(Editor’s Note: The following is a part-one of an ongoing series about the state of tobacco at Western Carolina University.) Western Carolina University already has a 50-foot smoking ban around buildings, but they may move one step further by eliminating smoking from campus altogether. For now, those wanting to smoke […]
Month: February 2010
‘Southern Mountain Culture and Crime’ to be topic of Feb. 15 lecture
The concept of a culture of violence in the Southern Appalachian Mountain region and across the South will be discussed during a free public lecture at Western Carolina University on Monday, Feb. 15. J. Mitchell Miller, professor of criminal justice at the University of Texas at San Antonio, will present […]
Hoey Auditorium catches fire during exams
On Dec. 16, 2009, a small fire was extinguished in Hoey Auditorium. The fire was reported at 10:38 a.m. Responding to the fire were Cullowhee, Sylva, and Savannah Fire Departments. Also responding were, Western University Police Department, Jackson County Fire Marshal, WestCare Emergency Management Service and Jackson County Emergency Management. […]
WCU MLK speaker discusses race and politics in U.S.
L. Douglas Wilder, the first African-American elected governor in the United States, told a group of Western Carolina University students, faculty and staff on Wednesday, Jan. 20 that there is still progress to be made in terms of race relations, despite the historic election of Barack Obama as president in […]