I had never been to WVU until Sunday, and I'm sad about that. It is a huge campus, but still gives you that small town West Virginia feel. The student center is insane. My favorite thing was the country flags suspended above the eating area. The main level resembles a food court at the mall. There is a 'grand staircase' that led to the small auditorium where the bands performed. 
The first band that played, Lights, was not my cup of tea. The singer seemed to be stuck in the 80s and insisted on putting her hand in the air at every chance she got. This was her 6th day on her first tour, but WVU's crowd was the best ever.
Cute is What We Aim for played next and the were awesome. I had been wanting to see them live since they came out a few years ago, and they did not disappoint. They played hits new and old including my favorite "The Curse of Curves" and ended their set with their first hit song "There is a Class for This".
Boys Like Girls took the stage around 9:30pm. Earlier in CIWWAF's set, myself and some others noticed the floor and light fixtures shaking violently. We figured it was just normal from the crowd and the music.
Boys Like Girls started off strong in their performance. But after about three songs, the house lights came on and the band informed the crowd that the weight of the crowd jumping and the bass from the music was too much for the floor to handle.
We were dangerously close to falling through the ceiling.
There were physics majors behind us who were actually calculating the amount of force it would take to break through the ceiling!
The band and the crowd were not happy at all. The show still went on, but it went on as an acoustic show. After the announcement a collective shouting of 'Bullshit" resonated throughout the crowd.
I love acoustic, but wasn't expecting to hear the rest of the show performed that way. The next six songs were performed by the lead singer and his guitar.
After a while he said, "We're going to stop embarrassing ourselves now, this is our last song." The show ended early, and left a lot of 12 year olds disappointed.
The performances were good, but the show as a whole was under par due to the near death circumstances.
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