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The class, Dance, Culture and Identity, hosted a salsa dancing fundraiser for the people that experienced the earthquake in Ecuador. Both students and community members showed up and danced for the cause.

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Warren Wilson’s Spring Arts Festival

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“Tell me about a time when you went out of your comfort zone?”

“I went to Warren Wilson College. I grew up in a really conservative town in South Carolina. I went to an all women’s school right before I transferred to Warren Wilson. Literally going to college there was out of my comfort zone. It was a completely different culture than what I was used to. I loved it there. It was an awesome school. I support the alumni association. I met people there that I would have never had the chance to meet back home.”

“How did it change you as a person and what did you bring forth with you?”

“It made me more open to trying things I would have been more reserved about. I’ve learned so much by going there and moving to Asheville in general. It opened me up to wanting to meet new people. When I moved here I considered myself queer. So it put me in a different spectrum of people I had never been around in a positive way. When I first saw a lesbian couple holding hands I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m comfortable now.’ Then, after a while it felt like going home was out of my comfort zone. That was a huge learning point for me.”

“Did you find when you went back home your family noticed a change in you? Were you able to help them navigate this new territory?”

“When I first came here I didn’t know a lot about queer culture because I was living in South Carolina. But not just that but religion, a lot of things. I go home now and it’s bible thumpers. But here there is so much religious freedom, a completely different perspective on everything. You can pretty much do what you want, be who you want, be friends with who you want to be friends with. I’m mixed race and the majority of my family are predominantly white and I grew up in a very racially insensitive family. Besides my brother and I they dropped the N-Bomb like all the time. Everybody has a lot of work to do with the issue of race, that’s a different discussion for a different day. Asheville is an hour and a half from where I grew up and it’s worlds apart. Even just 15 minutes down the road in Swannanoa or Black Mountain it’s a different world.”

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Student’s performed their hearts out at the lip sync battle last weekend.

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Fuddy Meers opens today! Go see the play!

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Outdoor Programs lead an amazing and educational primitive skills trip. We learned how to build our own shelter, make a fire without matches, and make a bear hang.

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Farm crew is always working hard to take care of our farm animals.

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It finally feels like spring now that the lambs are here!

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Work Day 2016 was amazing! It’s great to see the Wilson community get together to improve our school. Thanks to everyone who planned and participated in work day this year. Big shout out to Ian Robertson as this was his last work day before he retires. 

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Don’t forget! Contra dancing in Bryson Gym every Thursday night from 8-11pm

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The gallery is up for MARISOL. Go check it out!

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Everyone helped send off the men’s basketball team to nationals for the 4th year in a row! Thanks to Owen High School’s drum line and step team for bringing the pep. Go owls!

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Salsa dance class every Saturday from 1-2:15 in Bryson Gym. Everyone is welcome!

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Outdoor programs lead another fun hike in Pisgah forest. We hiked to the top of John’s Rock.

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Outdoor Programs lead another fantastic trip! They went camping and hiking in Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest.

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Check out Asheville Magnetic’s “MotherTongue” starring WWT major Tristan Cameron!

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