People from 16 Western North Carolina counties and over a dozen organizations from North Carolina’s District 11 gathered outside of the Haywood County Courthouse in Waynesville on Sunday, April 23. “Where is Mark Meadows?” was the question on many signs of an estimated 450 people standing outside the courthouse in the heavy rain. Meadows currently serves as […]
How was senior thesis film “Creating Joseph” created?
Films aren’t easy things to make. According to the new program director for Film & Television production, Joshua Russell, films are a sophisticated, populist art for people and by people in their ways of telling a compelling visual story. Not everything in film makes it to their final cuts, and the Spring student thesis film “Creating […]
Reduce, reuse…now what?
This story was co-written with Jessica Wooten. Every year, according to a 2015 study, North Carolinians throw away 23.6 billion pounds of trash. That is enough trash to circle the earth twice. It isn’t spite that makes NC residents throw away their recyclables, but ignorance. Ipsos, a market research company, performed a study in 2011 during […]
Career Center prepares students for life after college
Graduation is swiftly approaching and a new batch of Western students are about to enter the real world. How are they going to prepare for this drastic change in life? How are they going to find a job and present themselves as professionals? Western Carolina goes above and beyond with assisting students to prepare for […]
Rapper Wale and artist Niykee Heaton wind down Student Appreciation Week
It’s student appreciation week at Western Carolina University and artists came through, but sometimes the artists selected can be obscure or not really well-known. Still, did Western turn up the heat with these two artists, and do students at Western feel appreciated? “I’m surprised Wale came to campus, said Tyler Jones, WCU student over the […]
A taste of Africa
Co-written by: Taylor Harbison The Organization of African students (OAS) brought a taste of their homeland to WCU this week. On April 19, as a kick-off to their organization, the OAS hosted “Taste of Africa.” This event allowed students to sample dishes from different countries such as plantains, chin chin, meat pies and puff puffs. Held […]








