A fire broke out in the basement of Harrill Residence Hall this morning between 8:45 and 9 a.m. According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s office, a 911 call reported the fire at 9:03 am. Eight fire trucks arrived on the scene including trucks from Sylva, Cullowhee, Savannah and Balsam fire […]
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Harrill Hall catches fire, no one injured
A fire broke out in the basement of Harrill Residence Hall this morning between 8:45 and 9 a.m. According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s office, a 911 call reported the fire at 9:03 am. Eight fire trucks arrived on the scene including trucks from Sylva, Cullowhee, Savannah and Balsam fire […]
Dining Forum appeases students’ appetites
A forum for students to meet with Western Carolina University’s dining staff for a discussion regarding the food services currently offered on campus was held on Feb. 23 in the A.K. Hinds University Center’s Multipurpose Room. The forum gave students a chance to voice their opinions and concerns about the […]
WCU alum, wife to open bakery in downtown Sylva
For Sylva residents yearning for the smell of fresh baked baguettes and croissants, they will have the opportunity to indulge in their pastry of choice soon enough. Chad and Heather Kindy are hard at work on Sylva’s newest business, the Mainstreet Bakery and Café. After Annie and Joe Ritota decided […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
WCU alum Geno Segers a star for Disney
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 […]
