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 […]
Asheville proves that recycling doesn’t have to be difficult
January 15, 2017 by
Have you ever tried to figure out where to recycle your old cell phone only to give up and just throw it in the trash? Greenworks in Asheville found a solution to make recycling hard items easier for their citizens and those from surrounding areas. Hard 2 Recycle, which is now 11 years old, is […]
Democrat loses TWSA seat
January 13, 2017 by
This story was written by Haley Smith and Quintin Ellison, originally published in The Sylva Herald. Republican Commissioner Mickey Luker denied party politics were involved in Monday’s successful ouster of a prominent local Democrat from the Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority. “There isn’t a bit of it politically motivated,” Luker said during the Jackson County Board of Commissioners meeting. […]
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 […]
