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Town Council votes to annex West Campus By Jeb Inge The Shepherdstown town council voted 4-2 to approve the annexation of Shepherd University’s West Campus dormitories last night. The vote of approval was the second round of voting necessary to pass the petition submitted by the university. The annexation would extend town corporation status to all Shepherd dormitories on West Campus effectively granting students living on campus the ability to register to vote in Shepherdstown. The meeting, moved from Town Hall to the Shepherdstown War Memorial Building due to increased interest in the issue, found over thirty town residents turn out to have their opinions on the annexation heard. Town resident Josh Stella, who voted against the annexation while in the planning commission, addressed claims that Shepherd students would vote themselves onto town council saying, “they probably will vote.” Stella went on to call the process of approving the annexation “undemocratic” and urged that all town residents voices’ be heard through a town referendum. Stella went on to urge the council vote against the annexation. |
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Local shares his journey from
Hitler's youth By Rachel Eddy A local Berkley county resident shared his journey from living under Hitler’s reign to becoming an American solider. Herb Flemming presented his book, “A Prisoner of Hope: From Hitler Youth to American Soldier” on Nov. 3 as the last presenter hosted by the Scarborough Society lecture series this semester. “[The book] is a personal narrative that parallels the story of Germany in a lot of ways,” said Keith Alexander, director of Byrd Legislative Center’s archives. “It is a story of coming to terms with the past, and also a story of Germany’s transformation from [oppressive] leadership to the prosperous, peaceful democracy that it is today.” Born in a small fishing village on the Baltic Sea in East Prussia, Germany in 1933, Flemming grew up under Hitler’s regime and was forced to join the Hitler Youth. “I owe my life to [God], and this book is my tribute to His power and love at work in my life,” said Flemming. |
Volleyball team's fundraising
skyrockets from last year By Rachel Eddy This year, Shepherd’s volleyball team multiplied their fundraising for breast cancer research by eight times since last year. In about three weeks, the team raised $3,000 for the Susan G. Komen foundation, a giant increase from last year’s amount of $350. This is the volleyball team’s second year of participating with Dig for a Cure. Similar to the basketball team’s theme of “Think Pink” in February, “volleyball looks at the month of October and asks, ‘How can we help Susan G. Komen for the national breast cancer society?’” said Coach Sarah Smith. “We, as a women’s team, know that this is an issue that could hit very close to home for one of us personally,” said junior player, Julie Robertson. The team has personally experienced the effects of breast cancer within the team’s family members. There are currently two aunts who are battling breast cancer, and there are several mothers and grandmothers who are survivors. “Cancer is something that we can easily unify our girls around,” said Smith. |
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