WCU takes on the Moral March

Jackson County and WCU branches of NAACP will be traveling to Raleigh, Saturday morning, Feb. 11, to take a stand and march for justice on the 11th annual Moral March. The Forward Together Moral Movement & HKonJ People’s Assembly Coalition march is part of a love and justice movement that fights for many social issues such […]

“This Is Our Youth” is all too familiar for Western students

Western Carolina University’s Stage & Screen finished up their showing of “This Is Our Youth” on Feb. 5 in Bardo Arts Center, striking home the all too familiar concept of leaving the nest into a more complicated world than we started in. “(The show) was uncomfortably human, uncomfortably relatable, and real,” mentioned Holly Hurding-Jones, junior […]

WCU community collects 200 units of ‘life’ in January

Hurricane Katrina devastated the United States in the summer of 2005, resulting in billions of dollars in damages and over a thousand casualties. Because of the tremendous damage the storm caused and the amount of lives affected, the American Red Cross needed all the help it could get in the aftermath of the storm. As […]

Artist-in-Residence Orchestra performs a concert of stories

Sounds of classic music literature filled the auditorium of the Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Feb. 2. Music students at WCU and members of the Asheville Symphony joined together to form the Artist-in-Residence Orchestra and perform a concert focused on telling stories through music. Three pieces were played at the concert. The […]

WCU outlasts Furman in an overtime

Coming off of a 17 point loss to UNC-Greensboro, the WCU women’s basketball team sought to bounce back against the Furman University Paladins on Thursday, Feb. 2, in Cullowhee. This was the final regular season game between the two teams. The game was tight throughout but the most drama ensued during the last 10 seconds […]

Career and Networking Day to be held at WCU

In search of finding a career after college? WCU undergraduates will have the opportunity to meet with successful employers to discuss part-time and full-time jobs on Feb 1. The event is free and will be in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Students are encouraged, by the Center for Career and Professional […]