COVID-19: Keep the distance

N.C. Governor, Roy Cooper extended the executive order of stay-at-home to May 8. This comes despite the growing protests for lifting the stay at home order for the state of Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina. As of Friday, April 24, North Carolina has at least 7,821 reported cases of the coronavirus with 278 deaths, according to data collected […]

2020 Census extends online response

For the first time ever, the U.S. Census Bureau is allowing residents to answer the questionnaire online, but you can still respond by phone, mail or in person if preferred.The questionnaire lasts for about 10-15 minutes and has questions pertaining to sex, race, age and other factors. According to the Census website the COVID-19 outbreak online […]

HOMEBASE still offering services amongst COVID-19

During the COVID-19 crisis a lot of students working on or near campus lost their jobs. Leading to lower or no income for necessary expenses like rent, food and hygiene needs. The university is offering a student relief fund for students who need to pay for these expenses. Another resource including food, hygiene needs, and housing being […]

How to vote @ WCU

Early voting is ending this Saturday, Feb. 29 so you still have time to cast your early vote in North Carolina primaries. You can vote on campus in the U.C. Multipurpose room. Having the polling place on the campus is a major plus, but being a college student and living between school and home can […]

N.C law pushes Jackson county to update voting system

North Carolina General Assemble passed Session Law 2013-381 (HB 589), VIVA Election Reform, requiring all 100 counties to use a voting system that produces a paper ballot, ‘an individual paper document that bears marks made by the voter by hand or through electronic means.’ Prior to 2020, Jackson and the 34 other counties used Direct Record […]

‘Jonesing’ for the Blues

“If your life revolves around obtaining a substance, you’re a junkie, of whatever it is that you need to obtain,” he revealed. “Now if that’s heroin, then that’s a really tough break,” he half-jokingly spoke, exposing a grin underneath his silver mustache. “But for me, it’s music. I see myself as a new music junkie,” […]