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RaeQuan Battle Continues Fight Against NCAA

By BOB HERTZEL WV News MORGANTOWN — RaeQuan Battle and his family, as promised, has gone into a full court press challenging the NCAA’s decision to deny him a transfer waiver and make him immediately eligible to play for the West Virginia basketball team. His rebuttal, issued through Morgantown attorney and former WVU athlete James A. “Rocky” Gianola, paints him as “completely devastated by the NCAA’s decision,” points out why his request for a waiver is different than most and falls under a clause exception on grounds that not being able to play presents a challenge ...

Marrakech Kicks Off Film Festival In The Shadow Of War In The Middle East

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Film industry leaders in Marrakech attending one of the Arab world’s largest film festivals emphasized Friday the importance of elevating cinema and artistic expression amid a shadow cast by Israel’s war with Hamas and an earthquake that struck Morocco less than three months ago. “In the weeks leading up to the festival, we were not sure that we would even be able to be here. The world we share is shattered and devoured,” said American actor Jessica Chastain, serving as the president of the festival’s jury, in a speech on the festival’s opening ...

‘Hunger Games’ Feasts, ‘Napoleon’ Conquers At Box Office

NEW YORK (AP) — The Walt Disney Co.’s “Wish” had been expected to rule the Thanksgiving weekend box office, but moviegoers instead feasted on leftovers, as “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” led ticket sales for the second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Neither of the weekend’s top new releases — “Wish” and Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” — could keep up with Lionsgate’s “Hunger Games” prequel. After debuting the previous weekend with $44.6 million, the return to Panem proved the top draw for holiday moviegoers, grossing ...

Being Thankful for Detours

The subject of detours has been on my mind since this year’s fall semester of school began. A major section of a rural highway that I take during my morning drive from Columbus to Ohio State University’s Lima campus has been shut down since August. When I got an email at the end of summer break from our university public safety supervisor informing faculty and staff that the detour length would add just over 6 miles, I immediately thought about how a traffic delay, even a small one, could put me in a time crunch to get to work since my commute is one hour and 40 minutes. I have been ...

There Are Benefits From Remote Work

Pandemic well over, a growing number of companies want their workers back at the office. Many still allow certain employees to continue doing some or all of the job remotely. Parents raising young children especially welcome the opportunity to work from home. But as office culture returns to normal, it is understood that those who show up physically may advance faster than those at home. Proximity to the boss can matter. That has led some feminists to complain that women who continue to do their jobs from home are being returned to the “mommy track” that existed before COVID ...

Many of Us Are Living Lives That Have Become Bereft of Meaning

Recently, writers Francesca Block and Suzy Weiss co-authored an article in The Free Press describing the phenomenon of (largely progressive) Western women converting to Islam. On the same day, Teri Christoph published a piece on RedState in which she remarks on how many of the recent displays of antisemitism have been perpetrated by women. To add further salt to a wound that has never fully healed, social media exploded with TikTok videos made by young people expressing support for Osama bin Laden, the Saudi terrorist responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed ...