Teacher and poet Taylor Mali performed his spoken word poetry Wednesday evening, September 27, as a part of Last Minute Production’s spoken word series. Mali was one of the original poets who appeared on “Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry,” and appeared in the 1997 documentary film “Slam Nation.” Mali, a […]

#8220;Bienvenidos! Welcome!” Since September 15, greeters at the door of the Hispanic Heritage Month events have been warmly welcoming all who were eager to learn. With over 27 activities relating to Hispanic culture, Hispanic Heritage Month offered an event for every type of interest.This is the third year WCU celebrated […]

The first play of the year, Brighton Beach Memoirs was a great success. The play was set in the late 1930’s in Brooklyn, N.Y. Eugene, played by Anthony Giordano, is a 15-year-old boy going through puberty who lives with his extended family, all under one small roof. The play showed […]

Western Carolina University is preparing for another big Relay for Life event, scheduled for Friday, April 13, on the UC lawn. The Relay is a fundraiser for cancer research, and it has seen tremendous responses from the WCU campus and the surrounding area. Because the Relay goes towards such a […]

Throughout the entire WCU campus are many different Christian ministries that students are welcome to become involved with in order to help with their faith, or give a better understanding about their faith, or to just have fun. The WCU campus is surrounded by groups such as The Wesley Foundation, […]

The recently added sub-division Philosophy of Religion is now offered to students at Western Carolina University. A B.A. in Philosophy with a concentration in Religion requires 42 hours of various courses from the foundations to senior seminars. The Religion concentration begins with the Foundations of the Study of Religion and […]

Many may have been confused by the sudden enrollment of middle-aged students seen wandering around our campus beginning on Friday. But there is no need to be alarmed; these older “students” were our beloved parents and other family members, visiting for WCU’s Annual Family Weekend. The weekend began on Friday, […]

Two of my friends and I recently ate at Stoney’s Crab Shack for the first time. If you didn’t know, the restaurant is located on Broad Street where the old Broad Street Fish Camp used to be. It can be kind of a tricky place to find since it’s behind […]

This is the time in our lives when we learn who we are and where we want to be later in life. College is the ideal place to explore what religion and faith means to you and how you will let it exist in your life. When considering whether religion […]