The fall semester has just begun and parking is already becoming a nightmare for students. Just in the first two weeks, Western Carolina University parking operations have issued 631 citations and 141 wheel-locks. “I’d advise anyone looking at those numbers to consider those numbers in context,” Associate Director of Parking Operations Matishia Taylor said in […]
Why are there dead butterflies in the parking deck?
September 7, 2026 by
If you’ve had a WCU commuter parking pass and parked in the parking deck, you have likely seen butterfly wings throughout the stairwells. In case you have never walked through the parking deck, the wings I am referring to are mainly from the North Carolina state butterfly: the Eastern tiger swallowtail. You’ve likely seen them flying throughout North Carolina (or any part of Eastern U.S.). Remnants […]
