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Alumni join students at WillyCon to play Magic the Gathering. Left to right: Patrick Hancock, Michael Vacha and Gabriel Flanagan.

Nerds unite with WillyCon XIX

Emmalee Scheibe, Staff Writer April 5, 2017

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Club at Wayne State College hosted the 19th annual WillyCon Science Fiction and Fantasy Conference. This year the theme was villains. “My favorite part this year was...

Former WSC student Brooklyn Svatos cosplays as Velma of “Scooby Doo, Where Are You!” fame.

Tales from the front desk of Willycon XVIII

Steele Giles, Staff Writer April 13, 2016

The registration desk for WillyCon 18 issued about 280 badges by the end of last Friday, and was sitting in the mid-400s when the convention wrapped up on Sunday. In 2015, WillyCon drew only 310 attendees...

Are you ready to write?

Michael Menish, Staff Writer April 13, 2016

WSC Writing Club isn’t just for English majors.   Under the supervision of club advisor and Wayne State professor, Dr. Stephanie Marcellus, the writing club is open to any student that enjoys...

Ron Vick
(1959-2016)

Remembering Ron Vick

Steele Giles, Staff Writer March 30, 2016

Imagine, if you will, walking into the first Sci-Fi club meeting of the year and hearing of the mighty Lord High Chancellor—an evil genius of Blofeld proportions, he plots the conquest of the world by...

Beloved faculty member passes away at WSC

Beloved faculty member passes away at WSC

Justise Brundage, Staff Writer March 23, 2016

Ron Vick, Sr., a longtime Counseling Center employee of Wayne State College, died Tuesday morning after a medical emergency in his office in the Counseling Center. Ron was hired in Aug. 1997. During...

Cartoon theme for WillyCon this year

Steele Giles, Staff Writer February 25, 2016

You’ve got a little over a month before nerds descend upon the campus like a swarm of costumed locusts. The WSC Sci-Fi Club will be hosting WillyCon from April 8 through April 10, taking over the...

Artwork and trinkets were on sale to all those present at WillyCon XVII on Wayne State’s campus.

The WillyCon Experience

Melissa Norris, Staff Writer April 15, 2015

Every spring for the past 17 years, WillyCon has been the gathering place for current members and alumni of the Sci-Fi Fantasy Club. This was a special year for the hosting Sci-Fi Club, however, because...

Students got the chance to do some LARPing on campus this week as part of WSC’s WillyCon.

Welcome to WillyCon

Sami Taylor, Staff Writer April 14, 2014

WillyCon returned to campus last weekend, bringing science-fiction and fantasy fans from all over the Midwest. The conventions were held Friday through Sunday in and around the Student Center. There were...

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