Story originally published Nov. 28, 2016. “Anything I do at Western is for Western.” Brandon Truitt is a senior communication and political science double major at Western Carolina. Truitt’s most recent honor was to be chosen as the commencement speaker for graduation in December. “I think that’s one of the highest honors I could receive […]
WCU students discuss graduation angst
This weekend will be the final hoorah for Western Carolina University seniors. The graduation ceremony will be on the football field, barring any unpleasant weather. If it rains then the ceremony will move to the Ramsey Center. There will be three ceremonies. One at 7 p.m. on May 6 for WCU’s Graduate School. One at 10 a.m. on May 7 for […]
Bomb threat moves WCU commencement outside
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 […]