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Ruth Ann Musick

Ruth Ann Musick

Ruth Ann Musick

Ruth Ann Musick, born in 1897, was an influential folklorist and educator at Fairmont State. She founded the West Virginia Folklore Journal and dedicated her life to preserving the state's cultural heritage. Her works are archived in the Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center, and the Fairmont State library was renamed in her honor in 1980.

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Finley Peter Dunne

  • "The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here."
  • "Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable."
  • "Don't jump on a man unless he is down."
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Union workers watch as President Biden kicks off his Investing in America tour in 2023 at Wolfspeed, a semiconductor manufacturer in Durham, N.C. Manufacturing in the United States is growing, due to concerns about the supply chain and global unrest as well as government subsidies and tariffs, but some question whether this trend is sustainable and worth the investment. (Getty Images/Melissa Sue Gerrits)

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Octavia Butler

Octavia Butler: Power and Diversity

"When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing."

  • "I began writing about power because I had so little."
  • "Drowning people sometimes die fighting their rescuers."
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"Butler signing a copy of Fledgling in 2005" by Nikolas Coukouma, used under CC BY-SA 2.5 / Cropped and resized from original

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egg hunt prize winners

Congratulations to our egg hunt winners!

Congratulations to our egg hunt winners! We loved seeing all the students searching high and low for our hidden eggs. Take a look at the smiling faces of our six winners who scored some sweet prizes.

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