Amber Jones practiced her Spanish, which she was studying in a Western Carolina University course, and spoke in English as she recently helped a Cullowhee Valley School first-grader from a Spanish-speaking family with her reading and writing skills. “She was so happy someone had taken an interest in her language […]

During these troubling times, it is understandable why some may worry how the new indoor smoking ban will impact the hospitality industry, especially when it comes to bars, but let’s remember that there are other benchmarks to measure whether a smoking ban is a good idea. Here are a few: […]

Rainy skies outside didn’t dampen the enthusiasm inside Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Regional Activity Center as the university held a pair of commencement ceremonies to honor a record-breaking spring class of approximately 1,150 graduating students, and another group of about 100 students who will complete requirements for their degrees later […]

Western Carolina University student Leeanne Deaver will intern with five-time Tony Award-winning costume designer William Ivey Long on Broadway this summer. Deaver, who is originally from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., but attended Pisgah High School in Canton, graduated from WCU earlier this month with a bachelor’s degree in costume design. She […]

Western Carolina University junior music education major Andrew Blair recently was accepted to a prestigious percussion class to be held in New York later this spring under the direction of the world’s foremost marimba virtuoso. The Leigh Howard Stevens 30th Summer Marimba Seminar is a comprehensive and intensive three-week master […]

The latest pandemic, or a sickness that spreads through a population across large area and can even spread worldwide, is none other than swine flu, or the H1N1 virus. Believed to have originated in Mexico, the swine flu as infected over 5,000 people and has been discovered as close to […]

What could peanut butter and spinach possibly have in common? According to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, February of this year sparked the rise of food contamination awareness by implementing a recall. Western Carolina University has seen its fare share of food recalls in the past […]

Economists recently reported that in order for North Carolina to balance the budget for next year, they must come up with an additional $1.5 billion. North Carolinians who expected the gas tax to decrease from 29.9 cents to 27.9 cents over the summer were recently disappointed by a 34-12 North […]

The Western Carolinian can now be found on Twitter and Facebook! To find up-to-date news and information about the Western Carolinian between publications, visit the page on Twitter by going to www.twitter.com/WCUsnewspaper and on Facebook by going to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cullowhee-NC/The-Western-Carolinian/95887387504?ref=ts. “By starting pages on these two popular social networking websites, we […]