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By Kyle Lutz, Sports Editor The disappointing football season for West Liberty came to an end last Saturday with a loss to UNC-Pembroke, 31-10. The loss gave the Hilltoppers a 1-10 record for the year, their worst record since the 2004 season when they went 2-8. This is the only losing season the Hilltoppers have [...]
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WL student self publishes book on Amazon.com
Posted by clong on November 21st, 2011
By Cody Long, Staff Writer West Liberty University (WLU) senior Jeremy Eloi, Weirton native, has self-published two books that are currently sold through online sources, including Amazon.com. He is in the process of writing his third book. Eloi recently self-published a book of poetry entitled “Pessimist Diary.” It is “A collection of poems from the [...]
Campus cleaning services aren’t living up to students’ expectations
Posted by kmckinney on November 20th, 2011
By Kelsey McKinney, Assistant Editor In college, many things are an exception. No other time in one’s life is it acceptable to wear pajamas in public, eat large amounts of fried food in the wee hours of the morning and consistently lose large amounts of sleep, and showers, while still functioning like a normal human [...]
WL women’s bball looks to rebuild
Posted by aviola on November 19th, 2011
By Tony Viola, Staff Writer Lynn Ullom is facing a rebuilding year as he comes into his 21st season as head coach of the West Liberty women’s basketball team. Gone are last year’s senior tandem of Tori Hansen, a first-team All-American and the WVIAC and Atlantic Region Player of the Year, and Laura Malernee, the [...]
Highlands offers array of courses to meet students’ needs
Posted by kmckinney on November 18th, 2011
By Kelsey McKinney, Assistant Editor West Liberty University’s Highlands Center has been a working branch of West Liberty University for over two years. The center offers a variety of classes, programs and events that all students are encouraged to take advantage of. A number of events have been held at the Highlands during the last [...]
Students are ignorant to wealth of information
Posted by admin on November 18th, 2011
By Momid Kasi, Contributing Writer The limitedness merely to Internet endangers our creativity; dependence on particulars like Google reduces the prospect of innovation. The internet has a lot of positives, but due to those positives we are just limited to this specific medium; whereas, the sources of information and knowledge are many. Sometimes we have [...]
Men’s basketball team is ready to start the journey
Posted by klutz on November 17th, 2011
By Kyle Lutz, Sports Editor The 2010-2011 men’s basketball season made history. Coming back from a 33-1 record and reaching the division II Final Four, the West Liberty University basketball team is back and ready to start where they left off. Last year, the Hilltoppers started off with a bang by scoring a record 154 [...]
Spectacular past players hope for a stellar WL season
Posted by admin on November 15th, 2011
By LeeAnne Yeater, Contributing Writer The West Liberty men’s basketball team last year is what you would call the dream team. With a record of 33-1, the men of this team played at such a high level of skill that they set themselves apart from any of their competitors. Coach Jim Crutchfield coached this team [...]
Toppers lose in thriller to Concord
Posted by aviola on November 14th, 2011
By Tony Viola, Staff Writer Concord forced six total turnovers and scored 21 defensive points as the Mountain Lions (6-3, 6-1) defeated West Liberty, 32-29 on Saturday at Russek Field. The Hilltoppers (1-9, 1-7) had a chance to even the score late in the fourth quarter, but West Liberty quarterback L.D. Crow’s pass was intercepted [...]
Tacos are too much for students’ tiny budget
By Cody Long, Staff Writer Students rejoiced with the idea of having a Taco Bell and a Pizza Hut Express here in the Student Union of West Liberty University. I received text messages, tweets, and status posts galore in concerns to this new delicacy on campus. And it still is a very populated area of [...]