Hillary Clinton has continued her candidacy for president despite the damage she could potentially do to the Democratic Party chances of electing a presidential candidate in November. However after her decisive win in the Pennsylvania primary on April 22, the stage is set for our own state’s primary on May […]
Month: May 2008
NC Primary Profile: Barack Obama
Upcoming primaries should be important to students for a number of reasons. First, The North Carolina primary is on May 6, and for the first time in recent memory, the democratic nominee has not yet been decided. Two candidates remain, and each needs a majority of the remaining seven primaries. […]
Annual Spring Carnival
Rain clouds came pouring in around 3 p.m. last Friday when Cullowhee’s annual Spring Carnival was about to take place. Fortunately the light sprinkle was not enough to cancel the rides and activities that the carnival had set up. The rides included The Scat, The Rapid slide, Gyroscope, Taz Spinner, […]
New SGA: The Voice of the Student Body
The Student Government Associationwants to change the waystudents see SGA at Western. Newchanges are coming next semesterwith the new President and SGAwants students to know the truth.SGA is in theory, an open lineof communication between the Universityand the student body. Accordingto Eileen Farineau, Chief of Staffof SGA, SGA works under […]
The New Face of SGA
The Student Government Association (SGA) elections ended recently. In order to kick off the event, SGA held a “Rock Hard, Vote Smart” event on the lawn of the University Center. With such a large event at one of the most traveled areas on campus its surprising that only 240 people […]
Gone But Not Forgotten
How many of you have lost a friend? More specifically, how many of you have lost a friend here at WCU during the past year? Unfortunately, Student deaths at universities are a reality, but those who die are not forgotten. Every year for the past ten years, WCU has prepared […]
Western in Mourning
On Thursday, Apr. 17, Western Carolina University sophomore and Engineering Technology major Cameron Lloyd Wagner died in a motorcycle accident while traveling west near Cullowhee Mountain Road away from school. The accident took place at 11:54 a.m. when Wagner entered a curve and ran off the right side of the […]
Following the Elections! Top 10
10. (CNN) — Sen. John McCain on Monday rejected a “big government” takeover of the health care system, saying he wants to empower families to make more medical decisions.On the republican side of things, McCain wants to takeover the health care system by putting families in charge of their own […]
Music Review: Gnarls Barkley “The Odd Couple”
Gnarles Barkley, the collaborative effort of neo-soul artist Cee-lo and producer Brain “Danger Mouse” Burton returns with “the Odd Couple”, a sophomore record that dares to break the mold of the follow-up record. Explanation: There is no “Crazy” on this album. There doesn’t need to be. Neither are many of […]
