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West Virginia University: Couch burning

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Mountaineers fans love burning couches after big wins — so much that Morgantown has spent years trying to end the tradition. In 2005, fire officials ordered that “all upholstered furniture, debris and flammable objects” be removed from porches in student neighborhoods. Six years later, Morganton made couch burning a felony. That hasn’t stopped Mountaineers fans.

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