Homecoming ' a second cut'

Lets get a few things straight about homecoming. #1 there were a lot of drunk stupid people out there . but #2 it was by no means a ‘riot’ or ‘drunken brawl’. These terms are generally associated with some sort of physical fight. Yes, ONE car was tipped over by some idiot student (apparently also lit on fire ) [notably, the student pictured atop the over turned car in the Toronto star was a KCVI student… a guy in grade 12…apparently his principal wasn’t impressed ] BUT that’s pretty much all that happened. Bad, yes, granted, but not a drunken riot. Drunken, yes. Riot, no. #3 it wasn’t just queens students out there. Apparently the Queens journal found that one in three students asked were not from queens. I’d say that’s probably even a little low. I’d say it was probably like 50% NOT Queens students out partying on Aberdeen st. Our house had 4 people staying at our house on Saturday night of homecoming. One from western, one from dal and I don’t know where the other two were from. They all partied hard on Aberdeen while 3 of my 5 housemates were home by 1:00. The media took one very bad picture and turned queens students into monsters. There were aprox 5000 people on Aberdeen. And if only half of them were queens students that’s a significantly SMALL fraction of the student population being GIANT IDIOTS.
I did walk by Aberdeen with my good friend Hilary about 11:30 and by then the cops had horses, fire trucks and yes, riot gear. The things that make tension build are when police officers start to get ready for something to ‘happen’. Then the drunks start to think something is going to happen…then the police charge through with their horses…so the students get mad….so the police come through with riot gear… so the students get mad…. They were just standing in the street being drunk and the police decided to be offensive. SO, I would def say that the student weren’t entirely responsible. Sure, they’re responsible for their own actions and for being drunk and breaking bottles but when police officers arm themselves unnecessarily…it makes people think that they should do something deserving of all that effort.
So now, the police are handing out lots of J-walking tickets on campus. Some sort of revenge I think. Seems rather petty really. Especially since such a small fraction of Queens students are REALLY THAT DUMB.

*NB* As a person who does not get drunk, I was not one of the people on Aberdeen, only a tourist, with a camera.