What’s the best way to get WCU students to care about environmental issues? Make it a competition of course. WCU will participate in the 2017 Recyclemania event for the first time starting with two preseason weeks, Jan. 22 through Feb. 4, and the actual event starting Feb. 5 until April 1. According to their website, Recyclemania […]
WCU blood drive returns Jan. 25-26
January 20, 2017 by
The American Red Cross comes WCU’s campus twice every semester, hoping to raise a certain amount of units of blood. For this first blood drive, they are hoping to raise at least 300 units of blood because of a potential blood shortage, according to Chandler Tyburski, blood drive coordinator at WCU. All blood types will be collected, but […]
“Unity is victory and without unity, there is no victory”
January 20, 2017 by
WCU hosted a legendary football coach as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. appreciation week. Herman Boone was the inspiration for the blockbuster, Remember the Titans. Over 250 people were in attendance at the University Center at WCU. Boone became the head football coach at T.C. Williams High School in 1971, in Alexandria, Virginia. […]
MLK Week Unity March calls for justice, solidarity
January 18, 2017 by
“Speak up! Be heard!” Addressing a growing crowd gathering in the Western Carolina University courtyard on Jan.16, senior Norman Falls implored those around him to raise their voices in boldness. “No justice, no peace!” Over 100 voices answered his call. Now they were louder, intensity rising with each iteration of the battle-stained slogan. They wore placards […]
MLK week designed to create unity in WCU communities
January 15, 2017 by
WCU community will honor MLK with a week jam-packed with many events from a march to a couple of noteworthy speakers who had the honor of meeting Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X. The office of Intercultural Affairs hosts Martin Luther King Jr. week along with the Black Student Union (BSU), Last Minute Productions and […]
Almost there: the stresses of a soon to be graduate
January 9, 2017 by
The life of a non-traditional college student may seem more hectic then most business professionals’. It’s Thursday morning. You get up at 8 a.m. and go to class. After a short lunch break you go to another class, and then another. At 3:15 p.m. you get out and run to your car in order to […]
