Cheat River could be big tourist destination On Tuesday, May 23, 1989, Norman Julian wrote a column about the Cheat River published by The Dominion Post, quoting the article “A river that is a state treasure, yet is little known to outsiders.” Thirty-four years have ...
by David L. Ulin I’m trying an experiment in one of the courses I teach. The goal is to stop using the phrase “you guys.” I announced the plan at our first class meeting; now, the students laugh each time I slip. This is not an undertaking driven by “wokeness,” itself a ...
BY ASHUTOSH DAS Manal Al Natour is the director of Arabic Studies Program at West Virginia University. In addition to teaching, she acts as a binding force for students arriving from the Middle East to help them settle here. Al Natour grew up in Jordan, the land of peace, hospitality ...
Words do matter, and we engage in an ongoing process of retiring certain words and adding new ones. Often words become taboo because they are offensive. That is appropriate because of our desire to be considerate of others. Good for us. But in the case of Stanford University, that effort ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Pitts’ column contains language some readers may find offensive. He intentionally uses this language to illustrate how far we’ve come since such words and phrases were considered appropriate. A few years ago I learned with some confusion that I was now — at least, ...
by Nicholas Goldberg Americans know little history and what little they know they forget. That’s one reason we should be careful about throwing around historical allusions and parallels. Here are two cases in point: the words “fascist” and “un-American.” Both are bandied ...