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| tubularbills |
Not sure if anyone heard about this...it was on CNN for awhile...
Be it hard to imagine a riot in the middle of Iowa, it happened about 2 weeks ago during Iowa State University's annual VEISHEA celebration. VEISHEA is a dry event [sad day], but most people just go off campus for booze.
Well anyways, police were sent to a party that was going on in the streets [some 300-400 people] and sure enough as the party got busted and torn up, all the drunks went berserk and headed towards CampusTown [area where all the bars are at and other nightlife and food].
around $45k was done in damage [broken windows, flaming dumpsters of garbage, etc...].
Anyone else's school ever have such an event? [more information here:http://www.theiowachannel.com/news/3016059/detail.html]
ironically enough, about a week later, ISU Pres. Geoffrey decided to cancel VEISHEA for next year. |
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| Boomer187 |
Michigan State University, basketball.
beat that. |
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| enferno |
long story short, one october we got half the school to fight the other half, almost literally. we had about 2500 people at our hs, and about 800 vs. 800
all because of me, my friend, and a paintballgun haloween night |
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| beema |
I went to some VA Tech rally the night before their game against LSU. It turned into a big ugly shouting match in the streets, pretty soon they chased the LSU people out of town and started getting rowdy and jumping on cars and . They called the riot police in eventually and started busting heads.
lol |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by beema
They called the riot police in eventually and started busting heads.
lol |
yup. riot police were here too. they were using mace and pepper spray until they ran out, then started up with the tear gas bombs....
| quote: | Michigan State University, basketball.
beat that. |
yes, can't compare to that at all. but still....it's the middle of freakin' Iowa! we're surrounded by 100s of miles of corn! lol. |
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| th0m |
| We had some riots a couple of years ago here at JMU during a blockparty. Some cars got set on fire I think. Now there's supposedly tighter police force, but its usually only when there are blockparties. |
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| Trance(PL) |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
Michigan State University, basketball.
beat that. |
I live in E. Lansing, I was at both riots. You can't beat it lol. |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance(PL)
I live in E. Lansing, I was at both riots. You can't beat it lol. |
one of the video tapes they kept showing ont he news was filmed form my buddies apartment...
another riot was at western michigan, my friend was kicked out cause he was one of the 5 instigators....cars were flipped, it was sweet. |
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| getfoul |
the WSU triots when they threateded to make it a dry campus. It made it as the number 1 college riot ever on Max X.
http://archives.thedaily.washington.edu/1998/050498/riot.5.3.html
23 police officers wre sent to the hospital. |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| quote: | Originally posted by enferno
long story short, one october we got half the school to fight the other half, almost literally. we had about 2500 people at our hs, and about 800 vs. 800
all because of me, my friend, and a paintballgun haloween night |
elaborate:happy2: |
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| Mr. Pink |
in puerto rico we have 3 political parties...
lets just say RED, BLUE and GREEN
so me and my friends get banners from all 3....(we thought it was a good idea):)
We'd follow caravans.
so lets say the BLUE caravan was near, we'd pull out the red banner, and so on.
Anyway, we decided to chill a bit and follow the RED caravan...
coincidentally a BLUE caravan was on the other street about to intersect with our RED caravan....
so my friend decides.... hey pull over the truck and he exits with a BLUE banner...then as our RED caravan keeps going, leaving us behind (while the BLUE approaches) he starts kicking our truck, and throwing cans at us....
this got the approaching BLUE caravan into a frenzy and he started yelling at them to join him cuz we "started somethin"
before we knew it....in 20 people are throwing at us and trying to knock our car to the side...
we sped off without him...
i looked back and saw the bastard waving a blue banner in the air screaming and smiling with all the others... |
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| getfoul |
| |And lemme guess, you were wavin the pink banner? |
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