WVU administration’s stand on bill appalling
WVU’s administration must forcefully ally itself with WVU faculty and students to act decisively to stop the campus carry bill (HB 2519): WVU should move to curtail the nationally renowned football and basketball seasons until loaded lethal weapons — killing machines — are banned from college classrooms, dining halls, residence halls and campus-wide.
WVU’s administration possesses big weapons. It needs to use them to stop the insanity of loaded lethal weapons in classrooms.
It remains disgusting and derelict that the full force of WVU has not been summoned to quash the obscenity of loaded lethal weapons — killing machines — in classrooms.
WVU’s Rob Alsop, vice president for strategic initiatives, foolishly and wrongly states that WVU is not united on this issue, and that it would be a “disaster” if WVU could not host NCAA sports events, which his exemptions in the bill are protecting; the “most sensitive” areas, as Alsop calls them.
Yes, sensitive to the Athletic Department’s budget. The real disaster is putting killing machines in college classrooms. In dining halls. In residence halls. Anywhere on campus.
The leadership of WVU in regard to this bill has been atrocious, to put it mildly.
Alsop’s resignation should be demanded, as a matter of course. And not his alone. The lethargy, incompetence, and basic acquiescence of WVU’s administration remains appalling and inexcusable. It stands in stark contrast to the energy, the integrity, and the actions of the WVU faculty and students in opposing the legalization of loaded lethal weapons in classrooms and all across campus.
— Tony Christini,
Morgantown
Virginia student doing class project on W.Va.
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Why no consequences for teachers’ walkout?
As you know, the state Board of Education is responsible for assuring education is provided to all K-12 students.
The recent non-essential shutdown of schools was both contradictory and a violation of its duties.
This act should be declared unlawful. This invented loophole of theirs cannot permit nor excuse a wildcat picket line — an actual “strike” by teachers is unlawful in West Virginia. This walkout was a slap in the face of voters, too.
Last year, teachers’ union members disrupted our lawmakers while in session. As in any crowd, it is always the few who become disrespectful. A sign needs erected for visitors to maintain the same respect in the state Capitol as being present in a court of law when proceedings are convened.
The main question is: Why have a law that is defiantly violated while there is no repercussions for violators?
It appears the only ones who got a handle on the recent walkout live in Putnam County.
On another subject, many cheers for Delegate Rodney Pyles and others who support returning the teaching of cursive in the classrooms. Does anyone know the lame brain to thank for abolishing it in the first place?
— Carl W. Sypolt
Terra Alta
