Friends, faculty and family gathered Sunday evening, with both laughter and solemnity, to remember multifaceted Jurgen Schlunk, a former WVU associate professor of German who passed away on July 23.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel bowed to U.N. demands and U.S. pressure Sunday, pulling troops and tanks out through the barbed wire that encircles Yasser Arafat’s headquarters. The Palestinian leader said the move was only ‘‘cosmetic.’’
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CHARLESTON (AP) — Reversing a trend from the early 1990s, West Virginians are now less likely than other U.S. citizens to pay back their student loans.
While the rate of state students who default on their loans has been cut almost in half over the last 10 years, the rest of the nation has cut its default rate by more than two-thirds.
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First Listenings: James Taylor

By Erin Mountain
Staff Writer

Five years have passed since Grammy award-winning artist James Taylor released Hourglass, his last studio album. It seems that he spent that time reminiscing  and mellowing out while on tour. He certainly didn’t develop a deeper style.
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It was a record-breaking Saturday at Mountaineer Field.
Avon Cobourne rushed for 260 yards and set the West Virginia University record for career rushing yardage as the Mountaineers defeated East Carolina 37-17.
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