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 […]
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WCU signs off on massive directional signs
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 […]
Student charged with sexual battery, other crimes
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 […]
Editor-in-Chief
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 […]
Interim arts and sciences dean departing WCU
Gibbs Knotts, interim dean of the college of arts and sciences, professor of political science and public affairs and faculty athletics representative at Western Carolina University, will be leaving at the end of this school year to become the department chair of the political science department at the College of […]
English Department’s Kinser a man of many talents
Not many people can say they were named the “most promising bluegrass player in America”, played in bands across the U.S. and Europe and have met and hung out with U2. Dr. Brent Kinser, 19th-century British literature professor and director of literature programs at Western Carolina University, has lived this […]
Before They Were Educators: Katerina Spasovska
Who would have thought that the mountainous setting of Western Carolina University resembles that of Macedonia, a country in southeast Europe. For Katerina Spasovska, assistant professor of communication, that similarity is what led her to choose WCU as her home, both professionally and personally. Growing up in socialist Macedonia before […]
Finalists named for WCU Provost position
Western Carolina’s search for a new provost is nearing its deliberating moments. A 16-person committee, tasked with finding and recommending a candidate to Chancellor David Belcher, has narrowed its selection down to three. The original 23 applicants were judged based on criteria outlined by the committee in their template of […]
Race to the Ballot kicks off at Western Carolina
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 […]
Mark Speir named WCU’s new head football coach
Mark Speir, who has spent much of his 21-year coaching career at the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level, was named the head football coach at Western Carolina University on Dec. 22 during a press conference held in the Ramsey Center. Speir (pronounced “spear”), who got his coaching career start […]
