisel away at the image of a two-party system, such as the Libertarian Party. The Libertarian Party of North Carolina has existed since 1976, with 28,000 people registered as Libertarian in the state. With a platform built on freedom, party […]
“Hamlet” gets a technological revamp in upcoming WCU performance
March 2, 2020 by
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 […]
