Western Carolina University has its share of celebrity alumni. One such alum is the incredibly deep baritone Geno Segers, an actor in Disney’s television show “Pair of Kings” Segers graduated from WCU in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering. He first came to WCU in 1985 and after […]
Author: Caleb Gray
Brad Martin takes a bow as musical theatre director
Dr. Brad Martin quietly stepped down as WCU’s musical theatre director at the end of last semester. The latest show at the Bardo Arts Center, “Music Is” on Feb. 4 and 5, was his last show as director. “With my position in the department of music and stage and screen […]
Search for new interim arts and sciences dean underway
The search is underway to identify a new interim dean for the Western Carolina University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Current Dean Gibbs Knotts, appointed to the position in June 2011, announced in late January that he will leave Western at the end of the semester to assume a position […]
WCU faces off with ASU in ‘Battle of the Plug’ energy conservation contest
Monday marked the beginning of the “Battle of the Plug”, an energy conservation rivalry for three weeks between Western Carolina University and Appalachian State University. The competition is part of the first annual Campus Conservation Nationals 2012, a nationwide campaign to conserve energy on college campuses. According to Campus Conservation […]
SGA President Eaves gives State of the University address
The last day of January was a significant day for both Western’s Student Body Government and TV62. TV62 prepared the Old Student Union for its first ever live broadcast, whichwas of Student Body President TJ Eaves’ State of the University address. Before the address, there were three interviews given by […]
Lack of snow melts winter fun
Cullowhee’s winter wonderland has been nonexistent this season due to unseasonably warm temperatures. While students may be bummed by the lack of cancelled classes as compared to the 2011 spring semester, local businesses also feel the heat of Mother Nature. Ski resorts, like Sapphire Valley and Cataloochee, have experienced less […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SGA drafts new resolutions, creates online student forum
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 […]
