Students in David Henderson’s America’s Wilderness Ethics and Aesthetics class had the chance to experience a real world problem-solution environment. Ten students from Henderson’s class piled into two vans and traveled to Brevard for the Pisgah Ranger District meeting. The meeting takes place in a series of Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest meetings set to revise the […]
Dance Marathon committee reviews this year’s event
March 29, 2013 by
The Western Carolina University Dance Marathon committee members have already started to look toward next year’s event in order to work to make the event better. They are reviewing what worked well at the second annual Dance Marathon this year, and what they want to change for next year. This year the WCU Dance Marathon […]
Students learn about options and limitations of the hearing-impaired
March 20, 2013 by
When Western Carolina University student Sarah Keith walked up to the ticket booth at the Quin Theater in Sylva to purchase a movie ticket, she felt confident and outgoing. She knew what she was there to do and she already knew what the answer to her question would be before she even asked the man […]
Panel Discusses Southern Stereotypes in the World of Cartoons
March 20, 2013 by
On Thursday, March 14, a panel of three local cartoonists and the head of the Political Science department at Western Carolina University met to discuss stereotypes and social identity in cartoons. Brent Brown, Randy Molton and David Cohen understand the world of cartoons because they have made it their passion and livelihood. Men comprise much of […]
Public meetings to discuss future of Nantahala-Pisgah National Forests
March 20, 2013 by
Almost 170 community members attended the March 18 meeting at the Transylvania County Public Library to discuss the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forests Land Management Plan revisions. The meeting is the next-to-last in a series of six taking place in each of the Nantahala-Pisgah Ranger Districts. Each meeting is open to the public and goes from 6 […]
Fun and games at the Cat’s Den leisure center
March 19, 2013 by
This semester the Cat’s Den will be offering free games and activities Tuesday through Friday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. The Cat’s Den, located in the Brown Building, has multiple arcade games, ping pong tables, billiard tables, air hockey, board games and more. When you enter have one of the workers swipe your cat card or […]
