The Democratic Train Wreck

Barack Obama is planning on declaring victory on May 20, win or lose.
Hillary Clinton is in West Virginia claiming she has more white support than Obama and thus is more electable in November. Of course, we’ve all seen this quote by now:
“I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on that found [...]

Editorial Tells Faculty to Move On

I’m fairly fond of The Register-Herald in Beckley, W.Va. It’s where I received my start as a writer working part time in the sports department. I learned a lot about what you can and cannot do as a writer working for that newspaper.
However, an editorial published in today’s paper might be the worst that I [...]

Faculty: No Confidence

West Virginia University’s faculty Monday voted overwhelmingly on a motion that calls for WVU President Mike Garrison to resign in the wake of the Heather Bresch scandal that has rocked the academic integrity of the institution.
The vote was 77-19 in favor of seeking Garrison’s resignation and declared no confidence in the new president. A vote [...]

WVU Faculty Making Moves

As would be the case at any institution of higher learning, faculty at West Virginia University are organizing themselves in groups regarding the Heather Bresch Scandal.
You have a group of faculty members that have drawn up resolutions seeking WVU President Mike Garrison’s resignation or termination over the school’s handling of giving an MBA to Bresch [...]

Manchin Doesn’t Understand Seriousness of WVU Scandal

West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin doesn’t understand.
For the past three years, Manchin has done an admirable job leading the Mountain State. However, when it comes to understanding the seriousness of the WVU-Heather Bresch Scandal, Manchin has left a lot to be desired. In fact, one has to wonder if he understands that this does not [...]

Lang, Sears Out at WVU

Heads are starting to roll at WVU in the wake of the Heather Bresch Scandal.
Provost Gerald Lang and Business School Dean Stephen Sears will step down from their current positions on June 30. According to WSAZ, Lang and Sears will remain at WVU as professors, hopefully not teaching ethics.
Lang will receive a salary of less [...]

Calls for Garrison’s Resignation Increase

Turns out we’re not the only one calling for WVU President Mike Garrison to resign following a recent report regarding the administration’s involvement in the Heather Bresch ordeal. This is where WVU thought it would be smart to give Bresch, daughter of WVa Governor Joe Manchin and a Mylan, Inc., employee a MBA degree she [...]

Thoughts on Obama in Chapel Hill

Last night, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was in my adopted hometown of Chapel Hill in front of an audience of supporters at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, or as its lovingly referenced to as the Dean Dome. Obama was in town attempting to convince Chapel Hill and North Carolina voters to [...]

Manchin must focus on job, not athletics

W.Va. Gov. Joe Manchin was elected to his first term in 2004. Since that time, it could easily state that Manchin is more concerned with the state’s future in athletics.
Take for note that Manchin was the lead negotiator in the creation of the Friends of Coal Bowl (jokingly referred to as the Friends of Joe [...]

Great Moments in Political Primary Debates

Here are things that were said on the campaign trail last night. Sadly, we can’t really consider this a drop in political discourse because well there was that whole 1824 election where Andrew Jackson was accused of being a murderer and then accusations of the “corrupt bargain” in 1825 when Jackson lost to President john [...]