By Noah Fulks, YJ sportswriter The WVSU women’s tennis team — winningest athletic program on campus — host the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional this weekend at Coonskin Park The #2 Yellow Jackets face #7 Shaw at 10 a.m. Saturday.…
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Work Study Applications Due Friday
Applications for paid fall work study positions and summer orientation leaders are due Friday to Shayna Brogan at Student Life. Reply to her email sent to all students. Open for work study are the Jacket Activities Board or JAB and…
2016 Grad Speaks Thursday at Media Summit
On-air director at WOWK news, our own Steven Hoffman, will congratulate communications students on their achievements at the Media Summit at 12:15 p.m. April 19, room 210 in the Cole Complex. Also, the 2016 graduate will share with students how…
Enough. SGA Must Do Something About Opioid Epidemic
By Calli Norton, for the YJ An outbreak is ravaging communities here in West Virginia. Families are mourning from Bluefield to Huntington to Morgantown. In 2016 alone, 52 per 100,000 people fatally overdosed on opioids in our state, according to…
Quiz Team Heads to LA Seeking $75,000 Prize
By Keisha Wright for the YJ State students are in an elite group this weekend, one of 48 HBUC universities or colleges to compete in 29th Annual Honda Campus All‐Star Challenge National Championship Tournament (HCASC) Saturday through Wednesday in Los…
Tuition Increase? Board of Governors May Consider 5 Percent Increase Today
(Charleston Gazette-Mail)— The West Virginia State University Board of Governors has an item labeled “Fiscal Year 2019 Budget and 2018-2019 Tuition and Fee Schedule” on its Friday meeting agenda, and “action” is listed next to it. But the agenda doesn’t…
State Football Star Quinton Gray One Step Closer to NFL Career
Yellow Jacket Football star Quinton Gray impressed scouts at the NFL pro combine day at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. State football’s all time leader in catches, receiving yards, and touchdowns recorded times of 4.57 and 4.46 in his…
Baseball Spring Break Report
While students were off for spring break, the Yellow Jacket Baseball team competed against MEC competition, going 4-5. The Yellow Jackets swept Notre Dame 4-3 and 9-8 on Sunday, March 18 at home. OnMarch 19 the Yellow Jackets dropped both…
Student Government Candidates Call for Better Communications
Candidates for the Student Government Association elections Monday and Tuesday have common interest — a need for improved communication between university administration and the student body, as well as greater student involvement on campus. The student forum for candidates Thursday…
Candidate for Miss State
Angelica Willis Communications Candidate for Miss State Why did you become a candidate? My school and my daughter and my family. I have a daughter that looks up to me and I want to be a great example to her…