Archives for October 2012

Glassblowing artist Fritz Dreisbach visits WCU

Studio glass artist Fritz Dreisbach visited WCU on Monday, Oct. 29 and gave glass demonstrations at the Green Energy Park of Dillsboro. “Glass is a fluid material and I want people to see it as still moving,” said Dreisbach, one of the founding fathers of the American Studio Glass Movement. His original plan did not […]

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 […]

College Democrats kick off with an early voting event

College Democrats of Western Carolina University, Organizing for America, and 11th Congressional District hosted an early voting event on Tuesday, Oct. 23 on the A.K. Hinds University Center Lawn. This event was planned to promote early voting and to make students aware of the Cat Tran that takes students from campus to the polls. Frank […]

Catamounts look to take back the Jug

  Western Carolina vs. Appalachian State, enough said. The catamounts and mountaineers will meet on the gridiron in the annual “Battle for the Old Mountain Jug,” Saturday, Oct. 27 in Cullowhee, NC. A rivalry that meets annually has been dominated by the mountaineers who have won 56 of the 75 meetings (56-18-1). However, more fuel […]

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 […]