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[edit] sports

Almost two-thirds of this article is about sports, most of it just boosterism or the reporting of the non-exceptional (the school has a band, so does 99% of schools) as exceptional. This is dis-similar from other similar school's entries. --SamC 15:51, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

True, there is a lot about sports here. But let me make a comment about the band, one of 24 in the nation to have won the Sudler Trophy, sometimes referred to as the "Heisman Trophy for Bands". That makes the WVU Band rather exceptional. And if you look at the entries for other universities that have been awarded the Sudler, roughly a quarter mention their band. --J5cochran 21:27, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Joni Mitchell

I'm not so sure Joni Mitchell went to WVU; I'm having trouble verifying that story have been for years. It is generally accepted that Morning Morgantown was written about Morgantown, WV, although proof of that is also extremely hard to find.

I believe you are correct. Everywhere I have looked, I have only been able to find her as a student at Alberta College of Art in Calgary. I'm not sure who added her to the alumni list on the page, but I am going to remove her for now, at least for the time being unless someone can show some proof of her attending WVU. --ScottyBoy900Q∞ 17:25, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Fires

Can someone familiar with the subject please write a small section on the university's students' history of setting fires in Morgantown after big wins? I only know that much. Although it may not be flattering, it is worth mentioning from a Good, Neutral POV. Perhaps a history of the worst riots. Zellin 23:40, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)

  • I added a bit of this to the article. --ScottyBoy900Q∞ 06:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

As a current WVU student, I know that sofas have been set fire in the past after winning football and basketball games against rival schools in the past. However, the police have really cracked down on this practice after a woman's car that was too close to a sofa exploded. Now, anyone who leaves a piece of furniture on his or her front porch is fined and must remove it. There haven't been any sofas burned this or last year. I'm no good at editing articles, especially since I can't find any mention of sofa burning on this page, but here's a link to a USA Today article about the situation for anyone who wants to add. [1] Sailorknightwing 15:52, 16 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] proposed merger of fight song

I proposed the merger of Hail, West Virginia, b/c I don't think the song is significant enough to be discussed outside this page. I'd suggest merging just the description into this page somewhere and providing an external link for the lyrics, then changing the old page to a redirect.--Chaser T 04:35, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

No one has commented in two weeks, so I'm merging.--Chaser T 02:00, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] motto translation

Anyone have any idea what the translation of the motto in WVU's official seal (inner ring) is? I can't find it anywhere on their website. --Bobak 18:26, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

  • The motto in the inner circle is Greek and translates to "Add to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledge" (from 2 Peter 1:5). The outer circle in Latin translates to "Seal of the West Virginia University Established 7 February 1867." --ScottyBoy900Q 12:41, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notable Alumni

Does anyone else think the "Notable Alumni" section is a bit out of control? Instead of listing every possible person I think we need to de-list some of these people or make up a new article. Listing every possible person doesn't seem appropriate to me and most of these people don't seem "notable" enough to warrant them being listed here. Thoughts? --ScottyBoy900Q 04:44, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Djwvu 01:47, 21 January 2007 (UTC) I made an article titled "Notable Alumni of West Virginia University", the problem is I'm too much of a novice with editing stuff on Wikipedia to link it. --User:DJWVU

You did fine with it :). I was about ready to take care of that myself. Whammies Were Here (PYLrulz) 05:53, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia section deleted

I boldly removed the trivia section as it was completely unnecessary and riddled with citation tags. Anybody wishing to save the information (the most worthwhile piece is already in the Jerry West article should find a citation for whatever he/she/its wishes to save... and then incorporate it in one of the existing sections, rather than bucking the Wikipedia anti-trivia section trend). 147.70.242.40 00:32, 6 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] PRT photos

I think the article Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit could use some more images. (SEWilco 16:01, 4 September 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Mascot

Didn't the Mountaineer manage to vaporize his index finger with that "rifle" after a touchdown back around 1970? --NameThatWorks (talk) 19:51, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Additions to "History" section

If sources are not provided for the as yet unsourced additions to the "History" section, those additions will be deleted. Sources should not be self-published, i.e., please no more links to WVU web site pages. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 16:57, 28 May 2008 (UTC)