College Democrats kick off with an early voting event

College Democrats of Western Carolina University, Organizing for America, and 11th Congressional District hosted an early voting event on Tuesday, Oct. 23 on the A.K. Hinds University Center Lawn. This event was planned to promote early voting and to make students aware of the Cat Tran that takes students from campus to the polls. Frank […]

Touchscreen voting: the good, the bad, and the ugly

Direct- recording electronic (DRE) voting systems have been a topic of controversy among the voting world for some time. Is it accurate, what are the flaws, and is your vote really anonymous? But like all technology, good and bad qualities and experiences create many different opinions. According to the New York Times, during a Florida […]

Finding future Catamounts

Approximately 1,800 students from across the U.S. ventured to Western Carolina University with their collegiate futures in sight on Saturday, Sept. 15 for the first open house of the year. As the excitement of being a future Catamount lingered in the air, students and their families were able to see all that WCU had to […]

New academic year brings new SGA goals

(This story was revised by the author on 9/5/12) Western Carolina University’s Student Government Association is continuing to be an advocate for student needs and an outlet for their concerns, but SGA members would also like to see a bigger involvement from students in the new academic year. Expansion is a major focus of the SGA […]

Students speak out

Tuition hike, bad food and not enough parking were the topics of the latest open forum organized by the Student Government Association which hosted around 30 students on Thursday, Nov. 17. SGA President, TJ Eaves began the evening with introductions and quickly moved into discussing the proposed increase of tuition and fees for the 2012-13 school year. […]

WCU hosts family weekend

Families from all over the United States came to Western Carolina University the first weekend in October to celebrate Family Weekend. Every year, WCU welcomes student’s families with a weekend packed full of events. Many WCU clubs and organizations got on board by hosting events to show off what makes WCU so great, giving students […]