When walking in the room it was like walking into many different worlds. You could see all different aspects and involvement going on involving North Carolina. The Tar Heel Tour is part of a campus wide theme of NC History. It was a year long project that kicked off on Thursday, Feb. 12. The UC Grandroom was full […]
WCU reacts to the killing of three students in Chapel Hill
February 16, 2015 by
Days after the killing of 21-year-old Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, her 23-year-old husband, Deah Shaddy Barakat, and her 19-year-old sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, near the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus. Western Carolina University students held moment of silence and posted their opinions on social media. The three students were shot the night of Feb. 10 by their […]
Why we should be more critical of popular media
February 16, 2015 by
The millennial generation has grown up with our identities being tied up in our favorite pop culture things. I, for example, have always been extremely bookish, but other people I grew up with are movie or TV buffs or gamers. We all have our own beliefs that we ascribe to, and that shows a […]
Sneak peak on the upcoming show FROGZ
February 11, 2015 by
FROGZ will be coming to Western Carolina University on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The popular classic FROGZ is a family friendly show filled with mesmerizing masks, mimes and music combined with Cirque du Soleil-evoking acrobatics. Imago’s FROGZ will be exploding onto the Bardo Arts Center stage, bringing projectors, actors and acrobats to the stage. After talking to […]
SGA makes large leadership change
February 9, 2015 by
Western Carolina University’s Student Government Association is going through a large leadership change that began in January, 2015. There were no members who were directly fired by SGA. Many of the current members of SGA could not discuss what happened because of the FERPA regulations. This makes the occurrence hard to understand with such vague information available to the public […]
UP and Away: Program offers genuine college experience
February 6, 2015 by
For Hickory native Ali Hale, being named Western Carolina University’s Homecoming Queen in the October game against The Citadel was just another part of her normal college experience. Hale is a member of the University Participant (UP) Program – a two-year, residential living and learning experience that strives to offer those with intellectual disabilities just […]
