With the passing of the bond referendum in North Carolina on Tuesday night, universities and community colleges stand to receive large sums of money to make improvements on campuses throughout the state. WCU will receive the $98.4 million that it was slated to gain under the bond, and it will […]

Political tension was in the air as members of the College Democrats and Republicans debated Wednesday before students and faculty in the Grandroom. Rather then bring their personal beliefs to the forefront, members of each panel debated the issues as their party’s candidate for President of the United States would […]

WCU’s Student Government Association is planning many events for the coming weeks involving both local and national concerns, including a leadership conference, an Election Day shuttle, and a spirit week before the App game. -Leadership ConferenceThe SGA will host a high school leadership conference on Saturday, and have invited all […]

To help foster economic growth in the mountains of North Carolina, WCU’s Public Policy Institute will hold a conference, “Western North Carolina 2000: Planning for the New Economy,” next Wednesday. The conference, which will be held in the Ramsey Center, is designed to bring together many important economic minds in […]

Jeffrey Compher, WCU’s athletic director, is hoping that the students of Western Carolina University will pull together to work with him in order to start a spirit group for WCU athletics. Compher and WCU’s SGA president, Jonathan Rowe, have been discussing the idea for some time. Compher came to WCU […]