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City Council approves Downtown road repairs.

West Virginia University students rejoice! 

The Morgantown city council has approved road repairs in the following areas in our down town campus.

Campus Drive to Beechurst Avenue

Forest Avenue to the end of Dallas Street.

Richwood Avenue to Charles Avenue to Richwood Avenue.

A ton of WVU students live in the areas of Forest and Richwood Avenue which will be a nice upgrade considering the roads are awful. The streets are old and narrow; crumbling more and more every day.

I have never lived on that side of Morgantown, but a lot of my friends do and it is hard on their vehicles. 

Beechurst Avenue does not seem to be in the worst shape. But that is one of the busiest, if not the busiest road in Morgantown so it makes sense that they would fix the road due to usage.

Full term Morgantown residents are also benefiting from the road upgrades. Areas by Morgantown High School, and Patterson Drive are also receiving road upgrades. 

People in Morgantown may not agree on social or political issues, but if there is something we can agree on. It would be that these road repairs need to come as soon as possible.

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Chocolate Lovers Day

The 19th annual chocolate lovers day will be held this Saturday from 11 a.m. to to 3 p.m. at the Wharf District of Downtown Morgantown (by the waterfront hotel). 

To attend the event you must register at either the Monongalia Art Center, Tanner’s Alley, or Art’s Monongahela before 2:30 PM.

The event is only $5 per person, something great to do with a friend, or if your parents are in town. There will be plenty of local chocolate shops on display with samples included in your ticket. 

An event to switch up your weekend routine! Get off the couch, Netflix will always be waiting. Grab a friend, and grab some chocolate.

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Mainstage Morgantown

Mainstage Morgantown has been bringing in international talents very silently since its opening. Just this moth Mainstage has brought in Dubstep DJ ‘12th Planet’, who is known for his face melting bass music. Mainstage is really hitting a target audience that was left hungry for many years here at West Virginia University. 

For too long lovers of Electronic Dance Music have been left in the shadows of rap shows at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, or right here in Morgantown. Being an aspiring DJ myself I would say here at WVU its either you like rap or country or both. Not too many people are really down the with the EDM scene, but that does not mean there isn't students here that are down to rage.

I have personally seen Buku, UZ, Flux Pavillion, Borgore, and DJ Carnage at my time here at school. This would not look bad as headliners for a festival never mind just being here at school. 

People who listen to this type of music need to get a live show in there life. It just not the same jamming in your car by your lonesome, it is so much better with friends and even strangers dancing around. Mainstage has really been bringing talented acts for quite some time now and they deserve some recognition.

Besides hitting the EDM niche of students, Mainstage can bring in some very interesting acts like throwback R&B artists, mainstream rappers, and boybands.

Tonight I will see 1,000 snapchats of MTV’s Jersey Shore, DJ Pauly D! Which I am absolutely thrilled for (definitely kidding). I am not sure of how much of a DJ mister Pauly D is, but I am sure he will take his shirt off and say some Jersey Shore phrases in to the mic. All the ladies in the crowd will be hype.

“Who’s ready to GTL”

On Friday O.T. Genesis will be playing at Mainstage which will be a completely different vibe and crowd as to compared to DJ Pauly D. Mainstage just brings a little bit of everything for everyone, which this town needs more of.

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For The Kids!

By: Alison Cameron

MountaineerThon is an organization at West Virginia University that helps to raise money to donate to MonGeneral Children’s Hospital.  The children’s hospital is the least funded part of the hospital because it often is overlooked.  But MountaineerTHON doesn’t overlook them.  They plan special events throughout the year which invite all students and most time the patients from the children’s hospital to be apart.  They were able to open up a room called the teen room at the hospital as a way to get patients out of their rooms.  There biggest event is at the end of April and is a massive fundraising event which is a dance marathon that easily raises over $30,000. Many members also participated in this organization in high school and looked forward to continuing their work in college.  There dance marathon is an event where participants are expected to fundraise a certain amount of money before the event.  Then the event is all about having fun and dancing with the kids from the hospital.  It is a great way to meet some of the kids and see the amazing people that they are. 

I feel that Thon is one of the best organizations at West Virginia University because represent something that is rare on college campuses.  They represent giving back not only to the community but especially to the kids at the hospital.  It is an organization that wants to make a change in the young patients lives.  It gives students the opportunity to help be apart of the amazing change.  It is an organization that brings a great reputation to the university and really shows the amazing work that students are able to achieve.  They are often selling T-shirts around Morgantown and do all that they can to raise money and make a difference for the kids.  

Victoria Fanucci is a huge part of MountaineerTHON and is the Senior Director of External Operations which means that she is in charge of everything from families to working with the hospital to plan events.  My personality profile will be focused on her and the amazing things that she has helped MountaineerTHON to be such a successful organization.  

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MountaineerTHON is a great organization that gives back to kids in West Virginia children hospitals. THON is big for college students across the country, lets hope it only becomes a bigger event every year here at WVU. 

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WVU Alert System

On Saturday evening, every West Virginia University student received a text message or e-mail saying there was a suspected armed robbery, and suspects fled to North High St. This is scary for any student living on the downtown campus. The North High St. area strictly is filled with student housing like dorms and fraternity houses. 

This is not new for WVU students these types of alerts happen all the time on the downtown campus. Yet WVU loves to advertise our campus as one of the most safe in the country. I am not here to bash on law enforcement but it may seem as they pad the numbers on violent crimes that happen on our campus. 

I personally, have never had a problem on campus. I Djay at the clubs downtown, and sometimes when I don’t want to pay for an uber (because thats half the money I made that night) i’ll walk up the hill to the Pike house. This alert message hit home for me because I could have been in that exact spot coming home from the bar with thousands of dollars worth of equipment including my laptop and turntables. 

I will definitely thing twice about walking home on a Saturday night by myself after seeing this latest text update. WVU does a lot with having volunteer UPD line the streets after dark on the weekends, but it doesn't change the fact that this happens all the time. I am just hoping that I never come within the cross hairs of an armed robbery or shooting on High St.