Third party presidential debate offers unheard voices, other choices

The day after Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney debated for the third and final time, four lesser-known third-party presidential candidates convened in Chicago for a debate at the Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The four candidates included Jill Stein of the Green Party, Rocky Anderson of the Justice Party, Virgil […]

Meadows and Rogers face-off at WCU

Mark Meadows and Hayden Rogers, candidates for US Congress in North Carolina’s 11th district, faced off in their final debate at Western Carolina University on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Education was an important topic at this specific debate as much of the audience was made up of students. The question on everyone’s mind, and a question […]

Open house provides lessons on mediation

WCU’s Campus Mediation Society held an open house at the Jackson County Justice Center on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The meeting was free and open to the public with the goal of teaching people what mediation is and how it works in their community. Mediation is the voluntary process of settling a dispute with the help […]

Election events at WCU this week

A series of election-related events will unfold at WCU this week as students return to classes from fall break.  Each event will be free and open to the public. The third debate between incumbent President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will be broadcast live 8:30-10:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 22 in the A.K. […]

Illusionist Jason Bishop ignites Galaxy of Stars

“America’s Hottest Illusionist” Jason Bishop took the stage of WCU’s Bardo Arts Center on Sunday, Oct. 7 as part of the Galaxy of Stars series. The show was nearly sold out with 850 of the 904 available tickets purchased. The first illusion started with a rectangular box, about 36 inches long and 18 inches tall, […]

In case you missed it, the WCU parade was a success!

The winner of this year’s 2012 homecoming parade float competition was found rowing their kayaks down Main Street in Sylva, NC last Friday, Oct. 5. Along with many other sensational floats and participants, instead of escorting Mrs. Belcher in this year’s 2012 homecoming parade, Dr. Belcher was spotted walking down the street while holding a […]