Archives for January 25, 2017

Animal shelter provides volunteer opportunity for WCU students

This story was written by Haley Smith, originally published in The Sylva Herald. Nicole Fox, a junior at Western Carolina University, enjoys spending her spare time playing with dogs at the Jackson County Animal Shelter. It almost makes up for the time the 20-year-old can’t spend with her own dog, Ellie. Spending time with animals waiting on […]

WCU students fight for equality at historic demonstration

As WCU junior Joanna Woodson boarded a transport van to Washington, D.C. just after dawn on the morning of Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, she knew that her destination would be teeming with “nasty women” on a mission to make their voices heard. She didn’t know that 24 hours later, her group of 11 activists would […]