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THX Free Volume 49 Issue 14 November 8, 1984 The Cats' Pride. We Only Get Better. The Elections Polls Predicted the Story by Matt Gamble Staff Reporter President Reagan won the election Tuesday, taking every state in the union except Minnesota. When it was over he President had 527 electoral votes. the most ever in the history of the United States, to Mr. Mondale's 13, which he got from Minnesota and the District of Columbia. The Presidents evening was started right when at 6:30 on eastern time, the first three states projected by ABC News, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Indiana, put President Reagan ahead of Walter Mondale 25-0. At about 7:00pm ABC had projected Mr. Reagan as having 97 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win while Mr. Mondale still had none. North Carolina went for the President, giving him another 13 votes, which along with a few other states brought the score to 130-0. The popular vote at this time with approximately 2% of the precincts reporting showed President Reagan ahead with 63% to Mr. Mondale's 37%. By 8:15 eastern time the President had been projected the winner with 274 electoral votes to Mr. Mondales 3, which came from D.C. ABC was conducting exit polls,which are taken as people leave the booth. They are asked who they voted for, why they voted for them, what they thought their candidate will do in the next four years, and to describe how they feel about the candidate. The polls showed that people feel that the President is keeping America strong and that Mondale, if elected, would be fair to all income groups. The polls also showed that 9 out of 10 voters had decided on their candidate before last week, 4', had decided this past week, and 4C'( had decided on election day. At about 8:30 pm ABC showed national trends to be President Reagan taking 63'V of the male vote, 58'; of the women vote, 61% of the new voters, and also leading in all age groups and all income groups except the poorest, those earning $5,000 a year or less. President Reagan suprisingly carried New York and Rhode Island, both are traditionally democratic and New York is the home state of the democratic candidate for vice-president Geraldine Ferraro. The republicans overall did not do as well as expected. They had expected to win back many congressional seats lost in 1980. Many people have been encourgaged to vote for a single party instead of a single candidate, which accounts for most of the expected congressional gain. Senator Barry Goldwater said early on in the evening that there was no democratic candidate that could have beaten the President in this election. The President is expected to continue in his second term with many of the things started in the first term such as strong defense, and a continued economic recovery. At about 11:30 pm Walter Mondale made his concession speech. He gave an emotional speech during which he said that he had already called the president to congratulate him on his fine- victory. He also mentioned that it was time for a long deserved vacation and then to get back to his law practice. Earlier in the day Mr. Mondale had expressed that he was glad that the race was finally over. This past Tuesday, Jackson County citizens exercised their right to vote. The turn out in the area was high, as it was in most of the nation. Polls were fairly accurate in picking winners for this year's election. Kudzo Players Capture Special Award Computer Meets Dorm Making personal computers available to college students at substantial discounts creates a dilemma for some dormitory residents. Their rooms, designed when bits fit only horses and chips were found in cookies, don't always have space for terminals, printers, manuals, and supplies. Dartmouth College student Nathan Gillian faced that dilemma last spring, when he had the chance to buy an Apple Macintosh computer at reduced cost. While spending the summer at home in Shelby, NC - an area known for furniture manufac turing - Gillian turned his problem into a new business venture by helping design MacRack, a compact work space, built of aluminum and laminate, that accomodates components of the Macintosh and several other brands of small computers, without squeezing out the room refrigerator or stereo. The MacRack is being test- marketed at Dartmouth, where Gillian himself handles the orders, but is also available nationally, through Omni International, Inc., and will soon be in local stores. The Kudzu Players, Sylva's community theatre group, traveled to High Point Nov. 2 to participate in the Festival of American Community Theatres, where they captured a special award. The festival, sponsored by the N.C. Theatre Conference, drew 12 entries from across the state, including Charlotte, Raleigh. Fayetteville, and Gjastonia. Sylva's small group was not intimidated, receiving an award for the best presentation of an orginial play. The play "Night Songs," is by local playwright, Ben Glawson. It is a touching story about a special kind of love, that for a retarded child. The- play was directed by Karen Y. Barnes. The cast consisted of only three members: Steve Eller, Cynthia Squyers and Fred Cable. The technical staff of Diane fennell, Brant Barnes, Fitzallen Eldridge and Blaine Eldridge kept the set and lighting in order. A 20-minute critique at the festivial heaped praise on the set crew, playwright, director and actors. Everyone was amazed by the elaborate set which had to be erected in 10 minutes. The festival, hosted by the Raddison Hotel in High Point, is sponsored each year in an attempt to "stimulate and inpire community theatres to