A New College Tradition: Rioting
Posted on February 26th, 2004 No Comments »
If your team wins a championship, watch out. You might get caught in a riot.
As this Reuters article shows, rioting on college campuses has become commonplace. These sudden bursts of madness and mayhem usually follow sporting events. When the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl earlier this month, college students took to the streets of Boston. They overturned cars, lit fires and smashed windows. One person was killed. Imagine if the Pats had lost.
Some students get caught, and pay the price. The article cites one student who, after throwing an egg, was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and put on academic probation. Now the egg's on his face.
As one observer says, perhaps it's time to return to the days of swallowing goldfish.
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