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It’s the honor of a lifetime to officially file to run for District 2 in the West Virginia House of Delegates, spanning across Hancock and Brooke counties.
West Virginia has & always will be my home, and there’s nowhere else I’d rather embark on this journey! 💛⛰️💙
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*record scratch*
*freeze frame*
Yup, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.
#WVUMistake
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It’s not “WVU” making this statement. It’s the WVU Board of Governors.
Not the students. Not the faculty. Not the staff.
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“We want to grow tourism in West Virginia!”
*cuts degree in recreation, parks, and tourism resources*
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when ur dating young u gotta understand ur significant other is still growing, so are you, so just learn to forgive and continue to love
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170 candles, each representing 100 students on WVU’s campus that have or will be sexually harassed/assaulted. 17,000 students- myself included.
I won’t stop fighting until the last candle goes out 🤍
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Hopefully you’re not looking for the best graduate program in higher education administration, mathematics, collaborative piano, composition, jazz pedagogy, acting, landscape architecture, creative writing, legal studies, public administration, linguistics, or TESOL.
Are you looking to find the BEST graduate program for you?
Check out our online database to see what WVU has to offer:
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Unreal.
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We’re emotional because we’re fully aware of how you’re driving this school and state that we love into the ground for a profit. You’ll never have empathy for what you’re doing.
Calling your students misinformed isn’t going to fix your mistakes and mismanagement either.
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most people don't want to hear this, but relationships that last involve a lot of forgiveness. u have to accept the fact that your partner isn't perfect & might hurt u, upset u, disappoint u. u just have to decide if you're willing to go through everything w them or not
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Tired of seeing Nazi propaganda on our campus? Call WVU University Relations at 304-293-3990! And keep calling over the next three days.
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Coming out as queer in West Virginia required a long time of building confidence, and there was no set of directions that came with it. That’s why this Pride month I’m partnering with IKEA-
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for everyone out there- WVU students and other- know you are not alone. my phone and dms are always open, whether we’ve spoken before or not. this world needs you in it 🤍
WVU Police are on the scene at University Place after reports that a person either fell or jumped from the parking garage and landed on the sidewalk below. No additional information is available at this time. People are asked to avoid the area as officers continue to investigate.
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It turns out that Eberly Dean Dunaway and Davis Dean Donahue (two colleges facing major cuts) may have not been invited to speak because they wouldn’t speak in full support of the academic transformation.
Where is the dean of Eberly—the largest college facing some of the worst cuts?
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How many R1 institutes offer no graduate programs in mathematics and no majors in languages?
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There’s no other way to say it:
West Virginia University is pushing out and silencing the students, faculty, staff, and alumni who have demonstrated their love for this institution and the state time and time again—for the sole purpose of the admin maintaining wealth and power.
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That’s me 🩷
@johannawinant
@ARoseCasey
@Dr_JessieW
@wvunitedsu
@dannytotz
First gen college student and 8th gen WVian: "please don't make me feel embarrassed to say I go here"
#SaveWVU
#StopTheCuts
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In my junior year of high school, we protested with the teachers.
And now, as a college senior, we are standing with the professors.
We’re not giving up on education, and neither should you.
In-state WVU undergrads were in 8th-11th grade during the 2018 teacher strike.
Nothing is ever new in WV, but it seems like some of these kids took notes, and I love to see it.
#WalkoutWVU
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@wvunitedsu
is out here in a tunnel cheering the faculty on as they come out!! ♥️✊🏼
797-100. Don’t forget it!
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For reference, Knapp Hall is on WVU’s campus. 1993 Water Street is where someone was shot last night at 7:25pm.
No emergency alert was sent to students, faculty, or staff.
Morgantown Police responded to a shots fired situation tonight (9/20). MPD is investigating the off-campus incident.
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A WVU with more mental health resources.
With a sustainable future.
That highlights queer students.
That respects BIPOC students.
With scholarships for enrolled students.
That brings justice to sexual assault survivors.
This is what you’re voting for when you vote Beyond.
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This statement is coming from one of the most vocally-active groups against the math cuts.
This is dystopian for admin to not only silence us, but to push us into agreement.
If it wasn’t evident before, it is now: this is about a lot more than making up for a budget deficit.
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There’s something about seeing this in my hometown newspaper that hits different than in anywhere else 🥹
Weirton native Olivia Dowler is among five students announced by West Virginia University as 2023 Mountaineers of Distinction, an honor recognizing exemplary academic achievement and extracurricular involvement.
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I should be in class right now. Instead, I’m begging the WVLEG to not pass a bill that could lead to more deaths from suicide, domestic violence, accidental misfire, etc. Please, don’t contribute to us being the next headline in the news detailing a mass shooting.
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it’s ok to cry & it’s ok to be sad. it’s ok to miss them & ok to wish u did something different. but never blame yourself for how things turned out. never tell yourself u can’t do better & never tell yourself this is the end of the road. it’s ok to fall but never ok to stay down
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I see you, I hear you, I believe you, and I stand with you.
Around a dozen students have shared their experiences getting raped or sexually assaulted while at WVU. Some say this is the first time they’re talking about it.
