#wvu

[theinquisitxor]

A firestorm starting on Twitter about the reports that West Virginia University (a major R1 university on the east coast) will be cutting programs— including the entire World Languages program. You wouldn’t even be able to take a Spanish class at WVU.

The president Gordon Gee is not liked, and has a bad reputation when it comes to leading universities. I really hope this doesn’t come to fruition, but it paints a bleak picture for the humanities + higher ed in general

[elwenyere]

"Gordon Gee plans to retire in 2025. I have no doubt his grandchildren will benefit from a private education similar to his own, consisting of a thorough liberal arts education with access to subjects now increasingly reserved for the elite, such as math and foreign languages. They will have their choice of careers in the arts, humanities, government, finance, security, diplomacy, business, or tech. Those who decide what is worth learning, what is worth teaching, what counts as a 'structural deficit,' will never bear the brunt of their own choices.

West Virginians, trapped in the clutches of economic hardship, find themselves mercilessly shackled to a state most can ill afford to abandon, left to suffer the full weight of the WVU administration’s harrowing decisions. We will learn only subjects aligned with the preferences of the rich, driven by their financial motivations. We will work for the oligarchs for the rest of our lives, just like our parents and our grandparents did for the global coal industry. We will continue to amass inconceivable riches for the nation’s privileged elite until our last breath, and we will find our resting place in unadorned cardboard coffins beneath West Virginia soil.

And those condemned to languish within the husk of WVU, who would excel within a capacious and intellectually coherent university, will only find it harder and harder to access avenues of social and economic mobility."

[matty-hatter]

My Gideon cosplay won 2nd place at a Scott Pilgrim party! I got cool prizes.

[phelpsspeedos]

[lookninjas]

WVU is considering eliminating several departments, including their world languages departments. Please sign and share the petition if you can.

[asheimmortal]

GoFund.me/bbadceea Please help my aunt keep my mother's house. My mom would have been 66 on Monday, Feb 12th if not for being prescribed hydroxyzine! It takes paying a lawyer to inherit a fully paid off house. My mom lived in that house for 40 years. Please help us keep it in the family.

[007-fighting-wrestling]

Go, West Virginia

[waybackwanderer]

West Virginia University WWW Server Jun 1997 Archived Web Page 🧩

[wastehound-voof]

Yoooo the crowd loudly chanting "EAT SHIT PITT" live on ABC network television.

(Watching Pitt at WVU. Mountaineers winning.)

[paulsebert]

WVU has had female mountaineers before but this one is rather menacing.

[superallornothin]

Hey it’s been awhile

[matty-hatter]

The stairwell to the music practice rooms is very liminal....

[ftwww-13]

Call to action!

If you don’t mind taking 1-2 min to sign a petition, please do!

Help WVU international students flourish!!!

[beautifulballers]

WVU Soccer Beauty @dilarybeltran 😍😍😍⚽️⚽️⚽️🔥🔥🔥 #soccer #futbol #wvu #beautifulballer #beautifulballers #swipeleft https://www.instagram.com/p/CgsmKMJMPyz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=