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Authors Darnell Arnoult, Deidre Elliott and David Joy took the stage on Wednesday, March 21 for the fourth day of Western Carolina University’s 10th annual Spring Literary Festival. Arnoult began the day at 4 p.m. by reading from her published novel “Sufficient Grace,” various poems and a novel she hopes […]
The second day of the 10th annual Spring Literary Festival kicked off with Mary Adams and Catherine Carter reading selections of their poetry on Tuesday, March 20. Carter read from her book “The Swamp Monster at Home,” while Adams read from her poetry collection “Epistles from the Planet Photosynthesis.” Both […]
Recently, Western Carolina University completed a campus-wide project which involved numerous directional signs placed across campus. Though students’ feelings about the signs are mixed, it was discovered that the signs contain a major flaw – the individual sign bars which clip onto the larger frames are easily detachable and are […]
Veteran Western Carolinian staff members Ryan Alexander and Lex Menz were named Co-Editors-in-Chief of the newspaper on March 1. The two Western Carolina University juniors replace Justin Caudell, who stepped down as Editor-in-Chief after three years at the end of February to take a job in Georgia. Alexander and Menz […]
The John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center welcomed the world renowned Vienna Boys Choir on Tuesday, March 6. The most celebrated choir in the world took stage under the direction of choirmaster Manolo Cagnin. Cagnin introduced himself and welcomed the sold out audience. The choir consisted of 23 […]
Western Carolina University Graduate student and potter Frank Vickery has taken an unorthodox approach in the selection of his Master of Fine Arts degree Thesis Committee. Vickery has selected a thesis committee that consists of Richard Tictich, director of the school of art and design; Dr. Seth McCormick, art history […]
Sometimes it just helps to be able to talk to someone about our problems. There are always people who can sympathize without problems, but we need to share our stories with those who can truly empathize with our difficulties. Last August, Jodie Waldroup began her long journey with Celiac disease. […]
Were you aware that Western Carolina University currently employs a professor that spent a year in prison? If so, then you must have been a student of Dr. Leonardo Bobadilla, assistant professor of psychology. Bobadilla spent his final year of graduate school at Butner Federal Correction Complex in Butner, working […]
The 2012 Spring Literary Festival started off on a high note with spoken word poet Glenis Redmond as the first guest speaker. Redmond had a private Q&A session with students, as well as giving an entertaining presentation in the University Center Theater. She read a number of quality poems, had […]
Poet and novelist Jon Pineda spoke at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 19 about his memoir and poems at the 10th Annual Spring Literary Festival at Western Carolina University. Pineda, who teaches a Queens University in Charlotte, started with a reading from his book of poetry “The Translator’s Diary.” The […]
