Service project impacts Jackson County seniors

The sounds of chainsaws and wood splitters rang resiliently as enormous logs were split and new bonds were formed on WCU’s campus. With over 100 people contributing, 59 truckloads of wood were collected, cut, split, and delivered to residents in Jackson County. In its seventh year, Impact Day, took place at Cullowhee United Methodist Church […]

WCU educates students how to “Party smart”

Each year over 1,800 college students die from alcohol-related injuries, more than 97,000 college students are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or rape and over 599,000 college students receive unintentional injuries while under the influence. This statistics comes from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). They are calling for cultural change and so is WCU. […]

CPP: Outside campaign money raising stakes in NC governor’s race

Shared content from Carolina Public Press. By Michael Gebelein Roy Cooper and Pat McCrory have collectively raised more than $20 million in their race for the governorship of North Carolina, according to campaign finance reports filed this summer. Final reports won’t be filed until just before Election Day in November. Cooper raised more than $5 […]

WCU students react to VP debate

The 2016 vice presidential debate took place last night and WCU students held a watch party to react and give their opinions. The 2016 vice presidential debate began at 9 p.m. Tuesday at Longwood University in Virginia and was moderated by Elaine Quijano of CBS News. The vice presidential candidates were Donald Trump’s running-mate, Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), and […]

Negativity, not positivity, influences 2016 voter turnout

Remember 2008? That year, a young Democrat was elected president after galvanizing voters around the positive ideas of “hope” and “change.” Negativity will be the main factor driving American voters to the polls this November. According to the analysis from website FiveThirtyEight, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have the two lowest favorability ratings of […]

WCU community ‘Take Back the Night’ with a powerful sound

The rain could not stop ‘Take Back the Night’ as students marched through the halls in support of survivors of sexual assault. The event was hosted by the department of intercultural affairs, College Panhellenic Council, Delta Zeta, Alpha Gamma Delta, Sigma Gamma Rho and Alpha Kappa Alpha on Sept. 26. ‘Take back the Night’ is […]