Dillisboro began their 28th annual festival of lights and luminaries to kick off the holiday season on December 2. The festival was opened on Friday with a Western Carolina University night encouraging all students, faculty, and staff to visit the town. Chancellor David Belcher and his wife opened the night with a horse and buggy […]
Big stars visit this “Small Town U.S.A.”
November 11, 2011 by
Justin Moore, Thompson Square, and The Buchanan Boys rocked The Ramsey Center at WCU on Thursday night. College kids and locals packed the arena as they sang and swayed to the country and southern rock music. Justin Moore got the crowd going with his well-known songs Bait a Hook, Small town U.S.A., and If Heaven […]
Advanced scams meet advanced protection
November 9, 2011 by
Technology is great when it works, but one wrong click and a nasty cyber scam can set you back a few hundred dollars. But for a college it can cripple an entire campus community. Manager of student computing in the Technology Commons Andy Voelker talked about how WCU’s IT department handles these threats. The Information […]
Preventing the flu this season
November 9, 2011 by
As the weather begins to cool off the Western Carolina Journalist spoke with Pam Buchanan, director of the Health Center on how to prevent the flu this season!
WCU interim athletic director Fred Cantler steps in
November 4, 2011 by
Interim athletic director Fred Cantler promised to focus on keeping the student athletes a top priority when making any decision that would result in changing personal around the department. His first decision was firing football assistant head coach and defensive coordinator Matt Pawlowski last week. Head coach, Dennis Wagner, filled the position with assistant coach, […]
The rise of prescription drug abuse in Jackson County, NC
April 26, 2011 by
She got her hair from her mom, her eyes from her dad and her drugs from her grandmother’s medicine cabinet. Is this what you want people to say about someone close to you? Jackson County, in April, hosted a “Lunch and Learn” class at the Community Service Center about the growing prescription drug abuse problem. The […]
