Sept. 10 letters to the editor

‘The canine bark, however the caravan strikes on’

I’m the widow of a professor emeritus of the previous Division of Overseas Languages at West Virginia College.

As I’ve been studying the assorted letters from former college students, current and former college, and so forth., and watching the TV footage of the scholars’ walkouts on the downtown and Evansdale campuses, I’m reminded of certainly one of my husband’s favourite sayings: “The canine bark, however the caravan strikes on.”

No quantity of protesting will cease the shifting caravan; solely by eradicating the lead horses can this be completed. Due to this fact, solely when President Gee and the Board of Governors are relieved of their duties can we even start to see an finish to this madness!

I arrived in Morgantown simply previous to the start of the autumn semester of 1950. If you weren’t on the town at the moment, you can’t absolutely respect what an exquisite establishment WVU was then. We had wonderful leaders who acknowledged and supported the efforts put forth by our college and employees to make sure that the college would proceed to operate alongside the trail of excellence for which it was recognized.

My solely hope is that cooler heads will prevail to cease this caravan that’s presently galloping alongside the trail of destruction.

Go Mountaineers!

Charlotte Taylor
Morgantown

Why no sidewalks in student-heavy areas?

No sidewalks. Why? Do the leaders of the group, WVU officers, mayors, county commissioners and Division of Highways officers ever drive or stroll by way of the group at night time and observe the damaging areas with no sidewalks the place the scholars should trek each day to get to class or to the town bus?

They might want some calming medicine earlier than they try this.

The dad and mom of the scholars spend hundreds of {dollars} for tuition, meals and housing, anticipating leaders’ prime precedence can be the security and safety of their youngster.

This isn’t the case from Chestnut Ridge Highway to Bakers Ridge Highway, the place there are lots of of residences and townhouses and the place college students who can’t afford non-public transportation stroll alongside the sting of the highway by way of weeds, rubbish and rocks along with the realm that floods on Van Voorhis Highway.

And the lighting is minimal, if any in any respect. At night time, some college students carry small lights, however some put on darkish clothes with no lights. Possibly native politicians might divert a number of the surplus cash to put in lights. I notice there are a lot of tasks that want consideration and completion, however this space wants consideration.

Why hasn’t there been any mowing alongside the roads? The absence of clearing weeds and brush alongside the roadways creates extra harmful conditions. Highway indicators that point out harmful curves, hidden driveways and crosswalks are lined with weeds and brush.  It is a dereliction. A tree extending into the highway triggered a wreck on Bakers Ridge Highway lately.

Apparently, there may be some progress. In accordance with DOH engineer Joe Pack, Van Voorhis might be widened with sufficient area for pedestrians to stroll with out worry of being hit by automobiles or stumbling over the rubbish and rocks. Putting in extra lighting ought to be thought of earlier than this mission is accomplished.

Ron Lemley
Morgantown

The issue with tolerating poisonous leaders

Hassle was evident in Spanish Ladies’s Soccer previously few years when over a dozen girls athletes refused to play beneath the group’s coach. The group gained the World Cup in 2023 anyway after which the president of the soccer federation began a firestorm by kissing a participant with out consent throughout a broadly televised celebration.

It’s tough to evaluate the extent of wrongdoing due to variations in tradition and the dearth of a clear investigation. However we are able to have a look at how society treats highly effective males.

As an example, think about the TV present “Home.” The self-esteem is {that a} misogynistic and customarily nasty man may be tolerated as a result of he saves lives with insights nobody else sees. This conceit works nicely sufficient that it’s fascinating to look at medical mysteries be solved as we decrease Home’s private crimes.

For instance the impact Home has, when Dr. Allison Cameron is not on the medical group supporting Dr. Home, members of the group go seeking to rent a feminine physician to exchange her. One physician, eminently certified to exchange Cameron, will get supplied the job, however she rejects it because of the timidity of the hiring physician. This subplot goes to point out how toxicity can infect organizations from the highest down. Energy video games go along with poisonous organizations, and the compelled kiss on the celebration might have been one such sport.

Trying again on the Spanish Ladies’s Soccer program, a great answer could also be to take away the present management and begin anew. One can hope that the ladies will get an opportunity to pursue their sport in peace.

Steven Knudsen
Morgantown