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[edit] History

If the Girls Gone Wild thing gets a sentance in the article, is it worth mentioning that kid that talked about killing off all the gays in The Tartan? Preston 05:20, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't think B. Erskine (assuming you are referring to him) endorsed anything like that. Likewise, he is ignorant and partisan, don't bother mentioning him. I think the "Christ on Campus" cartoon controversy may be worth noting, however, as it brought in complaints/disgust from everywhere in the country, if I recall correctly. Weltanschauung 00:32, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I removed the obvious slam on Radford, it's drinking rate and it's STD rate BS --RUGrad

This article seems to be pretty accurate, other than the fairly recent entry of Dr. Clifton Jason Chalk as our first President from 1910-1911. Dr. John Preston McConnell was appointed by the very first Board of Visitors (Trustees) as Radford's first president. The Chalk entry is likely a spoof.

Please help us make this change.

137.45.166.14 13:15, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


Is this prose correct (copied from article):

As the 1960s began, Virginia began to desegregate its gender specific schools, and Virginia Tech began to admit men on its main campus.

Should it not read "women"?

Ronaldm07 05:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Radford seal.gif

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Radford seal.gif

Image:Radford seal.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 23:39, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Radford University basketball (men's)

The section titled "Radford University basketball (men's)" seems to be all about "Brad Greenberg" the coach. I don't think that is the point. This section should either be rewritten to actually focus on the team, or removed. - Nachmore (talk) 04:23, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, I've added a NPOV tag to the section. Much of the info would probably better served if it were moved to to the Brad Greenberg bio page, the text of which presently consists of only two sentences.--JayJasper (talk) 21:15, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

I think we should move this section to his bio page and focus on the athletic department as a whole. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Insenid (talk • contribs) 05:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Done. I have moved the content to the Greenberg bio page (with considerable trimming and tweaking).--JayJasper 21:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)