The WCU Undergraduate Research Expo and the Graduate Research Symposium is underway this week. The Undergraduate Expo took place beginning on Monday, Mar. 23 and lasted through Thursday, Mar. 26. The event involved roughly 200 student presenters and 70 faculty sponsors, representing 23 academic departments. The expo schedule includesd presentations […]
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Women’s History Month: Spotlighting Women Who Make a Difference
Dr. Stephanie Dykes has many of the same concerns as middle-aged women all over America. She worries about finding love in middle-age, coloring her hair, and mammograms. She worries about the economy and her personal finances, as she was displaced from her Vice-President position at the bank formerly known as […]
Pride of the Mountains Marching Band “Workin’ It!” All the Way to Austin, Texas
]Western Carolina University’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band is going to be featured at the College Band Directors National Association conference in Austin, Texas on Friday, Mar. 27. Based on overall excellence and creativity, the band’s 2008 show entitled “Work It!” was one of five band shows to be […]
WCU Stages Emergency Drill Over Spring Break
While many students were away from campus on Spring Break, WCU and local emergency services participated in an emergency preparedness drill on Tuesday, Mar. 3 when a simulated “active shooter” incident was held in The Village. The drill was run by EnviroSafe, an emergency consulting agency, and funded by a […]
Paying for College and Keeping Debt Low
Paying for college is very expensive. Upon graduation from Western, a good majority of students will be in serious debt. 74% of WCU students receive some form of financial aid, which comes in the form of grants, scholarships, loans and work-study. Nationally, only 69% of students attending public four- year […]
Nature or nurture?
On Mar. 30, WCU will host John Wright, a nationally recognized criminologist from the University of Cincinnati, for a lecture on the role of biology and life experiences on criminal behavior. The event will take place at 7:00 pm in the Grandroom of the A.K. Hinds University and is part […]
Talking with Simon Carr, Painter
On Tuesday September 30 of last year, painter Simon Carr came to speak in the Fine and Performing Arts Center’s lecture room. He spoke mostly about his most recent Subway paintings, their meaning to him and their formal aspects. The next day, I had the chance to sit down and […]
Students Take Part in Alternative Spring Break
A dozen Western Carolina University staff members and students headed off to Tennessee for their spring break, except for them it wasn’t a break. Instead, they chose to participate in a five-day service project during which they volunteered at various local community agencies in Tennessee. Since 2005, WCU’s Center for […]
Movie Review – Ooooo Fireworks!
Have you ever flipped through the channels one day and ran across the television show MXC on the Spike channel? Yoshitaka Nishi, played by actor Takeshi Kitano, happens to be a very interesting character. On February 23 in the UC Theatre many were able to experience his movie Fireworks aka […]
WCU Falls To Vanderbilt 73-44
After taking three minutes for either team to score, the Vanderbilt Commodores struck first in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Western Carolina on Saturday, March 21 and never looked back as they won 73-44. It was the Commodores third win in The Pit after they beat Montana […]
