Meet the candidates for WCU SGA’s 2022 leadership

Story co-produced with Savanna Tenenoff SGA at WCU has officially announced the candidates who are campaigning for the 2022 elections, which will serve the student body during the 2022 to 2023 academic year. Candidates are campaigning Feb. 21 through March 1, SGA announced via an Instagram post. Students will only be able to vote for […]

WCU radio station is on air and with a new frequency

Student run radio station WWCU FM is back on air after two long years of transition. On Jan. 27 at approximately 4:40 p.m., the station was rocking the radio waves on the new frequency 95.3. The old call number 90.5 FM is now for the local NPR station, Blue Ridge Public Radio. The station was […]

WCU College of Education and Allied Profession is making history with all female leadership

The College of Education and Allied Professions, the second-largest college at WCU started the year by making history for being fully led by females. Dr. Kia Asberg, associate professor in Psychology, started as department head of Psychology on Jan. 1. Without intention, the predominantly female field is going to be managed by women. When looking […]

Students isolating in Madison upset; WCU health and dining services look to improve

“It felt like I was in a prison,” said Karey Peeler.  Peeler, a senior emergency and disaster management major, was admitted to Madison on Oct. 27, 2021, along with her roommate Holly Dowell. Both were experiencing COVID-like symptoms and chose to report to the Bird Building to get tested.   Although Peeler and Dowell are roommates, they had […]

Bardo Arts Center welcomes fall with eye-catching light show

Live music combined with an LED light show lets us see the music in color using water as a transmitter honoring the Cherokee culture. The show Seeing Sound: A Musical Journey of Water and Light is the new multimedia production of the Bardo Arts Center that opens on Oct. 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. […]

Juniors Sydney Spivey and Colton Graham collect the crowns

Western Carolina University’s homecoming king and queen were on Saturday, Oct. 9. Most of the activities during Homecoming 2021 were canceled because of bad weather. The home football game against Mercer and the ceremony of announcing the king and queen happened to the delight of over 11,000 eager fans. Homecoming is for anyone associated with […]