Each year over 1,800 college students die from alcohol-related injuries, more than 97,000 college students are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or rape and over 599,000 college students receive unintentional injuries while under the influence. This statistics comes from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). They are calling for cultural change and so is WCU. […]
WCU drag show hosted by TV personality
October 7, 2016 by
Audience members stepped into an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race tonight with host Shangela leading the show. Hosted by Intercultural Affairs and Last Minute Productions, this year’s drag show had to turn away nearly 150 people due to lack of seats at the show. With performers ranging from a WCU student to professionals, the show […]
Negativity, not positivity, influences 2016 voter turnout
October 4, 2016 by
Remember 2008? That year, a young Democrat was elected president after galvanizing voters around the positive ideas of “hope” and “change.” Negativity will be the main factor driving American voters to the polls this November. According to the analysis from website FiveThirtyEight, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have the two lowest favorability ratings of […]
Citadel Bulldogs conquer Catamounts on Family Day
October 2, 2016 by
As the ball was kicked off, one could hear the ruckus crowd chant both teams’ names. What started out as an evenly matched contest, turned into a beating at the expense of the Catamounts due in large part to a stagnant offense. By the end of the second quarter and in the beginning of the […]
“Resident Alien” kicks off the 2016-17 season with heart-wrenching truths
September 28, 2016 by
If you wanted to leave your country in hopes of better opportunities for you and your family’s lives, what would you bring with you? What would you leave behind? In order to adapt to your foreign new world, what aspects of yourself would you throw out? Could you throw out? Which would you keep? And […]
UC presidential debate viewing party leaned toward Clinton
September 27, 2016 by
In a history-making presidential debate, Trump and Clinton came together on the stage for the first time this election season for a full 90 minutes. It was the most viewed and most tweeted debate in history exceeding 84 million viewers and 10.3 million tweets, setting the bar higher than it ever has been in the […]
