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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
The search is underway to identify a new interim dean for the Western Carolina University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Current Dean Gibbs Knotts, appointed to the position in June 2011, announced in late January that he will leave Western at the end of the semester to assume a position […]
Monday marked the beginning of the “Battle of the Plug”, an energy conservation rivalry for three weeks between Western Carolina University and Appalachian State University. The competition is part of the first annual Campus Conservation Nationals 2012, a nationwide campaign to conserve energy on college campuses. According to Campus Conservation […]
The last day of January was a significant day for both Western’s Student Body Government and TV62. TV62 prepared the Old Student Union for its first ever live broadcast, whichwas of Student Body President TJ Eaves’ State of the University address. Before the address, there were three interviews given by […]
Cullowhee’s winter wonderland has been nonexistent this season due to unseasonably warm temperatures. While students may be bummed by the lack of cancelled classes as compared to the 2011 spring semester, local businesses also feel the heat of Mother Nature. Ski resorts, like Sapphire Valley and Cataloochee, have experienced less […]
Lex Menz was named Editor-in-Chief in May 2013. She is looking forward to creating a wider readership, involving more community members and raising awareness of the important work the campus newspaper accomplishes. In the fall semester of 2009, Lex began at the newspaper her freshman year as a contributing writer […]
The last several weeks have seen a marked increase in reports of criminal activity at Western Carolina University. Since Jan. 15, there have been three reports of sexual assault, one report of assault on a female and one report of armed robbery. Two students have been arrested in connection with […]
The Western Carolina University Campus is experiencing a transition in decoration and direction. New signs of all sizes have popped up in front of campus buildings and roadways directing students, faculty, staff and visitors where to go and how to get there. Ongoing for a few years, the project has […]
Western Carolina’s Student Government Association has jumped into the new semester with new resolutions and an initiative to listen to the student voice at WCU. Ryan Hemance, Service Learning Senator, and Ricky Greene, Academic Senator, are collaborating together to build a resolution that will establish a Service Corps program at […]
A Cullowhee bridge undergoing construction for deterioration repairs is causing delays and inconveniences for residents who are accustomed to crossing it. Bridge 82, on State Road 1002 near the intersection of Rogers Road, will be closed for reconstruction for 150 days. Joshua Deyton, Division 14 Bridge Management Engineer of the […]
Western Carolina University’s UNITY took part in a statewide campaign on Jan. 27 to fight a proposed amendment that would make marriage between a man and woman the only recognized union. The campaign, Race To The Ballot, kicked off last Friday on WCU’s campus. The Race is a five-week commitment […]
