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Announcement

Hello,I wasn’t sure where to send this announcement, but I hope you will include it in your online and printed student paper. My name is Herb Oxendine and I’m a booking agent for the Southwestern Officials Association. We have our Local Association meeting coming up in February for Baseball and […]

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WCU Food Scam?

WCU Food Scam?By: Amy Swanger Has anyone other than me noticed that everything in the C3 store is terribly overpriced? Isn’t $6.99 for a 12-pack of sodas not too much? At that price we could buy 12 individual sodas out of the soda machines and still save a little money. […]

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need info

Hello, I have a press release I would like to submit to your college student newspaper. Please let me know the email or phone of the editor of the student newspaper. Thanks,Mike

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clean air

A new report was recently released from US PIRG showing power plants in North Carolina and across the Southeast are still among the very worst in the country for pollution. The report, Lethal Legacy, underscores the urgent need for our Senators to take action to reduce pollution, support strong national […]

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meeting with the Editorial Board

To the Editor, and the Editorial Board Ladies & Gentlemen, This will be the first time, or the latest of very few times, that a potential candidate for Congress has asked to sit down with your Editorial Board in a no-holds-barred, on the record, Q&A session. To put it simply, […]

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Where’s the beef

Where’s The Beef I am speaking as a WWII wounded veteran who served our country the entire war. Over this period of time we suffered, killed and wounded, over 200 casualties per day. Now our Democratic party is shedding crocodile tears over the loss of 3 or 4 a day. […]

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Gay Pride week!

Dear Editor, I have been absolutely appalled this week at the Gay pride around campus. Seeing things such things as “F*** your own gender” and “Queers rule” is absolutely sickening to see. I being a southern Baptist at this school am totally outraged at this out crying of sin. I […]

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Home of the Free?

Since September 11, many liberties have been taken away from Americans in the name of defending freedom. The Patriot Act has not only taken away search and seizure rights over your home and personal property, but this law also extends into the privacy of your home or office by going […]

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The Patriot Act Fact Sheet: Is USAPA American or Un-American?

With America in a state of instability after the terrorist attacks on September 11, the Patriot Act managed to move through the Senate and Congress quickly and was enacted on October 25, 2001. The Patriot Act was designed to increase the amount of information the government is able to receive […]

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Base Camp Cullowhee

Sometimes it seems difficult to maintain an active lifestyle while in college. Luckily at Western there is never a shortage of active things to do outdoors. Organizations like Base Camp Cullowhee (BCC) are devoted to providing a true source of outdoor entertainment that doesn’t come from the television or the […]