Since the loss of beloved Mountaineer Benjamin Pravecek, students have come forth with stories detailing how West Virginia University has let their mental health down.According to the WVU mission statement,
West Virginia Universityâs leadership is missing.
In recent days, the University has been quick to engage in posturing and misdirection, if anything at all. Since Benjamin Pravecek, a 20-year-old student, fell to his death on Friday afternoon, no statement came from either University President E. Gordon Gee or Provost Maryanne Reed, nor has there been any sort of updated plan for combating what many students consider a mental health crisis on campus.Â
The WVU police department says it does not believe that foul play was involved, pointing to the likelihood that Pravecek took matters into his own hands. While nobody can say for certain one way or the other, many feel as if the dots connect themselves. Thus, many people find that WVUâs issuing of a press release and a handful of social media posts is ineffective and far from enough to combat the broader issue of campus mental health challenges, especially during a pandemic.
A 20-year-old West Virginia University student is dead after falling from a parking garage on the Morgantown campus Friday afternoon. University police responded shortly after 12:30 p.m. Friday to the University Place garage for reports “that a person either fell or jumped from the parking garage and landed on the