Before the candidates running for student administration positions begin to hand out candy to students walking in front of the Mountainlair and putting up signs all over campus, they are required to petition the students for their nomination for office.
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WASHINGTON — Elian Gonzalez’s Florida relatives must make the boy available for a meeting with his Cuban grandmothers Wednesday at a neutral site, the Justice Department ruled Tuesday. The grandmothers pressed their insistence for the boy’s return and pleaded with Congress not to force U.S. citizenship upon him.
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CHARLESTON — The state attorney general’s office hopes to be a winner in its lawsuit against Publishers Clearing House alleging the company violated West Virginia consumer protection laws.
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ere’s the problem with our country today, and don’t let anyone tell you differently. The problem with the United States, the problem with our society, is that we have become a nation of victims.
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“Graham and I went into the sewers, because Graham was short on sins for his next confession.”
It was a different introduction than most books I’ve read. Then again, “Collecting Sins” by Steven Sobel isn’t really a normal book.
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West Virginia may be without freshman point guard Tim Lyles for its 7 p.m. matchup with Georgetown tonight at the Charleston Civic Center.
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