THIS IS WHAT IT HAS COME TO
The sum of the ideas. Indeed. No post-game concert behind the Mountainlair Student Union? No “fun alternative” sensibly suggested by WVU faculty to help mellow-out the boozed-up adrenaline rush of the football game. Nothing to temper the campus.
No, the “sum of the ideas” is to cede the university and town, by lowering things to the level of a rough ballgame in getting increasingly rough and tough with students who the WVU administration label as the opposition:
A campus-wide, town-wide violent sporting contest. What could possibly go wrong?
Morgantown Mayor Jim Manilla said he has at least one idea for future games. “We need to make sure we have double the tear gas we had over the weekend,” Manilla said.
What could possibly go wrong?
Tear Gas U. Utter mismanagement.
It’s worth repeating:
The most sensible public comment and suggestion for immediate action came from Associate Professor in the School of Medicine Joe Prudhomme who suggested, as reported by the Dominion Post, “opening up the stadium and having the game shown on the large screen and then having a concert afterward for the students.” Prudhomme noted the painfully obvious: “There has to be a fun alternative.”
Clearly. And it would pay to think about why exactly there does have to be a fun alternative.
Because otherwise you are left with a boozed-up, smash-mouth atmosphere, in a kind of vacuum. Now why is that?
New Woodburn Community School 
November 19, 2012 at 10:16 pm
We have been discussing short and long term ideas. It’s on going. This article is not accurate. If anyone would like to discuss this I would be more then happy to. Our first responders were getting bottles and bricks thrown at them. My number and e-mail is on the cities website and I can attend any of your neighborhood meetings. Just let me know.
Jim Manilla
November 20, 2012 at 12:46 am
The article is entirely accurate. It is a report posted on October 11. You show no inaccuracies. There are none. More could be said.
December 18, 2012 at 10:05 pm
The article is correct. That’s not my point. As I said I’m willing to discuss this with anyone. I’m willing to listen to any ideas. You read the article and put it your own spin to it. Which is incorrect. My number is 216-8671. So far no one has contacted me. Anyone, please feel free to call.
December 19, 2012 at 2:03 pm
Look, the post here is correct. It is also accurate. What you apparently refer to as spin is the style, tone, implication, insinuation, and opinion of the post. Which are also bang on. You disagree. Fine. It’s clear. The post was not written to you. It was written to the public, who is the audience of the information, analysis, and opinion of this blog. That said, you are certainly free to explain yourself further here, if you wish, which you don’t seem to. So be it.