WVU Football by Megan Dowler

Football. When we think of college sports this is the first thing that comes to mind. Every college student should attend at least one home football game. This completes the college experience. Now, football is not my thing. I'm not much of a sports fanatic but i thoroughly enjoyed going to a WVU football game. The roar of the crowd as one side yells LET"S GO!!!!! and the other side yells MOUNTAINEERS!!!!!! The smell of hot dogs and popcorn is very predominant throughout the stadium. The sight WVU marching band as they form a giant outline of West Virginia and spell out WVU while playing catchy tunes. Granted its much more exciting when your team is winning but either way football games are much more fun when you're at the actual stadium and not just at home watching the game on TV.

WVU Football by Ashley Meyers

Got to love that West Virginia school spirit. Football games in Morgantown are always crazy, but we all love them. I love how this town bleeds blue and gold. You go to the games and look in the crowds and see the dyed hair, painted faces, and a sea of blue and gold. I am sure most of you have also seen the "Mohawk Kid". He actually lives on my floor and I say hi to him everytime I see him at the games. He normally keeps track how many people ask for pictures with him and he often loses track after 110. He is just one of the many factors that makes this town a true football town, and i love it.

WVU Football Game by Sydney Finelli

My first WVU football game was like nothing I've ever experienced before. From the crazy tailgates to the even crazier fans, I had the time of my life! The loud constant loudness of cheering fans, and the view from the top of the student section, made me an even bigger fan of my school. It's almost a feeling of unity among a diverse group of people, all of us cheering for the Mountaineers. I learned things like the "third down noise" and kick off chant, and now of course, I'm a pro! Blue and Gold is all you can see throughout the stadium, and if you weren't wearing it, you were getting hollered at. There is never a dull moment while in the Milan Puskar Stadium, and us fans wouldn't have it any other way at a home football game.

Thanksgiving Break by Heather Rozmus

I'm soooo excited about seeing my friends at Thanksgiving! I miss them so much, I'm one of the farthest away from home (except the kids in California and Colorado) and they've all seen each other at least once since we all left for school. As much as I love all my new friends from college, they just don't compare to my friends from home. There really are no people on earth like people from Greenwich. We are a whole different breed of outrageous.I'm excited to see my dog as well. I miss my dog probably more than anything from home. Every time I see a dog here I get a little sad and miss my dog a little more. He's going to go crazy when I walk in the door, I can't wait. But one thing I'm really, really not excited for is my sister abusing me and my car. "Heather...can you drive me and six of my friends to my other friend's house who lives twenty minutes away so we can all get ready, then pick us up in two hours and drive us to this party on the other side of town? Oh, and maybe drive each of us to our own houses after the party's over?" Wonderful.

Dorm Life by Heather Rozmus

I'm sort of biased about dorm life, living in the nicest dorm on campus and all. Lincoln is absolutely NOTHING like living in Towers. I have not only matching mahogany bedframe, dresser, and desk, but also my own toilette, shower, and sink. Both my room mate and one of my suite mates live at their boyfriends houses most of the time, so I basically have my own room as well. Ah, living the good life. I've come to appreciate my dorm life here at WVU every time I go to any of my friends rooms. The only thing I miss about home is the kitchen. I'm used to coming home and making myself a real meal, not Ramen. I'm so sick of Ramen. I could use some real scrambled eggs and bacon, the key word being real (a.k.a not Evansdale Cafe scrambled eggs and bacon). But other than the lack of a good meal every once in a while, I really can't complain about my dorm. My friends dorms are much, MUCH worse than mine. I can't even imagine having to share a bathroom with a whole floor of girls!!!! Ahhhhh! That sounds terrifying. Or living on an all boys floor in towers?!? A bunch of my friends live on an all boys floor in Arnold Hall downtown, and it smells....so bad. It smells like hockey and feet. It's appalling, I can only be down there for a couple of minutes before I start to gag. Visting friends makes me never want to complain about my dorm again.

Resturaunt Blog by Megan Dowler

Ruby and Ketchy's is a very small restaurant near Cheat Lake. But it is also one of my favorite restaurants in Morgantown. It is a family owned business and has a very warm and welcoming feel. I always get their grilled cheese and french fries. It reminds me of when my grandma used to make me grilled cheese and french fries for lunch when I went to her house while my mom was at work. It gives me a very warm and homey feeling. Although it's true that Ruby and Ketchy's doesn't have as many choices as a Garfield's or an Applebees but the quality is ten times better. I would eat Ruby and Ketchy's everyday if I could. It is definitely my favorite restaurant ever.

Resturaunt blog by Sydney Finelli

There are many restaurants in Morgantown, but my all time favorite is the Boston Beanery. I go all of the time with my friends, and have the same thing everytime I go. I went over the past weekend and got my favorite meal, grilled cheese and french fries! The atmosphere is lively and fun, there is always a decent amount of people there enjoying food and drinks. I went during a NFL football game and it was such a fun environment to be in at the time. The staff is very friendly and well trained. I always enjoy eating there, never gets old!

Food Blog by Sydney Finelli

When I first arrived at WVU, going to the dining hall to eat my everyday meals was a new, exciting task. The food at first was great, almost like eating a little bit healthier version of your favorite fast foods every day. It was such a new experience, the dining halls. It felt like eating in a restaurant with all of your friends. But, I swear it didn’t take even two weeks for my friends and me to get sick and tired of the dining hall food. The food leaves with you with a sort of sick feeling after a while, like something you can’t even stomach anymore. I personally can’t eat the hot meals served at any of the dining halls on campus more than three times a week, everything just blends together and tastes the exact same. One meal I can stomach is a sandwich and soup from Brew and Gold, they have a variety to choose from, and you can never go wrong with a cold cut sandwich. Boreman and Summit have good sandwich options too, that’s what I’ve been aiming to eat lately, and I haven’t been getting sick and tired of them. Overall, I’m not thrilled with the food choices we have here, but I do understand it could be much worse. Some of the menus at the halls are overdone, and not providing us students with what we really want. I usually eat a microwavable meal in my room like two times a week in order to break up the cycle of continuously eating at the halls, and it’s been working! It’s let me enjoy the meals at the dining halls just a little bit more.
The first photo is from Towers dining hall and it was awful
The second photo is from Brew and Gold, where I frequently eat

Adventure by Heather Rozmus

My favorite part about the Rec Center would definitely have to be the rock wall. I had only gone rock climbing once before I came to WVU, but now that I have a wall within a couple yards of my dorm I go all the time. I haven't gotten my belaying certification yet, which you can get in the Rec Center, but a couple of my friends have theirs so I don't really need it yet. When it gets nicer out after the winter, I really want to get my own harness and shoes and go climbing at Cooper's Rock. A bunch of the regulars that I see at the rock wall have told me about it and I'm really excited to go! I would have gone already, but I don't want to be over-zealous and go outdoors rock climbing after only doing it indoors for two months. Hopefully I don't get hurt!!