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THE WEEKLY ATHENAEUM
For October 15, 2021
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By Duncan Slade, Editor-in-Chief
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When Talia Jordan got home from work on Friday, there was a pair of dirty underwear and a dirty bra laying in the middle of her floor. Neither belonged to her or any of her roommates.
She says she quickly realized her blue laundry bag with almost all her underwear and socks was missing from her Boreman South dorm room, as well as her dance leotards, tights and workout clothes from under her bed.
“We had cash lying around, our laptops, our AirPods, our Apple watches and jewelry, but he wanted to violate and take panties and clothes that I need for school because of the smell, because they were dirty dance clothes,” said Jordan, a freshman dance student, in an interview with the Daily Athenaeum.
On Saturday, authorities arrested WVU Facilities maintenance worker Ivan Pesic and charged the 47-year-old with one count of felony burglary in connection with the incident at Boreman South.
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Pesic was fired by WVU on Saturday, confirmed Executive Director of Communications April Kaull in an email.
According to court records, police were able to identify Pesic through his WVU ID card swipes that were used to access the rooms and he was also identified on WVU surveillance footage and by his supervisor.
Click here to read the full story.
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By Lara Bonatesta, Culture Editor
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After its future seemed dim, the WVU puppetry program has been given a second chance by the University to prove itself.
The bachelor’s degree in puppetry had been recommended for discontinuation by the Provost’s Office but was granted an appeal and will continue for at least another two years.
After the initial announcement that the program was on the chopping block, there was a large outcry from alumni and supporters of the program. An online petition gathered over 2,500 signatures.
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“It’s a really wonderful thing,” said Mary McClung, professor of costume design and puppetry, about the program’s second chance.
During this probation period, the puppetry program will work with the Provost’s Office and develop a program improvement plan. The move comes as part of ongoing academic transformation efforts aimed at attracting new students to the University.
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By Charles Montgomery, Sports Editor
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The commercial starts in front of a Little General convenience store with soft techno music in the background.
The scene moves inside as two broad-shouldered WVU players enter the store and walk to grab drinks.
“Dante Stills? Doug Nestor? You shop here?” asks a red-bearded customer as the players stand near the beverage refrigerators.
“Yeah man, all the time,” Stills replies with a sheepish grin of someone in their first television commercial and trying not to laugh as they deliver the line.
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The pair of WVU linemen make their way to the checkout counter, where Stills offers to pay for Nestor with a prominently placed Little General rewards card and the 30-second spot ends.
This is the new world of college athletics with athletes allowed to profit off of their name, image and likeness (NIL). Just a few months ago, this TV commercial wouldn’t have been possible.
Click here to learn more about VEEPIO and endorsement deals.
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By Duncan Slade, Editor-in-Chief
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West Virginia University has finally hit 80% vaccination among students and employees, according to data released Wednesday.
Administrators had set this threshold as a goal at the beginning of the semester.
The goal had been set for Sept. 1 before WVU announced it did not believe the University would hit the goal.
The day before that deadline, the vaccination rates among students and employees were 76% and 73% respectively.
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Cases of COVID-19 on campus have also been going down.
This past week, WVU reported 26 COVID-19 cases. The week before that, the University reported 39 cases.
Data shows that the number of people in quarantine due to a COVID exposure and the number of people in isolation likely due to a positive COVID test result also declined over the last week.
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Meet Molly! Molly is a very laid-back Beagle mix that also loves to explore the outdoors. Her favorite thing to do is go to the family farm and run around the fields, followed by a nice nap in the sun. Molly knows to speak, shake and roll-over, and will eat anything.
Photo submitted by Kirsten Belcher.
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