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I’ve never had Lisa for a class, but she’s still had such a profound impact on my life. This is a loss for not only WVU, but West Virginia and higher education as a whole.
And just like that, my beloved job at my alma mater will officially end on May 9, 2024. The meeting took 11 minutes, 22 seconds.
#WVUmistake
#academicdecimation
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It’s such a low blow to not only discontinue/downsize programs, but even more so to threaten departments into silence for fear of what worse could come.
Especially when 19 out of 25 appeals have already been submitted.
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FREE concert with all your new friends. Your
#WVU
Student ID is your ticket 🎫 See you there! 🎙️🎶🎸
🗓️Tuesday (8/16)
⏰5:45 p.m.
📍Evansdale Rec Fields
#studentlife
#music
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I’m embarrassed to call you my delegate.
This week, Del. Patrick McGeehan criticized business leaders in West Virginia for supporting LGBTQ equality. He said it's "insane" that some businesses participate in Pride events.
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These cuts are going to cause a decline in mental health and an increase in suicidal ideation because people won’t have the same opportunities that we do now.
I can’t raise a family here knowing that my children won’t be afforded the same opportunities that I have been.
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I need more friends in my life!!!! I’m down for girls nights, going out to eat, studying, seeing movies, volunteering, facetimes, literally anything so hmu if you want to hang out!!
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@Jeopardy
Ryan is my quizbowl president at WVU. one of the most kindhearted people I have ever met with such a love for trivia ❤️
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It’s interesting to say that WVU has legislative freedom after we just got forced by the legislature to allow campus carry.
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“This was not an easy decision…but we believe it’s the right one.”
There’s an attempt to say that WLLL isn’t productive because they offer “too many subsidized graduate programs and stipends.”
Because of course, why would a land grant aim to provide an affordable education?
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Truthfully, I didn’t know if I would make it past high school.
Today and every day, I am so grateful I did.
Olivia Dowler is an Honors sophomore triple-majoring in history, Spanish, and philosophy. Olivia works as a New Student Orientation leader and a tour guide. In her free time, she enjoys volunteering, watching Netflix and eating Mexican food.
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To first-gen students, high-achievers advised that staying in WV is wasted potential, LGBTQ+ youth in the state, and students at Weir High:
Embrace your roots and your identity without reservation. You don’t have to leave the state to change the world! 💛💙🏔️
Congratulations to our Mountaineers of Distinction winners! From left: Natalie Wonsettler, Sophia Flower, Rachel Johnson, Thomas Williams and Olivia Dowler.
Read more:
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Thank you so much to
@RyanEQuinn
for your incredible, honest coverage about everything going on at WVU ♥️
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This campus has become Sohan and I’s home, and our fellow mountaineers have become our family.
This year will hold its unique ups and downs, and we hope to go through them together- as peers, as family, and with the intention to be your next Student Body President and Vice.
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some signs visible as speakers address the BOG: "We are paying attention" and "This isn't the WVU that I fell in love with."
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Rest In Peace to the all who will die from unsafe abortions because they have no other choice.
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is it a universal experience that every prt ride is dead silent the entire way or does this just happen to me
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It is an honor to officially announce my intentions to run for Student Body President alongside Maria Amores!
I truly believe that we rise by lifting others. We look forward to hearing what you have to say and to working tirelessly to ensure every student feels welcome at WVU!
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Read about these 5 instructors. Read their stories. Remember that they are people—people with children, brothers, sisters, mothers. People who have fought tooth and nail for students to feel proud in their Appalachian identity and to work against the stereotypes of WV.
NEW — From Appalachian Studies to Russian to jazz: Meet 5 professors WVU is losing amid cutbacks, by
@mirrabellala
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Can’t wait! 💛💙
Say hello to Olivia Dowler! Olivia is a WVU Sophomore studying History and Spanish. Her talk will discuss identity, and the idea that oneself is the one individual who can define their personal identity.
#IfNotUsWho
#TEDxWVU2021
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Sometimes when I’m feeling frustrated I remember that this is a real photo that was taken of the West Virginia Legislature.
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This is beyond disappointing. It’s ridiculous and embarrassing to have a (land-grant) university that contains no Language Departments. Where will people have an accessible opportunity to study languages and develop cultural awareness?
It certainly won’t be at WVU.
The Department of World Languages at
#WVU
is recommended for dissolution, eliminating ALL programs, grad and undergrad, and reducing faculty to ZERO.
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Where is the dean of Eberly—the largest college facing some of the worst cuts?
Deans from various WVU colleges were invited to speak -- Business & Economics, Applied Human Sciences, Creative Arts, Reed College of Media, Health Sciences.
Would love to hear if any other colleges/programs facing cut were invited, including math or foreign languages?
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It’s unfathomable for WVU to eliminate a program like Russian at a time when Russia and Ukraine are quite literally at war.
It feels almost retaliatory towards the department’s refusal to remain silent.
Even with this decision, we won’t stop fighting for
@WVU_Worldlang
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hey, that’s me! 🤓
@Jeopardy
👋 Meet Oliva Dowler from Weirton, WV.
