By Nick Kirincic and Shannon MacNeil In the fall of 2016, several faculty at West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media met with Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston to discuss difficulties that student journalists were having obtaining public information from his department. The police were...8:09 pm April 25, 2018
New Law Mandating Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients Falls Short By Jaz Brown and Mitchell Blahut In 1989, Kirstin Nething’s grandmother was pregnant with her second child. As a single parent with an infection that kept her bedridden, she lost her job at West Virginia...6:01 pm April 12, 2018
This is the third part to a series on pregnancy and parenthood at West Virginia University. View part one here and part two here. By Caity Coyne and Jennifer Skinner December — for most college seniors — is filled with final exams, internship interviews and...4:43 pm February 12, 2018
This is the second part to a series on pregnancy and parenthood at West Virginia University. View part one here and part three here. by Caity Coyne and Jennifer Skinner Josie Fox, a senior education student at West Virginia University, will spend the rest of...4:42 pm February 12, 2018
By Rachel Teter Appalachian cooking is no longer bound to grandma’s kitchen. The new regional cooking trend has emerged across the East Coast and West Virginia is at the heart of the conversation. West Virginia native Mike Costello and his wife Amy run Lost Creek...4:38 pm December 12, 2017
By Lindsey Tingler, Samantha Huffman and Joe Gale For many inmates in the Appalachian prison system, having access to books isn’t just a luxury, it’s also a much-needed means of escape. “As a inmate doing time I pass my time by reading because it keeps...7:46 pm December 1, 2017
By Neel Madhavan, Ben Murray and Joel Norman Residents of the island of Puerto Rico have been through hell, and then some. The eastern part of the island had just been impacted by Hurricane Irma, and just days later, residents were now preparing for the...4:46 am December 1, 2017
By Megan Bsharah Kim Allen is 1.5 years recovered from bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder in which sufferers purge their food in order to maintain a goal weight or appearance. “Basically anything that wasn’t salmon, grilled chicken or salad had to come up,” Allen said....9:25 pm November 29, 2017
By Amy Pratt, Rayla Claypool and Mariah Congedo Alex Fisher was the manager of a restaurant while in high school and knew that he wanted to create his own business, possibly a food truck, while in college. “Coming from my past managerial experience, I thought...7:06 pm November 29, 2017
WVU Senior Creates Student Based Production Company By Rachel Teter Mad Street Productions is a student-run videography company that started as a way to pay the bills and make extra spending money. However, within the last year, the small production company started representing...9:47 pm October 29, 2017
By Joel Norman, Neel Madhavan and Ben Murray WVU golfer Philipp Matlari’s journey from Germany to Morgantown When Rylee Foster first came to the United States from Canada to play goalkeeper for the West Virginia University women’s soccer team, she fully expected to have to...7:46 pm October 29, 2017
This is the first part to a series on pregnancy and parenthood at West Virginia University. View part two here and part three here. By Caity Coyne and Jennifer Skinner Maddilyn Sawyer finished her first year at West Virginia University by cramming for final exams and...6:28 pm October 25, 2017
