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Editorial Encore: Say ‘I love you’ in the right language

EDITOR'S NOTE: Today’s editorial has been adapted from one that originally published Nov. 30, 2022. “Research shows holiday shoppers often don’t buy what recipients want.”              The research by Julian Givi, an assistant professor of marketing at the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics, records some interesting trends, including that there’s often a disconnect between what gift-givers think their friends and family want and what the gift-receiver actually wants. On the giver’s side, ...

Black history is American history

Even before concerted efforts to stifle education and conversations around slavery and racism, we were often presented with a limited picture of Black history: The long, vast, varied history of people classified as the singular monolith of their skin color — distilled and oversimplified into a handful of names, dates and places to be trotted out every February like clockwork. There is so much more to Black history than we have been taught. There is so much more to the history that we have been taught. We learn about Harriet Tubman, Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther ...

Goodbye potholes and one-way streets? Maybe

R.I.P Potholes Gov. Jim Justice proudly announced operation “R.I.P Potholes” — an unusual off-season hot-asphalt pothole patching effort. As much as we criticize the West Virginia Division of Highways and the Justice administration about the roads, we have to give them credit where credit is due. Asphalt plants generally close down in the winter and don’t come back online until spring. Therefore, most winter potholes are fixed with “cold patches,” which will do in a pinch but aren’t as effective as using hot asphalt. The DOH and Justice administration negotiated ...

The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 4

Good: SB 293 — the “Glucagon for Schools Act” allows all schools to keep glucagon on hand and to allow personnel to administer glucagon to a diabetic student who is severely hypoglycemic (after receiving training, of course). This bill failed to pass last year, and we’re glad to see it come back up. It passed the Senate and is up for consideration in the House. Several studies indicate youth diabetes (both Types 1 and 2) is on the rise and will continue to increase. Having glucagon on hand during a severe low-blood sugar episode could save a child’s life. Bad: HB 5243 ...

Dr. Rezai and RNI are leading the way

There’s a common malapropism: “It’s not rocket surgery” — an often unintentional mashing of the idioms “It’s not rocket science” and “It’s not brain surgery.” What Dr. Ali Rezai and his team at WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute are doing looks a lot like rocket surgery: It combines cutting-edge technology with medical practices to treat brain disorders in ways that seemed only possible in science fiction. We’ve had stories about Rezai’s accomplishments previously, and you may have even seen WVU Medicine commercials touting his success. But Rezai and ...

Enforcing contracts can cut both ways

Here’s the thing about contract enforcement: It can be a double-edged sword. Republic Services will be enforcing the clause in the contract it negotiated with the City of Morgantown that allows it to raise rates this year. The $1.59 per month increase will hit residential customers starting Feb. 28. This is on top of a Public Service Commission-approved increase of $2.43, so customers will actually see a nearly $4 jump on their bill. Morgantown City Council wasn’t happy to hear that, and we’re sure Morgantown residents weren’t pleased, either, considering Republic has been ...