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By The Trumpet Sports Staff The West Liberty softball team loss twice to Shepherd University in a double header on Friday with scores of 9-6 and 11-0. West Liberty carried a 6-4 lead into the sixth inning of the opener only to see the Rams go back on top with three runs in the top [...]
Archive for March, 2011
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Hilltoppers end magical season at 33-1
Posted by admin on March 30th, 2011
By A.J. Proger, Sports Editor The West Liberty University Hilltoppers made their first ever trip to Springfield and the Elite Eight in school history and came just short of their ultimate goal for the year. After getting past Anderson in the quarterfinal the Hilltoppers didn’t have an answer for Jet Chang and BYU Hawaii as [...]
Tags: New Provost, Vice President of HR announced
Posted by apatrick on March 30th, 2011
By Anna Patrick, Editor West Liberty officials have introduced the new Provost and Vice President of Human Resources to take over for the University in the next school year. In a Monday, March 28 press conference, President Robin Capehart announced the decision to name Dr. Anthony Koyzis as the Provost and to name James Stultz [...]
Track team competes at Coastal Carolina
Posted by admin on March 29th, 2011
By Nathan Johnson, Contributing Writer On the weekend of March 11 and 12, the West Liberty Track team competed at the Coastal Carolina University meet in Conway, S. C. Sophomore distance ace Sherry Borsos broke her own school record in the 10,000-meter run with a sparkling time of 38:05.47 – the best clocking of any [...]
WL hosted speech & debate tournament
Posted by apatrick on March 29th, 2011
By Anna Patrick, Editor West Liberty University hosted the West Virginia Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Tournament. The WVIFA is a statewide organization that promotes intercollegiate speech and debate competition. The event was held on Feb. 25 and 26 and it took place in the Elbin Library and in Main Hall. Six schools competed in the [...]
Letter to the Editor
Posted by admin on March 28th, 2011
Dear Trumpet Staff: My husband and I along with our son, his friend, our grandson and three of his friends traveled to West Liberty on Saturday to watch the four NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament games. I had ordered our tickers through Robin Bruner who had our order exactly as I had requested. We traveled [...]
Student Health 101 a helpful tool for students
Posted by admin on March 28th, 2011
By Kelsey McKinney, Assistant Editor Student Health 101, a monthly electronic health newsletter, is now available to all students at WLU. It offers up-to-date, important health information for all college students. A link for Student Health 101 is sent out to students through e-mail once every month. Clicking on the link opens up a colorful [...]
Trumpet photography contest
Posted by admin on March 27th, 2011
The Trumpet’s Photography Contest continues until April 1.This contest is the first of its kind that the Trumpet Online has run, and is currently looking for entries in all categories. Online Editor of the Trumpet Kevin Kidwell said, “The photos we expect to get should be focused on West Liberty University, and should show an [...]
Alpha Chi heads to the West Coast
Posted by admin on March 26th, 2011
By Brooke McVey, Contributing Writer Seven members of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society are headed to San Diego, California for Alpha Chi’s annual convention. The event will be held from March 31to April 2. Led by their adviser, Linda Cowen, members of Alpha Chi Ashley Carroll, Kristin DeWitt, Kara Kenamond, Kaylee Knotts, Erin [...]
Alien film “Paul” appropriate for the true nerd
By Cody Long, Contributing Writer “Paul”, the latest lovechild between the two stars and writers of “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz”, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, was a movie made for the “nerd”. “Superbad” director, Greg Mottola, definitely helped to add some of this humor as well. “Paul” is the story about two [...]