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This semester, Sodexo has been taking some big steps in the effort to make West Liberty a “greener” facility. From the arrival of “potatoware” to Trayless Tuesdays, Sodexo is doing all they can to get West Liberty to go green. “It’s the right thing to do,” said John McDermitt, Director of Food Services. McDermitt said [...]
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Topper Baseball Team splits with Shepherd
Posted by admin on March 30th, 2010
By Lance Long The West Liberty baseball team split a double header on Sunday with the defending WVIAC conference champion, Shepherd Rams. In game one of the double header, Shepherd led basically the entire contest. Trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the sixth West Liberty got the bats going and hammered out four runs to [...]
WL yearbook gets price cut
Posted by admin on March 30th, 2010
By Kelsey Ohler – Contributing Writer For those interested in purchasing West Liberty’s yearbook “The Winding Road,” the price has been cut from $65 to $45. Originally, the yearbook was expected to have 112 pages, but will now only have 96. According to Eric Croasmun, co-president of the yearbook, the cutback was made in order [...]
WL Highlands Center enrollment increases
Posted by admin on March 29th, 2010
By Josh McGowan – Contributing Writer Many West Liberty students are aware of the Highlands Center, but may not know how the building is developing. Dr. Tom Michaud, Dean of the Highlands Center, answered some questions on the development, updates, plans and predictions for the center. Michaud said in regards to the unused space at [...]
Softball Team Struggles in Tournament
Posted by admin on March 29th, 2010
By Lamar Stewart-Contributing Writer The West Liberty University softball team played in their second tournament of the year last weekend. The Lady Toppers lost two games on Friday and two more games on Saturday. In the first game, West Liberty played #12 Indiana Pa. and lost 12-.5. Courtney Loe had two RBIs for the Hilltoppers, [...]
Campus police talk tickets, towing
Posted by admin on March 29th, 2010
By Adam Leonard-Contributing Writer Parking issues have been a hot topic on college campuses for as long as students, faculty and staff have been driving, and West Liberty is not exempt. increases in enrollment have led to more students bringing their cars to campus, and commuters are often late for classes because they drive in [...]
Open House Spring 2010
Posted by admin on March 28th, 2010
West Liberty University held an Open House on Saturday, March 20 for prospective students and their families. More than 170 students showed up for the event. Including their families, around 500 people attended altogether.
EMBL returns to West Liberty’s campus
Posted by admin on March 28th, 2010
By Elizabeth Pemberton – Contributing Writer The Emerging Minority Business Leaders Program, also known as EMBL, is a nationwide program that helps empower students from a wide variety of ethnic, economic and cultural backgrounds to become the next generation of entrepreneurs and technology leaders, and after a two-year absence, it is returning to West Liberty [...]
West Liberty Celebrates a Season to Remember
Posted by admin on March 28th, 2010
By A.J. Proger The West Liberty University men’s and women’s basketball teams each had seasons to remember this past winter. Lynn Ullom’s ladies had a successful 22-10 season that included a 15-7 conference record and a trip all the way to the West Virginia Conference title game before falling just short against Fairmont State 64-59. [...]
2010 WLU Study Abroad Award Winners Announced
Posted by admin on March 24th, 2010
Story Provided The Campus Internationalization Committee at West Liberty University, WLU, received applications from highly qualified students for the 2010 Study Abroad program. This year the program will send two students to intern in Nepal for about one month, May 17th through June 12th. The award winners are Abby Rewalt, a junior majoring in biology-pre-professional, [...]
