Author: Marrah Ste. Marie

Campus Issues News

Campus housing waitlist causes panic among students

As of March 19, over 450 students have been waitlisted for on-campus housing in the 2024-2025 academic year.   To Bryant Barnett, executive director of residential living, the waitlist is bittersweet. “I understand why there’s disappointment,” Barnett said, “You wish you could make everybody happy, but it’s not ever possible in […]

Features

Artifacts of Sylva’s history uncovered

Originally published in The Sylva Herald  Robin Sharrett was clearing the basement of the former Farmhouse Mercantile and Coffee Bar in Sylva when he found something buried under the old shelves. He dug it up to find a cola bottle made by the Nehi Bottling Company in Bryson City in […]

Lifestyle

Whee swipe

Dating apps have increased in popularity over the last decade, marketing to more and more groups of people – from farmers to religious groups. The college demographic is no different.   Although dating apps are a common part of college culture now, they didn’t start that way.   Dating app popularity […]

Campus Featured News

SGA and UASWS work together to pass WISE Act

On Monday, Nov. 27, SGA voted to pass the Wage Increase for Student Employees Act. This signals a big step toward the Undergraduate Alliance for Student Worker Success’ (UASWS) goal to raise student wages across campus.  The WISE Act, created by SGA Senator Zach Powell, is a resolution that is […]

Features

Cullowhee Community Garden stays hot during winter months

Even through winter, as the ground chills over with frost and the plants slowly die, the Cullowhee Community Garden remains hard at work. To avoid the ever-growing cold season, the garden utilizes a greenhouse that cuts through the path of the garden.   Through the greenhouse, David Claxon, the garden manager, […]

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WCU students present STEM research at UNCG Conference

Students Emily Francis, Paiton Motley, Ariel Colón Rodriguez, and Arabella Magdamit presented their research funded by the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program at a conference at UNC Greensboro Sept. 22.  They were the first scholarship recipients from WCU and were granted the opportunity by various professors and advisors […]

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Adventure awaits with Base Camp Cullowhee

Base Camp Cullowhee is an outdoor program offered within WCU Campus Recreation and Wellness. The program offers a wide array of services to help students connect with the outdoors. Base Camp Cullowhee hosts a multitude of events throughout the year including the annual Tuck River Clean-Up which saw nearly 900 […]