Prospective students and their parents and guardians will have a chance to learn about the ins-and-outs of college life as Western Carolina University holds its first Open House this academic year on Saturday, Oct. 27. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions, the host of the event, informs that they are expecting around 830 students and 1,781 […]
WCU gets involved for Make A Difference Day
October 25, 2018 by
You can make a difference and leave your mark when you volunteer during the Make A Difference Day on Oct. 27. National Make A Difference Day was created in 1992 as a community service event held annually on the fourth Saturday in October. People all over the U.S. come together to improve the lives of […]
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 […]
WCU community discusses hazing
October 18, 2018 by
Hazing is not something to only happen to greek organizations. In fact, as many WCU students learned during the film and discussion on Sept. 27 hosted by Greek Student Engagement and Development as part of the National Hazing Prevention Week, these humiliating ceremonies happen more often in sports. WCU Greek life director, Ron Schidemantle, and […]
Halloween with ‘Rocky Horror’
September 25, 2018 by
Bardo Arts Center brings the “Rocky Horror Shadow Cast” to WCU on Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. “Rocky Horror Picture Show” is a comedy musical originally released in 1975 as a movie. The film follows a newly engaged couple encounter with the eccentric Dr. Frank-N-Furter after the couple’s car breaks down. They arrived at […]
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 […]
