Memoir of a wavering student who found focus at WVU
Senior writer Bill Archer recalls flunking out at West Virginia University and balancing truck-stop work with summer sessions to salvage his English path. He credits professor Nick Evans for excusing absences on Cotton Mather birthday and notes his Dec 1972 graduation after a fraught academic journey.
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Arley Nemo
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Cluefield Bailey Telegraph Personnel List
Publisher William Randy Deason executive editor Thomas A Colley city editor senior editors Charles Owens and others named. Managing editor Samantha Perry and news staff include Andy Patton Brian Woodson Bill Archer. Quote about asking seeking knocking appears in clipped text.
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Troop Greeters at Bangor Airport Stop Welcome Cookies
Volunteers who greeted almost 500000 troops with homemade cookies and treats at Bangor International Airport will no longer do so due to liability concerns and strict food handling rules. The author urges troops to decide and warns that treats are unsupervised and eaten at their own risk.
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Stem cell research is ethical and life enhancing
The letter argues embryonic stem cell research is not unethical because embryos are not actual human beings, comparing them to undifferentiated cells. It defends pursuing such research to improve health, condemning religious objections and political statements as anti-science. It also comments on parental freedom and public behavior impacting society, reflecting concerns about youth culture and discipline.
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Bush
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Princeton
Watershed moment to protect Monongahela wild places
Don Gasper, a retired WV DNR fish biologist from Buckhannon, urges Congress to permanently protect Seneca Creek, East Fork Greenbrier, Roaring Plains, and Dolly Sods on the Monongahela National Forest. He warns that without wilderness designation headwater streams, brook trout populations, and water quality face ongoing threats from logging and road building.
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