Bent over a wooden table littered with textbooks and sheets of tattered instructions, a Western Carolina senior clicks incessantly on her keyboard, eyes glazing over from looking at the same computer screen for hours—or is it sleep deprivation that is causing her eyes to cross? Creating lesson plan after lesson plan, Jessica Shearin, an Elementary […]
Adding a star to the band’s flag
November 9, 2015 by
Who is Julia Sanchez? “Julia was a social butterfly. She was known for smiling all the time. She was determined. Julia never met a stranger,” said Julia’s mom, Dotty Sanchez. Julia is the new star of the Pride of the Mountain Marching band (POTM). Julia Sanchez grew up in Fuquay Varina, NC. When it was […]
Show Review: Mountain Faith @ WCU
November 6, 2015 by
One word was bouncing around my head during the Mountain Faith concert on Thursday night: precious. With the harmonies of biscuits-and-gravy angels, and lyrics as pure as a Saturday drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Mountain Faith is everything and more you could hope for in a small-town band. Sam McMahan is the patriarch of […]
CPP: WNC voters pick city, town governments
November 4, 2015 by
Carolina Public Press published the preliminary results from the local elections held yesterday, Nov. 3. From the preliminary results seems like Sylva will be getting a new mayor. Lynda Sossamon, won 35.16 percent of the votes. The present mayor, Danny Allen, won 34.07 percent of the vote. Here are the the rest of the early unofficial […]
“Hall-O-Ween” in the Ramsey Center
October 30, 2015 by
Weather did not stop Jackson County residents coming out to “Hall-O-Ween in the Village” Tuesday, Oct. 27. Rain forced the event’s change of location to the Ramsey Regional Activity Center. It was originally planned to be held outside of Western Carolina University’s Village Residence Hall. Conditions or not, 517 people came out to “Hall-O-Ween in […]
School shooting sparks discussions about guns on campus
October 21, 2015 by
The recent shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, has prompted discussions about gun violence and safety on college campuses. WCU journalism class students interviewed each other to make this story. “Every time an incident like this happens, it hits home for me. Even though I don’t know the people who were […]
