Co-written and edited with Brannon Mahaley As a university, one of the major concerns is the safety of its students and the availability of resources to victims and people who look to prevent sexual assault and violence from occurring. One of the ways the WCU Police Department has sought to provide some resources to students is […]
Goodbye Power 90.5 and hello 95.3
April 25, 2018 by
Western Carolina’s student radio station, Power 90.5, is moving up the FM band to 95.3 concluding a plan almost ten years in the making. The new frequency will be operational by June 23 of this year but the music format and the new name are still in the works. The current signal has the potential […]
A celebration of cultural diversity
April 18, 2018 by
On a sunny day in April, the central plaza at Western Carolina University was filled with the smell of fresh Yemen coffee, along with the sounds of gongs from Indonesia. The feeling of cultural awareness through the students and faculty was in full force. WCU’s acting chancellor, Alison Morrison-Sheltar, joined international program director Ling Lebeau and associate […]
More than inclusion
April 18, 2018 by
WCU’s University Participant program gives students with intellectual disabilities the opportunity they’ve been waiting for. In 2007, program Co-Director Kelly Kelley questioned her then special education graduate professor, Dr. Westling, what WCU could be doing about inclusion on campus. Westling challenged his students to conceive a program that could do such a thing, and in […]
Perfect day for cleaning the Tuck
April 16, 2018 by
Co-Written by Jonathan Birek For 34 years, the Western Carolina community has banded together to help clean up the Tuckasegee River. On the morning of Saturday, April 14, close to a thousand volunteers signed up to partake in the Tuck River Clean Up, even though there was rain in the forecast. Luckily, it turned out […]
So close, yet so far away
April 12, 2018 by
The (3-28) Western Carolina Catamounts almost pulled off the upset against the eighth ranked team in the nation, the (23-10) Kentucky Wildcats, on Wednesday night’s game at Childress Field in Cullowhee. The Catamounts had a tough battle coming into Wednesday night’s game. The Wildcats jumped out to an early 4–run lead thanks to senior catcher/first baseman, Troy […]