She's really into Jeopardy! 😎
"West Virginia University truly is a university with limitless opportunities — an R1 research institution, a land-grant school, a community of diverse students." 💛💙
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how am I supposed to study for finals when I might be losing my bodily autonomy
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Check out my first publication if you get the chance!
For college sophomore Olivia Dowler, almost every year of her youth was marked by a setback for
#queer
Appalachians. Now, she says, she’s holding out hope for change.
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Remember that if you’re not Native American, it isn’t up to you to decide what is and isn’t offensive regarding this. Proud of my high school alma mater for this decision ❤️🖤
BREAKING: Weir High is moving on from its Red Rider logo. The school has begun removing it throughout all facilities, as well as requesting it no longer be used on school and booster images, apparel, etc.
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The vast majority of us are much closer to being unhoused than we are to being billionaires. Let’s start helping our neighbors instead of hurting them.
Access to housing is a human right.
This morning's commentary: Monongalia County's practical panhandle ordinance
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I hope they’ll remember me when it comes time to vote on SB 10. I hope when they’re celebrating the furthering of their agenda that I cross their minds.
I hope they think of me when they are voted out of office in 2024. And God, I hope they remember me one day when I am voted in.
Op-ed by Olivia Dowler | "It is selfish for the West Virginia Legislature to ignore the countless pleas of students, faculty, staff, administrators and parents. It is ignorant not to believe the data between firearms and mental health."
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Good thing we have an M.A. in Linguistics! Oh wait…
"...linguistic style is a set of culturally learned signals by which we not only communicate what we mean but also interpret others’ meaning and evaluate one another as people."
#communication
#leadership
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It was announced just yesterday that West Virginia is the only state that had an increase in child poverty in 2022.
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if reincarnation is real i hope i come back as a duck in a reflecting pool in DC
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really disappointed in how the Olympics hold Black women to an entirely different standard than everyone else
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if two people are meant to be together, they'll always find their way back
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keeping Demi Lovato in my thoughts. dealing with mental illness and with recovery will never be an easy journey or an easy path. things get tough and relapse happens. fame and money aren’t substitutes for happiness
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there comes a time to walk away from all the drama and the people who create it. surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. life is too short to be anything but happy
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One with more aid for veterans.
More parking.
More food options all around.
More spaces for non-traditional students.
More help for suicidal students.
More support for organizations.
More transparency.
Vote Beyond.
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if you have to break down others to build up yourself, I have no respect for you. stepping on and belittling others only makes you smaller.
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Dr. Rafa Osuna Montanez. Mariela Zayas. Dr. Geoff Georgi. Dr. David Hoinski. Dr. Ariane Nomikos. Dr. Devin Smart. Dr. Daniel Miller. Dr. Austin McCoy. Dr. Hal Gorby. Dr. Katy Ferrari. Dr. James Siekmeier. Dr. C Atkins
Life-changing profs, most in Spanish, Philosophy, and History
Do you value the contribution of WVU faculty to your thinking? Do you ever cite them? Then don’t just EXTRACT.
SUPPORT them. Say out loud that you value what they’ve done for your thinking, teaching, & identity.
Because right now, WVU is insisting that they are disposable.
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this is revolting. you cannot ban sex ed and simultaneously expect abortions to decrease, sexual assaults to decrease, or STI rates to decrease. you most certainly can expect the number of young people leaving WV to increase though. do better west virginia legislature.
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Yeah…because having five faculty and not even definitive minors is the solution…
#WVU
recommends teaching some basic Chinese and Spanish classes but cutting everything else. No majors.
#WVUmistake
WVU announces final recommendations for several academic programs under review | WVU Today | West Virginia University
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Hopefully you don’t need any academic support in world languages
If you need academic support, did you know we offer tutoring, success coaching, student workshops, mentoring, and academic strategies?
Learn more here 👉
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Different topic than the past few days:
Finally experienced that scene from the movies where the main character literally has to run through campus to avoid missing an important exam
Anyways, vote Beyond
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Disrespectfully, fuck you. Get up off your ass, and do SOMETHING that actually helps West Virginians.
I wanted so, so badly to forever call West Virginia home. But Almost Heaven is on a downward spiral to Almost Hell.
I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision today in WV v. EPA.
This ruling in favor of WV will stop unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. from being able to unilaterally decarbonize our economy just because they feel like it.
Read my full statement ���️
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this is heartbreaking...
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almost heaven! 💛💙 and the GREATEST summer job
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beyond amazed that she is a weir high alum...keep repping WV the way that you do Shan!! ❤️❤️
@shancawleywvu
"My body is not up for the judgment or discretion of men — especially those who claim to be a voice for their citizens.
...We as survivors will stand against our abusers. I believe her. I believe you...I will turn my shame into power" —Shannon from West Virginia
#NoJusticeNoSeat
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being around people who make you genuinely happy really opens your eyes to the people who don’t
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take chances, take a lot of them. because honestly, no matter where you end up and with whom, it always ends up the way it should be. your mistakes make you who you are. you learn and grow with every choice you make. everything is worth it.
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