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By Rebekah Fox, Contributing Writer Eleven faculty houses were recently torn down in order to create more parking spaces for students at West Liberty University. Nine of those houses were occupied, and two of them were used as maintenance shops. The spaces are located on Residence Drive which extends from Faculty Drive behind the school’s [...]
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Football team drops four straight
Posted by klutz on September 29th, 2011
By Kyle Lutz, Sports Editor Another game filled with turnovers and penalties plagued the West Liberty Hilltoppers from winning their first game of the season. Last Saturday the Hilltoppers fell to the Fairmont State Fighting Falcons 41-12 to drop their record to 0-4, their worst start since 2003. Right on their first possession, the Hilltoppers [...]
WL hosts regional pre-modern symposium
Posted by admin on September 28th, 2011
By Aaron Hoskinson, Contributing Writer The Wheeling Regional Pre-Modern Symposium will be held on West Liberty University’s campus for the first time on Saturday, Oct. 1. The symposium is a chain of events focusing on medieval history (the time of the armored knight and easel painting). The action begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday and [...]
Hockey Club hopes to become official sport
Posted by admin on September 27th, 2011
By Caitlyn Johnson, Contributing Writer If you can’t get enough of hockey, then there’s a club for that. The hockey club is a fairly new edition to the West Liberty campus. The club was founded last year by Paul Henry, who is now a sophomore and the club president. Since then the club has made [...]
New ape movie a fun, revolutionary film
Posted by clong on September 26th, 2011
By Cody Long, Staff Writer “The Rise of Planet of the Apes”, directed by the fairly unacknowledged and underworked Rupert Wyatt (director of 2008 “The Escapist” starring Brian Cox, also appearing in this movie), was an emotional trip of a man and his ape. This title sounds like the betrayal of humanity such as the [...]
Officials address electronic privacy issues
Posted by apatrick on September 25th, 2011
By Anna Patrick, Editor Although new changes have occurred within Google accounts, officials at West Liberty University (WLU) stand by their policy to maintain the privacy of students’ and staff’s email accounts. A recent announcement sent by Google to its email account holders stated that “Your wlnetwork@westliberty.edu account now works more like a full Google [...]
Hilltoppers take it to the next level
Posted by aviola on September 24th, 2011
By Tony Viola, Staff Writer Every little boy’s dream is to grow up and become a professional athlete. While watching countless games on the couch, some dream that they are Santonio Holmes catching the winning touchdown pass in the Super Bowl or they’re Michael Jordan leading the team to another NBA title. For some former [...]
WL Ed. majors enter Chinese classrooms
Posted by apatrick on September 24th, 2011
By Anna Patrick, Editor West Liberty University (WLU) Education majors were able to gain first-hand experience in Chinese elementary, middle and high school classrooms. Lillian Brown, Karyna Guirales, Ash Leigh Negri, Barbara Paul and Natalie Games gained 60 observation hours for their time spent in the classrooms. The students visited two elementary schools, one junior [...]
Hilltoppers fall to 0-3
Posted by klutz on September 23rd, 2011
By Kyle Lutz, Sports Editor Last Saturday, the West Liberty Hilltoppers faced West Virginia Wesleyan to open up conference play. The turnovers continued to be an issue for the Hilltoppers as they fell to the Bobcats 43-8. West Liberty (0-3) turned over the ball six times and was held for another loss which is the [...]
Why fix scheduling when it isn’t even broken?
By Jesse Scott, Contributing Writer A rising issue on West Liberty’s campus is the notion of changing the method of scheduling classes—that is, the system of class blocks. The topic is surely one that concerns nearly everyone on West Liberty’s campus, especially the students and the faculty, and thus, certainly deserves some attention as a [...]