Thanks to a clog in an 86-year-old pipe, Western Carolina University’s upper campus was left without water off and on for two days. Crews were sent out on Sept. 22, when a main sewer distribution line backed up. Sewage began entering the ground floor of McKee, an academic building on […]
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Art the Vote
This year, the political science one credit courses taught by Dr. Niall Michelsen are teaming up with Professor Marie Cochran and Julia Boisseau of the School of Art and Design to make Art the Vote posters. The top three posters will be displayed in the library through the month of […]
Inside the Forensic Osteology Research Station at WCU
The Forensic Anthropology Program at Western Carolina University opened the Forensic Osteology Research Station (FOREST) in 2006, a human decomposition facility that was only the second of its kind in the nation at that time. Dr. Cheryl Johnston, associate professor of forensic anthropology, sat down with The Western Carolinian to […]
Base Camp Cullowhee hosts week-long excursions this Fall Break
Base Camp Cullowhee gives Western Carolina University students two choices of wild week-long adventures this Fall Break. Andrew Blease, Base Camp Cullowhee’s adventure guide, talked about the trips Base Camp Cullowhee is offering. “We’re [Base Camp Cullowhee] going to the Outer Banks and Red River Gorge located in Kentucky,” reported […]
‘Alternate 1’ selected for Old Cullowhee Road bridge
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) office in the 14th division of North Carolina decided to go ahead with a plan known as “Alternate 1” for the future renovation of a bridge on Old Cullowhee Road near Western Carolina University’s campus. “Alternate 1” involves rebuilding Old Cullowhee Bridge where […]
Guardrail and sidewalk help make WCU safer
In an effort to make the commute to Western Carolina University’s main campus safer, a new guardrail has been constructed for Speedwell Road while a sidewalk to the new Health and Human Sciences Building is in the works. On March 25, Western Carolina student Stephanie Deese died in a car […]
A night of music presented by the Belchers
What happens when you bring together a classically trained pianist and a professional opera singer? You have an unstoppable force of musical talent, which is what Chancellor David O. Belcher and Susan Belcher delivered Tuesday, Sept. 8. With a full house, the Belchers put together a 60-minute performance of many […]
Tech Commons and Red Zone host Facebook seminar
The Technology Commons and the Red Zone campaign partnered up for a “Staying Safe on Facebook” seminar on Sept. 6. Sara Smith from ClassTIPS and Jen Nickels from the Center for Service Learning hosted the presentation together. The Technology Commons has held other seminars about Facebook before, but this was […]
Faculty receives raise, students pay higher tuition
As part of its budgetary measures for the UNC-System’s 2012-13 academic year, the North Carolina State Legislature has made funds available to finance pay increases for all UNC-System employees. The 1.2 percent pay increase is the first of its kind in four years but comes at a time when students […]
A Glass Half Full: Alcohol in Cullowhee yields expansion
Since Jackson County residents voted in favor of alcohol in May, local businesses have been hard at work implementing the new standards that allow them to sell alcohol. Jeannette Evans, owner of the Mad Batter Bakery & Café in Cullowhee, had already expanded the hours of her business and hired […]
