UNC President, Margaret Spellings, will step down in March 2019 after only three years of leading the 17-campus university system. The announcement was made Friday, Oct. 26, after the two-hour closed-door meeting of the UNC Board of Governors. According to the news reports, she was the one initiating the discussion for her early departure. “All […]
WCU students encouraged to vote in the 2018 midterm election
October 19, 2018 by
As the early voting starts in North Carolina, WCU College Democrats hosted a reception encouraging students to vote in the 2018 midterm election. The reception held on Oct. 17 at Brown Dining Hall included key democratic candidates on the ballot like Bobby Kuppers running for the N.C. Senate district 50 and Joe Sam Queen who […]
Well known rivals debate again: Clampitt vs. Queen
October 19, 2018 by
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
October 12, 2018 by
(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
September 24, 2018 by
“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
September 18, 2018 by
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 […]
