On October 25, Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden sat down for an interview with the popular CBS broadcast 60 Minutes. During the interview, Biden acknowledged that, if elected, he would be the oldest president the nation has ever had (at 78 years old). However, he claimed to have complete faith in the ability of his […]
Chancellor Brown with a message for students on election season
October 28, 2020 by
Less than a week from election day, Nov. 3, Chancellor Kelli Brown has a video message for WCU community. She asked for respect and civility during this election. “WCU is a place for collaboration with and respect for our community, and we embrace a free and open exchange of ideas. Those two values do not […]
Google Trends: Final Presidential Debate
October 27, 2020 by
Originally published in The Western Carolinian on Oct. 27, 2020. The final presidential debate of 2020 posed a substantial contrast from its predecessor and caused viewers to perform additional research once it concluded. Over the course of the evening, the trending topics varied, but Google Trends highlighted the main issues as unemployment, wages, and health care. […]
GOP candidate for District 119, Mike Clampitt wants students not to vote on campus
October 27, 2020 by
In an email interview with WCJ, District 119 NC House candidate Mike Clampitt said that he would prefer that WCU students not vote in this district. Clampitt believes that most students should, in fact, vote where their parents live. According to Cory Vaillancourt, a reporter from Smoky Mountain News, Clampitt had advocated for a bill, after he […]
Early voting at WCU is off to a good start
October 21, 2020 by
On Thursday, Oct. 15, early voting opened up across the state of North Carolina. In Jackson County, over 4,000 votes have been cast at the county’s five polling locations, as of Oct. 19, according to BPR. At the time of publishing, approximately 900 votes have been cast at the Cullowhee location on WCU’s campus. Poll workers at […]
CPP: 11,000 incorrect voter registration forms sent to potential NC voters
October 8, 2020 by
Carolina Public Press published the story by Jordan Wilkie on Oct. 7 For at least the second time this year, advocacy groups trying to get more North Carolinians to vote sent invalid information to voters. On Tuesday morning, the N.C. State Board of Elections announced that a vendor mailed voter registration applications with “incorrect name, […]