do their best." The N.C. theatre Conference is funded by the N.C. Dept. of Cultural Resources. "Night Songs" was presented to the Sylva public Oct. 26 and 27. It was received well both here and in High Point, as everyone had nothing but encouragement for the group. Second Open House Is This Saturday CULLOWHEE - A second opportunity to tour the Western Carolina University campus, meet with faculty members, and discuss career and educational programs will be offered to high school and transfer students and their parents during WCU's final fall open house Saturday, Nov. 10. More than 750 students and their parents visited the campus and toured the university facilities during the Oct.20 open house. The annual fall open ihe newiy colonized brothers of Sigma Nu: for a story see page 3 Arthur Mathis, Joel Tucker, Danny Batten, Benny Wright, Jeff Burch, Billy grahan, SECOND ROW-Eddie Newcomb, Jeff Swing. Roger Brown, Jeff Bacon, Mike Schmidt, Kevin Hale, Vic Love, Marvin Sharp, Bob Battle, FRONT ROW-Mike Rankin, David "Dempsey" Batten, Rob Reinhard, David Weeks, Matt Gamble, NOT PICTURED- Mike Johnston, Fred Lawerence, Joe Fournier, Ken Harris, Rolando Cuadrado, David Plowman houses are designed to give high school juniors and seniors and college transfer students a chance to see the campus, talk to faculty members and WCU students and get a glimpse of college life. The Nov. 10 program will begin at 10:30 a.m. with registration in Hoey Auditorium. Cancellor Myron L. Coulter will welcome the students, who then will be escorted by WCU students to meetings with faculty members in fields such as arts and sciences, business, technology and applied science, nursing and health sciences, and education and psychology. Campus tours will be held from 1:30 until 2:15 p.m. after a pay-as-you-go lunch served in university dining halls beginning at 12:35 p.m. The afternoon session, from 2:15 until 3 p.m., will feature an Information Fair in the Grandroom of Hinds University Center. Representatives of academic departments will distribute material on their programs. Students who are interested in attending the Nov. 10 open house should call or write the Admissions Office, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723, telephone (704) 227- 7317. WCU Students Covering Elections for Practical Experience WLOS-TV enlisted 14 WCU Radio 1 V students to help with their election coverage I uesday Night. The students, who acted as "stringers," were responsible for being on hand to call in the vote counts oi various counties in WNC. Mr. Richard Gainey of the Radio/TV department organized the efforts upon request from Mr. Jerry Mayer, Assistant News Director for WLOS. Students received no salary, but mileage and phone expenses were paid. They were required to be at the board of elections office in their assigned county just before the polls closed. WLOS was called at least twice each hour until all the votes were tallied. Ihe following counties were covered by these students: Cherokee—Jennie Mauldin, Clay- -Denada Spivey, Macon- Gretchen Gosline, Transylvania- Civstal Hughes, Henderson- James Utt, Polk-Dale Owens, Rutherford —Pamela Bridges, McDowell--Chip Fisher, Haywood—Cynthia Johnson, Jackson—Chuck Griffin, Yancey- .lune McAllister, Mitchell-Willa Hamrick, Swain — Bill Ester, Graham-Martha Humes. Students from UNC A were also involved. They were in the WLOS studio, receiving calls from WCU students. Drinking Age-Laws Being Called Unconstitutional Legal opposition to the indirectly mandated national 21- year-old drinking age began in earnest last month. Mark Meierhenry, attorney general of South Dakota brought suit against the federal Department of Transportation in U.S. district Court in Rapid City. Mcierhenry's suit charges that Congressional legislation to withhold federal highway money from states which do not raise their drinking age is unconstitutional. The constitutional amendment repealing prohibition reserved the control of alcohol to the states, and thus, he argues, the new law cannot stand. "It's very simple," says Meierhenry, "we either have state control or we don't. Congress cannot do indirectly what the Constitution forbids it from doing directly." Meierhenry has contacted the attornies general in the remaining 49 states informing them of the action. When the case reaches the Court of Appeals next summer, he expects several will join him in the suit. South Dakota stands to lose SI2 million in highway money if it does not capitulate. As NOCR reported Oct. 8th the United States Students Association had also expressed interest in joining the suit. it f Ii n And the Lucky Winner IS.... Hollv Hodgin, daughter ol WCU offensive line coach Steve Hodgin draws the winner of. a 1984 Ford last Saturday at halftime of the Western Carolina University vs. Marshall University Football game. The winner. Mike Russo of Pembroke Pines, FL, got his choice of a 1984 Thunderbird of 1984 4-wheel drive Bronco. Russo, father of WCU student Rose Marie Russo, selected the ihunderbird. The contest was sponsored by Western Carolina University's Big Cat Club to raise funds for Western's men's and women's intercollegiate athletic programs. Big Cat Club Executive Secretary Tom Bommer, with Miss Hodgin above, reports that the unofficial count shows the club raised more than $11,650 for Catamount teams, after expenses. (WCU photo by MARK HASKETT)

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Date original: 1984-11-08
  • Date digitized: 2019-02-19
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  • Pages: 8 pages
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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