InFlame heats up the Bardo Arts Center

The Bardo Arts Center hosted a blending of styles Tuesday night, March 12, as world music fusion group InFlame took the stage. InFlame’s sound is a unique one. Performed by four artists from four different countries, InFlame is a fine blend of traditional Indian classical styles and Hispanic flamenco music. Comprised of an acoustic guitar, […]

WCU hosts 12th annual Gender Conference

Western Carolina University’s 12th annual Gender Conference themed “Women and Ethnicity,” is March 5 and includes an entire day full of events and discussions for WCU students, faculty and professionals. The conference starts with an interactive photography exhibit Subject 2 Change inviting audience to test their conception on race watching “racially ambiguous female body.” The exhibit […]

WHEE For Life and the Cross Training Challenge provide wellness opportunities for WCU

The WHEE For Life program, which stands for “Wellness Helps Employees Excel,” began in 2009 in reaction to a statewide mandate for North Carolina. The goal for WHEE For Life is to provide wellness opportunities to employees both on and off campus dealing with lowering stress, cutting out bad smoking habits and increasing nutrition and […]

Need help paying your tuition for next semester?

Updated, February 28, 2013. The priority filing date for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid is tomorrow, March 1. With the economy where it is and many parents being laid off of work, how can students expect to pay for college? This is just one of the many questions that Western Carolina University’s Director […]

Internet sensation “shakes” WCU

Recently a Youtube sensation has been sweeping the web. People from all over the world have been creating their own version of the “Harlem Shake.” On Wednesday, Feb. 20 at roughly 5:30 p.m. the students of Western Carolina University met on the University Center lawn to produce their own version. Chancellor David Belcher and the […]

Sexual Empowerment Week fills an educational void

I didn’t become thoroughly educated about sex from public school. Sure, in 7th grade they taught us about the human body and the biology of sexual reproduction, but that was strictly the most basic information. I learned about birth control and different forms of sexual expression the same way most kids my age did: from […]