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NEWS
WLU Students Say No to ICE at Campus Protest
WLU Students Say No to ICE at Campus Protest
Willow Elliott • October 7, 2025

WEST LIBERTY– On the evening of September 19th, WLU Students For Democracy (SFD) exercised their First Amendment right to peacefully assemble...

Willow Peyton paints the "new name" of the farm.
Hilltop Players Head into Tech Week for Animal Farm
October 4, 2025
Ask A Farmer: September Edition – Seasonal Foraging
Ask A Farmer: September Edition – Seasonal Foraging
October 3, 2025
West Liberty Alumni Spotlight- Grant Coleman
West Liberty Alumni Spotlight- Grant Coleman
October 3, 2025
Every Choir is Unique: Inside the WLU Choir
Every Choir is Unique: Inside the WLU Choir
October 2, 2025
SPORTS
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West Liberty Intramural Flag Football Will Make A Comeback
Vinnie Parke • October 1, 2025

WEST LIBERTY, WV - The Grade Assistant for Intramurals this year is Haden Derrow. In an interview with Derrow, I asked him to bring me up to...

Alston Named Hilltopper of the Week
Alston Named Hilltopper of the Week
October 1, 2025
West Liberty Golf Teams Travel for Conference Championship
West Liberty Golf Teams Travel for Conference Championship
October 1, 2025
Nolan Shimp (38) & Grant Thompson (99)
West Liberty Football Looks Ahead to its Hall of Fame Day
September 30, 2025
The Longest Rally: Grace Yoder’s Recovery from an ACL and Meniscus Tear
The Longest Rally: Grace Yoder’s Recovery from an ACL and Meniscus Tear
September 29, 2025
CULTURE
Ask A Farmer: September Edition – Seasonal Foraging
Ask A Farmer: September Edition – Seasonal Foraging
Joseph Farmer • October 3, 2025

WEST LIBERTY, WV- It’s September: a magical time here in the Mountain State where the breeze blows a little cooler, leaves pattern the roads...

West Liberty Alumni Spotlight- Grant Coleman
West Liberty Alumni Spotlight- Grant Coleman
October 3, 2025
Every Choir is Unique: Inside the WLU Choir
Every Choir is Unique: Inside the WLU Choir
October 2, 2025
This anonymous junior WLU student uses Yik Yak to crack jokes.
‘Who’s throwing what?’: When Yik Yak Becomes Campus Culture
October 2, 2025
The Nutting Gallery Opens with Kelsey Nolin’s Organic Photography
The Nutting Gallery Opens with Kelsey Nolin’s Organic Photography
October 2, 2025
OPINION
Footnotes: an Album Review of "Life of a Showgirl" by Taylor Swift
Footnotes: an Album Review of “Life of a Showgirl” by Taylor Swift
Matty Lamp, Editor in Chief • October 16, 2025

  Hello, and welcome back to "Footnotes," a monthly album review column hosted exclusively on The Trumpet’s website!   My...

Theatrical release poster
Hilltop Movie Reviews: Halloween Edition
October 4, 2025
Illustration by Rayane Jebahi
Hilltop Horoscope: October 2025
September 29, 2025
Close-up of bumblebee on small pink flowers
WLU Photo Club’s September Photo Walk: a Gallery
September 25, 2025
Footnotes: an Album Review of “Man's Best Friend” by Sabrina Carpenter
Footnotes: an Album Review of “Man’s Best Friend” by Sabrina Carpenter
September 15, 2025
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