Story co-written with Nicole Ellison and Nate Hadley In late August, WCJ surveyed around 40 WCU students on their views surrounding the 2020 Presidential Election, where it was found that human rights is the most pressing issue facing them today. WCJ interviewed select students to dive deeper into what human rights issue matters the most […]
WCU hosts a talk on the crisis south of the border
March 26, 2019 by
In the news world of today, immigration is a hot topic with strong partisan ties, and perhaps more than ever it’s important to know the facts. On March 21 the WCU Criminology and Criminal Justice Department hosted Dr. Kristin Tennyson as part of WCU’s visiting scholar program. Tennyson delivered her lecture entitled “BUILD THAT WALL? […]
Immigration and the Latino Vote
February 8, 2019 by
Western Carolina University opened up a panel about immigration and the Latino vote featuring WCU’s own Dr. Benjamin Frances-Fallon, history professor, and a guest from Jacksonville University in Florida, Dr. Jorge Majfud. “I never felt myself as Latino or Hispanic until I came to the United States. It is the United States that created the […]
English 366 itinerant immigration museum
April 25, 2017 by
Students in Paul Worley’s Literature in Immigration class set up their final project on the second floor of the University Center at Western Carolina University today. Other students and faculty had the opportunity to both observe what the students had been learning throughout the semester, as well as share their own opinions on the matter using […]
Students will display immigration exhibit at the University Center
April 24, 2017 by
Throughout this semester, a select group of students enrolled in Literature in Immigration are putting together a final project that will be on display tomorrow, April 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the second floor of the University Center. The project itself is a collaboration of literature read in class as well as […]
Amid deportation rumors … Immigrants gripped by fear
March 3, 2017 by
This story was written by Quintin Ellison, originally published in The Sylva Herald. As federal policies on immigration harden, the local rumor mill churns ever faster. Federal agents and local law enforcement officers reportedly arrested a Hispanic man on immigration violations at Sylva’s Walmart Plaza. Local law enforcement say the story is untrue. Police officers did arrest […]
