Local public school teachers in the WNC area are part of a select group of educators that will begin working with eleven visiting Japanese teachers from March 24 through April 2. As part of an educational exchange program involving Western Carolina University, two other University of North Carolina institutions and […]

Attention students and community members: are you pursuing a degree and find yourself wondering about teaching as a career option? Do you have a bachelor’s degree already? Has teaching crossed your mind as a way to better yourself and provide support to children in the community? Well, if you nod […]

To every and all in Cullowhee, Politics. That is half of everything here at Western, half of anything really. But here at WCU it seems to shine more and more. Look around and the average student will see unfinished construction projects, plenty of campus police, and unpaid parking fines fluttering […]

Research conducted by Western Carolina University students, and samples of students’ fine and performing arts, will be on display Tuesday, April 3, as WCU’s Honors College sponsors the third Undergraduate Expo. More than 74 student presenters will showcase their work all day, with exhibitions including creative writing, experiments in sciences […]

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WCU’s Modern Foreign Language Department will host its 19th annual Foreign Language Contest on Thursday, March 29, in which local high school students can show their linguistic proficiency through various competitions. The contests will be conducted in Spanish, German, and French, and there are also events for native speakers. The […]

I am very grateful for the UC food court. I am a transfer student from a school where there was no eating places quite like the UC. The only problem that I have with the UC food court is that, why around peak lunch hours do they have one lady […]

Dear Editor: Pedestrian have the right a way, right? NO, here at WCU there are some people that do not understand the concept of stopping at a crosswalk. Have you ever been at a crosswalk, and had someone fly by you as if you were not there? I know I’m […]

There’s no question about it: censorship sucks. The whole idea of censorship implies that the majority of people lack the maturity and the good sense to express their opinions in a constructive manner. It necessitates that a small group does the thinking for everyone else. We shudder when we think […]