The Glenville State College Pioneers came back from Concord with their first conference loss of the season by a score of 14-9. The Pioneers got to run the first possession of the game, but it wasn’t long before Concord took over when quarterback Darold Hughes threw an interception on the first play of the game. After Concord’s interception, they ran the ball down to the Pioneers’ 35 yard line, but failed on their fourth down and turned the ball back over to the Pioneers. For [...]

Seven years ago, Wes Hanson was one opponent away from being a West Virginia wrestling state champion. Many would consider this the pinnacle of their athletic career, especially if they won this final match of their senior year. However,most people aren’t like Wes Hanson. After taking home a state title he was only getting started. Since that title Hanson has came a long way. He quickly picked up the sport of MMA while at Glenville and with his impressive wrestling background he was an almost [...]

“Town and Gown” in Glenville The relationship between the town (Glenville), and gown (GSC) has been a difficult journey since the inception of the college.  For years the two institutions lived in virtual isolation from each other.  The college and students remained detached from the community around them, and the town of Glenville did little to encourage interaction between students and local businesses. Today, both academic and local government leaders have been implementing a more cooperative approach.  College administrators were finding that the surrounding town [...]

Glenville State College will be hosting the annual West Virginia Theater Festival on October 13 from 9 a.m-7 p.m. in the Fine Arts auditorium. This competition will help choose the winning theater from the state of West Virginia to go on to perform at the festival that will be held at Louisville, Kentucky at the Southeastern Theatre Conference. There will be many performers from their own community coming to Glenville State College to compete with each other to see who among them can go to Kentucky. Each group [...]

Campus Rape: An Epidemic?             On September 17, 2012, a 20 year old former student of Glenville State College took the college’s board of governors, its chief of public safety, and four students to court after she was allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted on campus. The student, who attended GSC from August 2009 to October 2010, filed the federal suit alleging the college and its department of public safety “showed minimal police and investigative training” because, she asserts, evidence was “destroyed, lost, misappropriated, or contaminated.” [...]

What’s a more critical issue? Rape or a parking violation? Violence or making sure the doors to a facility are locked? Clearly these are rhetorical questions but you wouldn’t be able to tell by the actions of Glenville’s Public Safety Department. Even here at little Glenville State College some ugly events are happening and the authorities seem to be turning a blind eye. In one of the previous issues I addressed the problem with parking. It is a tedious process that does need attention. However, [...]

  The Glenville State College Pioneers fell to 1-3 for the season after another tough loss at Lindenwood University this past Friday. Colston Bayless gave the Pioneers a very early lead with a 22 yard field goal after Glenville drove the ball 70 yards on their first possession. Following Bayless’ field goal came Derek McRae who scored a touchdown from one yard out making the score 10-0 in the first. During the second quarter, Darold Hughes hit his main target from last game, Robert Jiles, from [...]

The West Virginia Orchestra will be playing at Glenville State College on September 28 in the auditorium at the Fine Arts Building. The orchestra will be playing the classical works of Ludwig Von Beethoven. The West Virginia Orchestra, conducted by Grant Cooper, will play Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 as well as Beethoven’s Violin Concerto as a part of their tour around the state of West Virginia in order to promote the arts within the state. The orchestra includes strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion in both [...]

Award-Winning Poet, Andrea Hollander Budy Award winning poet Andrea Hollander Budy will give a reading and a poetry writing workshop on October 3 and 4. Budy is the author of four full-length poetry collections: Landscape with Female Figure: New & Selected Poems, 1982-2012; Women in the Painting; The Other Life; and House Without a Dreamer. Budy will be reading from these works on October 3 at 3 p.m. in the Mollohan Campus Community Center Multipurpose Room. Budy’s works range from narratives to lyrical covering issues [...]

GSC’s West Virginia Legacy Project             As a nation, Americans have had few years of relative peace, with many families parting with loved ones to serve for the country.  West Virginia is not any different than other places in the nation where soldiers leave home to face the realities of war.  In fact, West Virginia sends more soldiers per capita to the military than any other state.  Now, thanks in part to help from Glenville State College, the West Virginia Legacy Project will present its [...]