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Is WVU Safe

There was a stabbing that occurred a few weeks ago on High street in Downtown Morgantown. The man who was stabbed was another man on the block of 400 High Street. This is a shock that comes to everyone because of how safe the street normally is.

This makes me wonder as a student how safe is the campus really. Although Downtown is not a part of campus where it occurred was very close to campus. This is why the WVU student alert system should have sent out an alert. Just to make sure that everyone knew.

This worries me because, I didn't know it was happening and I'm not saying it could have been me. Im saying that it could have been someone that I knew. Regrouping the school should have sent out an alert to warn us. Because the last thing that the school needs is a lawsuit from upset parents, with something that could have been prevented.

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Roadwork

The state of West Virginia has finally started to listen to what people have been demanding. This is the first of many projects to fix the sidewalks to make it safer here on the school grounds. On the Evansdale campus there have already been a few deaths due to people not paying attention. Therefore, fixing the sidewalks will be beneficial to people walking so they don't have to walk in the road.

Also fixing the sidewalks will help people feel more safe about walking around on the streets. Sidewalks are a very crucial to the safety of people walking, to avoid injuries that occur. Also if the sidewalk is destroyed people may fall and get injured by them leading to an unwanted lawsuit

Just making sure that people will always be safe no matter what occurs. Lawsuits are the worst thing that can occur for a school. Meaning that if someone were to get hurt, they could have every right to sue. As long as they abide by the rules that were given along.

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Downtown Morgantown/Strike

The lines are getting longer and longer while the teachers continue to earn what is rightfully their’s. A much needed upgrade on the Public Employees Insurance Agency or PEIA. Since Thursday February 22nd teachers have been on strike trying to get the agency on board. It’s not that the teachers wanted to be in strike it’s more that they want to be noticed and fight for what they believe in. According to Vox.com West Virginia’s teachers are the 48th highest paid teachers in the country. Meaning that they are in the bottom three of states per capita.

Apparently last night there was a bill signed to give teachers a three percent increase this year and a two percent increase for state employees through next year. the Getting into how I feel about the strike is how anyone with a right mind would feel. I applaud these teachers, parents, students, and whoever else is involved to stick up for what they stand for. It’s not everyday that you see people with signs standing on the side of the road for what they believe in.

People are allowed to stand up for things that they believe in and hopefully moving forward, we won't see lines all the way around the waterfront place Sheetz or all down Pattison Drive. One side was going to have to give in to what was occurring.

Edit as of 03/06/18 the teachers have struck a deal with to return to school on March 7th, 2018

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