I'm a journalist and layout designer in my last year at West Virginia University.
This is a collection of my works. For my full resume and biographical information, contact me through the social media linked below.
Thanks for visiting!
Bryan Bumgardner
Journalist / Layout Designer
Morgantown, WVa / New York, NY
I'm a journalist and layout designer in my last year at West Virginia University.
This is a collection of my works. For my full resume and biographical information, contact me through the social media linked below.
Thanks for visiting!
I’m in Morgantown’s infamous Sunnyside neighborhood, watching dozens of college-aged revelers cram into a house party. Dance music pulses from the front door as partygoers spill out onto the street, laughing and conversing with no regard for open container laws. Less than a month earlier, students and police clashed on this street following WVU’s win over Texas. Couches were burned, bottles were thrown and people were arrested in a celebratory riot, a persistent tradition at WVU.
But is it really a tradition? Who burned the first couch, and how did it become a recognizable part of WVU culture?