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“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape.” – Andrew Wyeth
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Breakfast Beer
The drink that paired with the meal at the First Thanksgiving was very likely beer. Neither coffee nor tea had arrived in England until nearly a half-century later. Left untold to following generations of school children was that beer was safer than water and has since remained a social lubricant.
Five turkey tips for first-time Thanksgiving chefs
Ohio State Meat Scientist Lyda Garcia answers five common questions about turkey preparation.
Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”
Our Town is a 1938 metatheatrical three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder that tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written", the play remains popular today and revivals are frequent in all American education communities.
Parking Lot Striping Standards
President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law on July 26, 1990.
Quadrivium: Autumn
Educational settlements are where people come to feel at home in beautiful surroundings. The catalog that informs the safety and sustainability of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 16:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Standard for Parking Structures
Parking -- the lack of it; the cost of it -- has always been an emotional issue in education communities. When other occupancy classes merge with parking facilities, electric vehicle battery fires present another order of magnitude of risk. Comments on the 2027 Edition will be received through the NFPA's NITMAM's process until March 31, 2026.
Campus Rail Transit
With complicated boondoggle claims since the 1970s, West Virginia University's Personal Rapid Transit car travels 9 minutes to connect the three Morgantown campuses of West Virginia University and the city's downtown area. It would not have happened unless Senator Robert C. Byrd (a respected Constituionalist and disrespeced Exalted Cyclops of the local Ku Kux Klan) secured federal funding; in years hence providing a study unit for advanced campus mobility systems. None have been built since.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. Public comment on proposed changes will be received until March 24th. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026).