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Article: DAILY ATHENAEUM STUDENT COLUMN PICKED UP BY BBC WORLD SERVICE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 19, 2007
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West Virginia University issued the following news release:
West Virginia University Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism sophomore David Ryan's editorial in The Daily Athenaeum received mention on BBC's "World Update" Monday (March 19).
Ryan, from Duck, W.Va., wrote the editorial, "Four years of war has been more than enough," in response to the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war, but never expected it to get international attention.
"I have tremendous respect for the BBC and the organization that it is, and it was surreal to hear my words on it," he said.
Ryan, who has been working at the student newspaper as a columnist since October 2006, said he decided to write the column because ...