There was a change of plan at Western Carolina University’s graduation on Saturday after bomb threat was called in. Five minutes after graduation was supposed to start Chancellor Belcher came on stage to announce that everyone needed to evacuate to the football field. He insured that he thought it was 100 percent a hoax. Everyone […]
WCU students protest police brutality
December 6, 2014 by
Students at Western Carolina University gathered on Friday, Dec. 5, at the fountain to protest the lives lost by police brutality in America and the unfair treatment of African Americans in the United States legal system. Students gathered at noon to participate in a form of peaceful protest known as a “die-in.” Recent victims of […]
Students protest police brutality, remind campus that black lives matter
December 6, 2014 by
Students organized protests at Western Carolina University on Friday as controversial Grand Jury decisions have sparked a national debate that has made its way to Cullowhee. Watch the full report below. Connor Kick contributed to this story.
The label ‘fat girl’
November 19, 2014 by
“You’re horrible!!!” “How could you say those things to a human being?” Sasha Mignoli yelled as she stood by a group of boys sitting outside the Dining Hall. A small crowd of witnesses could tell that something has set the 5’7″, 186 pound sophomore off. “It’s because of ignorant people like you that others struggle […]
The passion of a nurse
November 18, 2014 by
Babies, babies, and more babies! For 25 years it has only been babies, and for Angela Neal, that has not been a problem. Neal serves as a Registered Nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, also known as the NICU by many of the current staff at Novant Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N.C. Neal was […]
The history and mysteries of Moore
November 17, 2014 by
“This beautiful, imposing and indestructible building should be made a monument to… public service.” The Cullowhee Yodel, July 1924. Haunted, old, useless and quiet are words that come to mind as you walk passed the Moore building on Western Carolina University upper campus. Students, unaware of the historical moments that once took place there, […]
