April is sexual assault awareness and prevention month and for the WCU Police Department, safety is their number one priority. According to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network, a person is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds. There are more than 200,000 victims of sexual assault each year in the United States alone. Knowing this, more than […]
SGA: New crop of students, same old problems
April 2, 2017 by
The new WCU student body president is Katherine Spalding, and new vice president is Adam Lytle. WCU also has 25 new senators who will be joined by five incoming freshman in the fall for a total of 30 senators. This year the candidates for office promoted messages of growth and diversity as their colorful posters cover the […]
Cultures meld together at International Festival
March 31, 2017 by
WCU fountain looked different yesterday. A total of 48 tables and booths encircled the Central Plaza area, inviting huge crowd of WCU and local community members to learn about the different cultures and countries represented on the campus. Western Carolina University held its 38th annual International Festival on Wednesday, March 29. The event started with the flag parade, […]
Time for some good readings: Literary Festival is back
March 31, 2017 by
The 15th annual spring Literary Festival is set to start on Monday, April 3, and will feature short story writers, poets, novelists and even a photographer. The Literary Festival is a four-day event that is hosted by WCU’s English department, celebrating literature, writing, art and storytelling. This year, a total of 13 artists from all over […]
Sylva: The region’s most literary town
March 31, 2017 by
This story was written by Quintin Ellison, originally published in The Sylva Herald. One day last week, Catherine Carter, a poet and professor in the English department at Western Carolina University, started sketching a bubble chart to illustrate how literary and artistic engagement dovetail in this community. She didn’t complete the task. “I ran out of paper. […]
Ballad “Barbara Allen” jump starts a hopeful career for a young storyteller
March 30, 2017 by
“(Ballads are) a way for me to connect with a world that I was told a lot about by relatives of mine…” said James Woodburn, Asheville local and musician. “…but funnily enough, I feel closer to it than the stuff you hear on the radio today. It’s ephemeral, it’s like words in stone that seem […]
