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Volume 1, Issue 5 10/4/12 - 10/10/12
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Moutaineer Myths Busted WVU staff wrote this
Couch burning, epic parties, I’m Schmacked; all reasons for parents to tear up their childrens’ applications to WVU and hope that their little angel forgets it existed. WVU is notorious for, and guilty of, quite a few of these unflattering qualities. Frankly, one of the draws to WVU is the party scene, and while there is always an abundance of drunk twenty-somethings crawling up and down High Street, the reality of life in Morgantown is exaggerated, much to the chagrin of every student who is forced to set foot in the library. The assumptions that exist about WVU are copious and vitiate the educational integrity of the institution, and while there is truth to the gossip, there are some myths that need to be busted. No One Studies: This is as ridiculous as it is insulting. There is a plethora of exhausted, intelligent, and driven students who pass up a night at Bent’s so they can kinda maybe hopefully pass their chemistry lab test the next morning. Sure, some especially crazed-looking students hanging around the library may be burnouts coming off an acid trip, but the library is open until 2 a.m. and there are students there until close every night. Well, not game days. Jersey Rules: Yes, there are many people who are from New Jersey that come to WVU, but downtown is not a high-end reenactment of The Jersey Shore meets Davy Crockett. Walks to class make it obvious that WVU hosts a huge foreign student population, as well as a multitude of residents from states far and wide. Unless the person in question is an awkward shade of orange and is doubling up on the North Face jackets in the summer, you can guarantee you won’t know a person from Jersey when you see one…unless you hear them mutter “gabbagoo” under their breath.
ends, but not everyone drinks themselves into a vomitcovered stupor before their 11 a.m. lecture.
Everyone’s Perpetually Plastered: “Oh you go to WVU, eh? Bet you party all the time.” Sure, right on, dude. Just because we receive attention for our out-of-control party scene, doesn’t mean that the students who are here to graduate actually partake in everynight antics. Domes are not hung over toilets on Tuesday mornings in the vain hope of making all the pain go away, they’re hung in shame when they wake up to news of couch burnings,. That’s not to say that the average student doesn’t indulge in some mind-numbing fun on week-
It’s Easy: WVU is an equal opportunity school, meaning it will give any decent student a chance at university life. However, there’s a 50% graduation rate; the people who stay long enough and endure much of the shit show deserve the diplomas they’ve earned. If WVU was easy, it wouldn’t be such a surprise when a person says, “I’m a graduating in four years from WVU.” The hoards of students who actually use the library’s computers for research and paper-writing would beg to differ with anyone who scoffs at the idea of WVU’s curriculum be-
top ten places to relax on campus between classes
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ing anything less than challenging. Plus, if debunked stereotypes are to be believed, students here have to overcome the temptations of alcohol, drugs, and ass on the daily in order to put their face in books, and that is an accomplishment in itself. Phew, that was exhausting, and those were the easy myths to dispel. Next time we look to take down the real beasts, like: “Geno Smith: did he really walk on water?” “Are there dragons in the basement of Mountainlair? It sure sounds like there’s dragons living in the basement of Mountainlair.” And “Your mom: did he really hit that?” Join The Black Sheep again, and soon.
from the streets
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Much of the list is places to eat because we want food always!
whats your hangover cure? ours is sex... and food!
we caught the mountaineer relieving himself in the woods! omgz!!
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