Month: April 2010

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WCU student helps Robbinsville resident prepare memoirs for museum

A Western Carolina University student recently helped a retired educator and British World War II veteran prepare memories of canoe trips in the south Florida wilderness during the 1950s for inclusion in a museum archive. As part of an internship for WCU’s professional writing program, WCU student Amanda Candler […]

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Duke Energy project threatens sacred Kituwah Site

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians may take legal action against Duke Energy after learning about the utility company’s plans to place an electric substation near the Cherokee tribe’s most sacred site, Kituwah mound. In November, Duke began bulldozing part of a mountainside region to prepare for construction of the […]

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Dwindling tomato crop causes price increase and changes

This winter’s abnormally cold weather may not have only gotten you out of class—it may have affected your sandwich. Florida, the United States’ leading supplier of fresh winter tomatoes, lost an estimated 70 percent of this year’s crop during a January cold snap. While restaurants on or near campus are […]

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Violence in Mexico impacts WCU students

#8220;The police are everywhere and they tend to arrest anyone, even if the circumstances are ridiculous. We are told not to trust them either,” said Jessica Harless, the only Western Carolina University student who is currently studying at Tecnológico De Monterrey, a university located in northern Mexico. The U.S. Department […]

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Full campus smoking ban shelved at WCU

(Editor’s Note: The following is the third and final part of a series of stories that looks at the state of tobacco at WCU.)   The smoking experience at Western Carolina University will remain the same. On Wednesday, March 17, the SGA voted on resolution 1080. This resolution stated simply […]

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Operation Medicine Drop held on campus

There is no doubt that the abuse of prescription drugs is overlooked because it is not as commonly reported as other drugs such as marijuana. Prescription drugs account for the majority of drug overdoses on college campuses and are the second most abused drugs by children ages 12-17. In an […]