WCU students begin campus-wide fight for survival

If you’ve been walking around campus at all this past week, chances are you’ve noticed a large amount of people wearing yellow bandanas. This isn’t a new fashion trend, nor is it a large gang. The people who are wearing these bandanas are actually a part of a campus-wide game called humans vs. zombies. This […]

The river less paddled: personal first descent

NANTAHALA RIVER–– As the crowd gathered to watch from dry land, I got in my kayak. A friend leaned over and asked me if my mother knew what I was about to do. Sheepish, I replied, “No ma’am, I plan on telling her afterwards.” My hands were shaking, and it took me a few tries […]

WCU festival shows students significance of First Amendment

The flyers all over WCU’s campus advertising a free lunch have probably caught your eye in the past few weeks. These flyers advertised a new annual event hosted by WCU’s Student Media groups called the First Amendment Free Food Festival that took place on April 8. The festival was intended to show students a glimpse […]

Nature prevails

WCU students withheld from flying due to strong winds this past weekend near Chattanooga, TN. The hang gliding trip was put together by the university’s outdoor program Base Camp Cullowhee (BCC), which has been scheduled since the beginning of the semester. The trip had already been postponed for two weeks from it’s original date because […]

Eaves candidacy to focus on building relationships

WCU’s recently elected Student Government Association president, TJ Eaves, is planning his upcoming term with diligent motivation to build relationships between students, faculty and the new SGA team.

Belcher named WCU’s new chancellor

Dr. David Belcher was announced Western Carolina University’s 11th chancellor in the school’s 122 year history at 10:50 a.m. on Friday, April 8. The announcement was made at the end of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors bi-monthly meeting in Chapel Hill and was telecast to the Blue Ridge Conference Room on campus and […]