WCU senior year and graduation from behind a mask

Adeley Dellinger has spent her senior year with a full class schedule to graduate in the December commencement. On Saturday, Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. Adeley Dellinger will be sitting in Liston B. Ramsey Center wearing her mask, waiting for her commencement ceremony to begin. As a first-generation college student, her family will be in […]

Clampitt and Queen debate, ten years in the making

Joe Sam Queen (D) and Mike Clampitt the candidates for North Carolina House District 119, squared off in a debate for a saga that has nearly as many installments as the Harry Potter books. But, instead of casting spells, they attempt to get your vote cast for them. The debate took place at Western Carolina […]

Mark Meadows visits WCU political science class

North Carolina congressman Mark Meadows (R) spoke to a political science class at Western Carolina University on Monday, April 10, discussing health care, tax reform, Syria and other issues. Meadows is the leader of the congressional group known as the Freedom Caucus that was one of the main opponents of the Republican health care bill […]

The Affordable Care Act and student impact

Leslie Boyd has more than enough reason to be spreading information about the Affordable Care Act all across North Carolina. “One of the reasons we’re so avid about [the Affordable Care Act] is because I lost my son from a lack of health care,”  she starts her story. If her son, Mike Danforth, had just […]