The Concordian

     Athens and Concord community members - particularly female students living in campus dormitories - let out a sigh of relief earlier this month after almost a decade of repeatedly receiving sexually explicit phone calls in their dorm rooms. Registered sex offender Robert Curtis Shumate was arrested on March 3rd after the Concord University Police Department obtained arrest and search warrants for the registered sex offender and a West Virginia State Trooper arrested Shumate when he reported to their headquarters.… Post the First Comment

     Twenty students from Concord University attended Higher Education Day in Charleston to discuss their views on educational issues last Friday, March 20. Bill Lewis, committee of the higher education committee and action coordinator helped everyone prepare for the day in Charleston.… Post the First Comment

     Over 3.5 million Americans experience homelessness in any given year and out of those Americans, over a third, about 1.3 million of those homeless are children. Those were just a couple of the numbers presented last Tuesday during the Faces of Homelessness presentation in the CU Student Center Stateroom, but the real eye openers of the night were the stories of Mr. Allen Banks and Mr. Frank Mearns.… 5 Comments

     Kati Whittaker, Director of Alumni Relations at Concord, organized the 21st Annual Phone-a-thon to raise funds for student scholarships and library funding. The phone-a-thon was held February 15 - March 5, 2009 and again from March 22 - 23, 2009 in the Subway Sides, from 6-8:30 p.m. and over $30,000 was raised. … Post the First Comment

     The Student Government Administration is undertaking a long-awaited initiative to change the current visitation policy to expand the hours of visitation. Originally lobbying for full, open 24-hour visitation of students between male and female dormitories, the policy changed to expand the visitation policy by which students currently abide.… Post the First Comment