Macie Ceciliano

The Pride of the Mountains recently announced a new percussion clinic and competition aimed to not only educate, but also get high schoolers involved in the program.  


Back in the 1990s, Director of Athletic Bands, Matt Henley, started a new event here at WCU. It was known as a day of marching percussion.   


“The idea was, we brought a bunch of students in from various high schools, drumlines, front ensembles, etc, and brought in a special guest teacher type person. The majority of was our...

The US Department of Agriculture is currently debating rescinding the North Carolina Roadless Rule, citing it as a necessary change to prevent wildfires.  


The North Carolina Roadless Rule, H.R.3930, is a federal regulation that was put in place in 2001. Its purpose is to prevent road construction, logging, and other forms of development in the forests that are inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System.  


This regulation protects more than 172,000 acres of undeveloped, wild...

2005. The year of technological breakthrough. The year of new devices such as smartphones and the iPod shuffle, which replaced the iPod Nano. Along with new devices came new social media platforms. Platforms like YouTube, Google, and Facebook were born and began to rapidly grow in popularity. Fast Forward to 2023. The new iPhone 15 has just been released and social media usage is at an all time high. It’s how we connect with our communities, how we update our family members, and how we schedule...

Love. and Heartbreak.These two words, while very different.. and opposites, invoke multitude of emotion for people. Yet, in their differences, they are scarily related; without love, there cannot be heartbreak.The story of Tyler the Creator falling in love and getting heartbroken can be seen in his hit album “Igor”. Through his lyricism and instrumentation, Tyler the creator portrays the love life of this “alter ego”, Igor.Tyler the creator, whose birth name is Tyler Okonma, is from Los Angeles...