Coalwood, West Virginia

The South would also gain a vast amount of POW’s as the fighting was taking place inside their territory. Neither side was prepared for the vast influx of prisoners that would soon swarm both sides. Both the North and the South scrambled to find places suitable to make into POW camps, and transformed many training bases into makeshift POW camps. The problem was that this was barley good enough for a temporary solution when the prisoners began piling up. With the first few victories in Tennessee…

Appalachia is a ticking time bomb! This is because the coal mining industry is on a constant downfall. The failing coal mine industry has brought about many new ideas to try and improve the economy. In the past the Appalachia was a very thriving economy it is like our modern-day Atlanta. Every and anyone need or used coal in some way shape or form. This kept all of the people in Appalachia having a job. But as the time went on the use for coal has dropped. People are reverting to alternate…

most for law school which I plan to do after receiving my undergraduate degree from West Virginia University. I am currently on track with my major, and over the next four years, I plan to take all necessary classes needed for my major and to help better myself for law school. Over the next decade, many things can happen, but I plan to become a lawyer and start my life in a different state far away from West Virginia. Choosing economics came pretty easy to me because I have always been…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.-- Tanner Campbell's lights out performance propelled the West Virginia University baseball team to a 5-1 victory over Eastern Michigan on Wednesday at Monongalia County Ballpark. The freshman right-handed (2-1) tossed five innings of one-hit baseball. He struck out two and walked two. Campbell took a no-hitter into the fifth inning. The Mountaineers (16-11) relied on its youthful lineup to defeat the Eagles (12-16). Its freshman starters picked seven of WVU’s eight hits up.…

Introduction: This semester in Public Relations Campaign we help a volunteer organization called the Arthritis Foundation; this is a foundation that helps people suffering from the horrible disease called Arthritis. Arthritis is normally thought of as an old man’s disease but when researching about the company I learned that it can affect anyone at any age. The project that we helped this organization on was called the Jingle Bell Run; this run is the main money maker for this organization and…

“St. Thomas Aquinas identifies three criteria for a just war. First, a war must be waged by a legitimate authority. Second, a war must have a just cause. Third, a war must have the right intentions. (P. 139) In order for a war to be waged by a legitimate authority, it must serve the common good, not just private interests and agendas. (P. 138) In order for a war to have just cause, it must include: protecting citizens from hostile or violent behavior, restoring rights that have been taken away…

groupings of the West Ohio Annual Conference. On average, each weekly attendance group has 9,451 attendees. Furthermore, the red bar and blue bar combined represents the total membership per size category. For example, there are 12,641 total weekly attendees and 23,479 members attributed to all churches that fall within Group 1-49. The largest section of membership is captured in churches with 1 and 149 weekly attendees with 48% of the conference’s total membership. Additionally, West Ohio…

Tom Wolf was born on November 17, 1948 in York, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Mount Wolf, a small borough outside of York in central Pennsylvania, which was named after his ancestor, the town’s postmaster. Tom is the only child of Cornelia Rohlman and William “Bill” Wolf, a business executive. He was raised Methodist but is now associated with the Episcopal Church. Tom graduated from The Hill School, a boarding school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania in 1967. Tom left York County to attend college…

To say that WV is the worst place to live in the U.S. is a hyperbole, but many things need to be changed. While W.V. has many good factors, it is also number nine on the list of worst places to raise a child. Unsafe areas, high crime ratings, and drugs are all large factors in everything wrong with W.V. If we were to make some changes, then it would have the potential to be a wonderful place to live. It seems as though almost everywhere a child asks to go their parents reply, “No, that’s a bad…

The Appalachian English (AE) dialect has changed over time. AE developed in the 1700s when Scottish-Irish immigrants settled in the cheap, mountainous territory that makes up the Appalachian Mountains. Isolated from the outside world for centuries, the Appalachian people spoke a distinct dialect that became known as AE. Unique features characterize the speech in Appalachia; the use of these features is fading as the area becomes less isolated. Migration and advances in technology have played…