Monday, June 2, 2008

WVU scandal

For anyone who has kept up on Mountaineer news the past couple months, scandal is alive and well. I am refering to Heather Bresch, the daughter of our wonderfully corrupt govenor, Joe Manchin, who was falsely awarded an eMBA. Here is the run down:
Bresch gets a job at Mylan (the evil drug company that controls all in WV).
Bresch decides to get her eMBA way back in 1998.
Bresch moves up to vice president of Mylan in Pittsburgh, 2007. A Pittsburgh newspaper decides to write a nice article about her and her accomplishments. The paper calls WVU for varification of her eMBA. WVU has no record of this, aka, she did not earn her eMBA.
Well, soon the big wigs hear of this "misunderstanding" and hold a quick meeting to decide if she earned the degree or not. They say something to the effect of the decision could have gone either way, the flip of a coin. They decide that yes she did earn the degree.
Some unpleasant things come to light about Ms. Bresch: the financial aid office has no record of her paying tuition. She only completed 22 of 48 hours. Most credit hours were "work experience". Oh, poor Ms. Bresch.
Another panel is held to determine if she really did earn her eMBA. This time the judges are brought in from out of state. The panel determines NO eMBA for Bresch!!
Unfortunately, the consequences for those original people who awarded her with the eMBA, most of them friends with Bresch or Mylan or Manchin, have been few and far between. Two members have stepped down from leadership positions, but still get to keep their salaries and teaching jobs. WVU President Garrison has come off scott free, although everyone is screaming get rid of him! Did I mention Garrison is a family friend and former business associate of Bresch? Yeah, they are good buds. Anyway, the purpose of this post is to let everyone know about a new organization, Mountaineers for Integrity and Responsibility, which is actively letting the world know how much they love WVU and want justice restored (certain leaders to go...). The chairman is someone I highly respect, physics prof Boyd Edwards. I encourage everyone to head to the website and sign the petition!!
http://www.wvumir.org/index.html

Update: Garrison resigned June 6th. Good for him. We'll see what happens next!
Next Update: Garrison gets to keep his salary for the next three years as part of his contract. He also gets to stay director of this new, useless WVU committee he just formed, so he will still be around. Basically, he gets to keep his job and salary, just not the title and free house that comes with it. Please, WVU, do not pick another lawyer as president. Instead of being the liar and corrupt leader he is, he has become a martyr somehow...

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