Southwestern Community College hosted a debate on Thursday, Oct. 18, for N.C. General Assembly District 119 incumbent Mike Clampitt (R) and competitor Joe Sam Queen (D) as a platform to persuade voters. Clampitt was a captain of the Charlotte Fire Department from 1977-2004. He has previously run for office for Swain Board of Commissioners and […]
Mid-term election season starts Oct. 17
(the story has been corrected we had mistake in the end of the early voting period and the election day) Early voting for the 2018 mid-term election starts on Oct. 17 and residents of Cullowhee and local area will have the voting place on campus open for them. Students living on and off campus will […]
WCU students were challenged to listen
“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other,” former Attorney General Loretta Lynch said, quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lynch, who spoke to the full auditorium at Bardo at the […]
Loretta Lynch to speak at WCU’s honors chancellor’s list ceremony
Former U.S. Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, will be speaking at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Sept. 18, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center as part of their Distinguished Lecture Series. Lynch will be appearing during the chancellor’s list ceremony, which will honor 1,423 students who have achieved a […]
Whee Discriminate
Co-written with Keegan Wiggins Western Carolina University prides itself on being a diversified and inclusive institution, but that identity has been shaken after the racial incidents that happened since the beginning of the spring semester. Since the Whee Matter movement’s start in February, the administration has provided the student leaders and community with monthly reports of what […]
55 businesses gone? N.C. 107 project will have ‘major impact’ on businesses
Originally published in The Sylva Herald by Quintin Ellison As many as 55 business owners along N.C. 107 and U.S. Business 23 could see their workplaces condemned and destroyed as part of a planned remodel of Sylva’s bustling commercial corridor. The N.C. Department of Transportation plans to begin right-of-way acquisition in December and start construction […]