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  • Page | Western Carolinian June 19, 2008 BREAKING NEWS WESTERN CAROLINIAN Jury of Twelve finds Buncombe County Sheriff, Bobby Medford Guilty of run- ning an Illegal Video Gam- bling Ring in Western North Carolina By: Parker Millar Staff Writer Thursday May 15, 2008 was a very bad day for former Bun- combe County Sheriff Bobby Med- ford. Medford now faces the possi- bility of spending the rest of his life in prison after a Federal Court Jury found him guilty for accepting at least $300,000.00 in bribes connected with a multimillion-dollar illegal video gambling empire which Medford and other law enforcement officials creat- ed and maintained over the course of the last decade for their own personal gain. Medfords very public trial and subsequent conviction raise an important question about our lo- cal law enforcement here in Western North Carolina. If Medford and oth- ers could operate a vast illegal gam- bling operation for the better part of a decade without the knowledge of the people continue to trust local law enforcement? It is a common misconcep- tion to believe that those who uphold the law are above it. On the contrary, Former (Buncombe County) Sheriff Bobby Medford (Center) makes his way down the steps of the federal courthouse after the Jurys Verdict that he is guilty of using his position to extort money from gambling operators. Photo Credit: Erin Brethauer @ Citizen-times.com those who uphold the law should be held to a higher standard of account- ability than your average citizen, sim- ply because of the power that they have been given by the state. Medford, and the cops who helped him are Pigs. But I will note here that it is important to remember that not all Law Enforcement Offi- A Pig by definition is someone who is given power by the state to pro- tect law-abiding citizens, like you and me, but instead chooses to act for his own personal gain choosing to dwell in the pocket of the highest bidder. ern aE Laie is far from There are good cops out there, and it is for their sakes as well as for the stability of our republic that we must root out the Pigs like Medford and his cronies who have infiltrated our law enforcement system and are manipulating justice for their own personal gain. over. As Citizens we must never cease to question those in authority over us, if we do we run the very real risk of the collapse of our democratic soci- ety, and the rise of a fascist state. lobes was served i in the Aa Volume 73 Issue3 _ MUSIC REVIEW Zeitgeist: The Trium- phant Return of the Great- est American Rock Band of Our Time. ZEITGEIST The Movie Photo Credit: dudleyghosts.com By Parker Millar Staff Writer Is everyone afraid? Is every- one ashamed? So begins Doomsday Clock the first track from Zeitgeist, the first new release by Chicagos gi- ants of alternative rock, Smashing Pumpkins. The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock face maintained since 1947. It uses a clock as an analogy to describe how close the human race is to extinction. Since its introduction, the clock has appeared on every cov- er of the Bulletin of Atomic Scien- tists depicting the number of Min- | utes to Midnight. The Midnight of humanity represents the catastrophic destruction of humanity. Originally, the Doomsday Clock represented the looming threat of Nuclear Warfare, but has since Cont on Pg. 8 Ray Bamus Vists WCU Ray Bamas has shown huge support held many conferences for the Obama campaign. Photo Credit: http://farm3.static. flickr.com Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Visits WCU for Obama Campaign By Parker Millar Staff Writer Ray Mabus paid a visit to the Cata- mount Room in the UC on Tuesday April 29, 2008. Mabus is a senior political adviser for Barack Obamas presidential campaign. _ Mabus was elected Govenor of Mississippi in 1988, a position he held until 1992 when he was ap- pointed United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia by former president Bill Clinton. He served at our Embassy in Riyadh from 1994 to 1996. While Ma- bus was Ambassador he helped dif- fuse Saudi border disputes with both Yemen and Iraq. While under Mabus leadership, the embassy weathered a terrorist attack in 1995. During his tenure in Riyadh, the Saudis agreed to drop the boycott against the U. S. businesses that trade with Israel. Currently, Mabus is currently working for the presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill). The purpose of Mabus cont on pg. 5
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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 Carolin...

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