The Obama administration proposed a plan in Jan. 2015 to allow companies to buy leases of federally owned land for oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic Ocean spanning from the Georgia coast to Virginia. This plan could even lead to seeing the huge oil rigs on North Carolina coast. Two companies, Spectrum Deo inc. […]
WCU rallies to end the “R” word
March 6, 2015 by
Western Carolina University took a stand on March 4 to raise awareness against using the “R-Word” by hosting an “R-Word” Rally for students to come and support the University Participant Program (UP) Participants. Kelly Kelley, the go-to person for the UP program at WCU, said that the students involved with the program put the event together. “We put […]
Living with autism
March 6, 2015 by
There are so many traits that make up an individual, some more visible than others. From the outside anyone can see a person’s eye color, skin color, hair length, etc. What cannot be seen is what is inside, and sometimes it is what is inside that truly makes up who a person is. Elliot Jacques […]
UNC Board of Governors approve tuition, fees increase at WCU
March 1, 2015 by
It’s official – tuition and fees are going up at Western Carolina University and other NC public universities as the UNC Board of Governors approved tuition and fee increases Friday, Feb. 27. The tuition and fees for in-state undergraduates increases will be at an average of 4.3 percent, making the average cost be $6,448.88 per year. […]
School’s out and the kids will play!
February 26, 2015 by
Yesterday evening beautiful flakes began to fall as predicted. Me being a skeptic and knowing Cullowhee weather I of course expected an inch or two, but definitely not the four to eight inches that the meteorologists called for, but boy was I wrong. Starting around 9 p.m. Western Carolina University students let their inner child take […]
WCU contributes to North Carolina’s economy
February 24, 2015 by
A new study shows that public colleges and universities such as Western Carolina University provided $2 billion to the NC economy during the 2012-13 fiscal year. Of that, around 75 percent stayed in the 11 counties that make up Western North Carolina – Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Swain and Transylvania County. WCU […]
