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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
The Eighth Annual “Walk for Women” raised almost $1,500 to support a new sexual assault awareness program for Western Carolina University and the surrounding community. The one-year-old Women’s Center will develop and administer the awareness program. This was the first year the “Walk for Women” had been designated as a […]
Western Carolina University sophomore Deanna Riley, 19, of Cander, died March 28 after going into cardiac arrest in the McDonald’s parking lot on exit 9 off of I-26, near the Asheville Airport. James Quattelbaum, a WCU freshman, and the driver of the vehicle Riley had been riding in, said that […]
Officials with the Jackson County Board of Elections still aren’t sure exactly when the Jackson County primaries will be, but say they should know the date by this Thursday, April 4. Voters in Jackson County will be voting for a number of positions, including Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds, […]
Dear Editor: I am writing you today to inform you that a travesty has occured on campus. Last night, while standing in a public corridor on my hall, Benton 3rd, I was arrested by campus police because I wouldnt go to my room when a student that was accompanying the […]
Dear Editor,I am writing to ask for your help. I am a senior at Tufts University outside of Boston and am currently working to complete my final project before graduation. I am in the process of designing a website that will serve as resource guide for college newspapers who face […]
WCU STUDENTS: One thing that our students at Western can do to help bring more businesses into the Cullowhee area is to change their voting residence from their hometown to Cullowhee. This would give the University as well as the students more political clout. Western and it’s needs could become […]
Press Release For More Information Contact:Rachel Newcomb293-9904 March 12, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WCU CAT PACK Looking To Increase Membership Members of the WCU Cat Pack usually focus on increasing school spirit and attendance at athletic events. This semester the members have a new focus: To increase the number of […]
Dear Editor: The occupants of the McKee building are stuck like a needle on a scratched record. A renovation project set for January 2002 remains stalled as bids for various construction contracts remain “at-large.” Despite the lack of any contracts to begin demolition or renovation, we were told to be […]
The ultimate goal of the Faculty Center here at Western is to improve the learning experience of the students by improving the teaching abilities of the faculty. The new head of the Faculty Center, Dr. Alan Altany, has set out to do this with a few new ideas in mind. […]
Hello, My name is Ian Cohen and I’m writing from Musictoday. We are currently promoting ticketing for the upcoming Widespread Panic tour, which comes through Asheville on Sunday, April 21st. The show takes place at the Asheville Civic Center, and tickets are available at the band’s official ticketing site: http://wptickets.musictoday.com […]
