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End of the Year Surveys

The time has come...

For the end of the year compliance surveys.

Every team is asked to fill out a packet full of pages that asks each athlete to rate their experience in each area: the head coach, the assistant coaches, the strength coaches, the equipment staff, the sports information directors, the athletic training staff and the nutrition staff.

This survey gives athletes a chance to voice their opinions on each area anonymously.

These surveys are then given to the athletic directors that go over each one at their retreat over the summer.

Without these surveys, the athletic directors would have a hard time finding out the things that the program can improve on.

I think this is a great way for athletes to feel comfortable voicing their opinions, both good and bad. I also think it’s great that the athletic department takes the feedback they get seriously...

But I’m not 100% confident that all the changes that the athletes ask for will be made, but I hope they are taken into consideration.

When the Head Athletic Director, Shane Lyons, came to WVU, he asked the administration who the customers were.

The Administration answered with “the donors” or “the fans”.

“Our customers are the athletes,” Lyons said.

Lyons wants the athletes to be comfortbale speaking up for what they believe is right because he can’t change what he doesn’t know about.

The athletic department’s goal is to create the best experience for every athlete and is willing to do whatever it takes to get there.

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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

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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5 Lessons Freshman Learned From Living in a Dorms

Living in a dorm helps you learn a lot about yourself, your roommate and others on your floor. Here’s 5 lessons freshman learned this year while living in the dorm.

1. You won’t always get along with your roommate

2. The dining halls’ food is not as good as the food your parents make, but at least you don’t have to cook for yourself

3. Appreciate alone time

4. The best conversations with your roommate happen late at night

5. Get your homework done first and then enjoy the free time you have 

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Sip ‘N Dip

A Sip ‘N Dip event will be taking place at Mario’s Fishbowl today, Wednesday, April 18. The activity is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and end at 9 p.m., and will be held at their Suncrest location at 3117 University Avenue. 

Sip ‘N Dip is an event where people partake in painting while drinking wine. The organization has had many successful events at locations all across the Morgantown area. It costs $30 to join the party, but all of the materials needed to paint are included in the ticket price. 

The Sip ‘N Dip organization has a few more events planned for the next couple of weeks, including a painting party at Mountain State Brewing Company on Wednesday, April 25 and a fundraiser for the Tucker County 4H Club on Saturday, April 21.

This organization offers a fun and alternative activity for people to participate in. While relaxing and drinking some wine, participants get to channel their creative energies and make beautiful pieces of art to take home with them. These parties have been a great success in the area. 

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Free Comic Book Day

     Every year around the summer months, popular culture amps up in the Morgantown area. The annually held WV Pop Culture Con is coming in to Morgantown in late august, but in a couple weeks, local comic book shops will be participating in the internationally celebrated Free Comic Book Day.

     Free Comic Book Day, or FCBD, will be on Saturday, May 5th. The event will take place all day as well, so it is impossible to miss it unless you just don’t go.

     During this day, comic book stores across the world open their doors and give free books in hopes to attract the reader that wouldn’t normally come otherwise. There is normally free food, free toys, and comic book authors/publishers that avid readers can actually talk to and meet.

     The entire shindig is more than just giving away a few books for free, it’s bringing together a community of people that love the same thing and celebrating the art.

     Two stores so far, Comic Paradise Plus in Fairmont and Comic Paradise Plus 2 in Westover will be participating in the event. 

FCBD takes place the first Saturday of every year.

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School’s Out!

The spring semster is finally coming to an end...

But not for all student-athletes.

The WVU Golf team will head to Tulsa, Oklahoma this weekend to compete in the Big 12 Championships. 

The WVU Tennis team’s have two big 12 matches left that include both Texas Tech and TCU. Both will be played at home. The Big 12 Tennis Championships will start on April 26th and will be played in Austin, Texas. 

The WVU Baseball team is continuing to finish their conference and non-conference seasons until the end of May before they find out if they are eligible for the NCAA tournament starting May 23rd. They are currently sitting just under 500 now and it will be the second year in a row that the team will make the tournament if they do.

The WVU Rowing team will face George Mason University, St. Joseph’s, the University of Delaware and the United States Naval Academy before making their way to the Big 12 Championship in Oak Ridge, TENN on May 12th. 

The WVU Track and Field Team will head to Charlottesville, VA to compete in the Virginia challenge this weekend and the Virginia Grand Prix next weekend. On May 4th, they will head to the University of Indiana to compete in the Billy Hayes Invitational. The Big 12 Outdoor Championships start May 11th in Waco, Texas. The NCAA East Preliminalry Regional starts on May 24th in Tampa, FLA and the NCAA Outdoor Championships start on June 6th. The success of the athletes in the upcoming meets will determine WVU’s attendance at NCAA’s. 

So, although school may be ending for the rest of the student body, there are many WVU teams that will still be competing, some for a national championship. 

Some of the other athletes who aren’t in season have to chance to go home for the entire summer break. Some go around the world competing for their home country. Some go to play summer-ball around the nation in a different state. Some are required to come back to campus for summer training, but every athlete uses summer as a chance to get stronger and improve their skill. 

Summer may be seen as a break for some students, but to student-athletes, it’s the time to put in your hardest work in order to prepare for the next season. As an athlete, summer is the furthest thing from a break.

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2018 Solidarity Ball

The West Virginia University Center for Black Culture and research recently put on the first ever Solidarity Ball, just a week ago. This new event is set to be put on annually by the department, and host a variety of guests for years to come. The ball is supposed to symbolize The Innocents project. An organization that works around the clock to help fix wrongful convictions of people of color in West Virginia and Ohio. 

One of the guest speakers at the event was a man by the name of Rickey Jackson, who spent nearly four decades in a Cleveland Ohio prison for a crime he did not commit. The semi-formal event was also a fund raiser for The Innocents Project, and to raise awareness about the projects primary goals. The Innocents project runs entirely on free donations, and is one of many similar organizations throughout The United States. 

The Center for Black Culture and Research plans on having more events like this in the future, in order to continue to raise awareness about this program and programs like it. But most of all, to raise the question of how racism is still a factor in our legal system. Also how people of color are still being discriminated against. Two very important issues that need to be brought up, in order to continue moving forward in this quest for equality for all.