OT: JMU Springfest 2010 Riot
This past weekend the James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA) Springfest devolved into quite the riot.
Couch burning, dumpter fires, bottle throwing, riot police, tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, property destruction, the whole enchilada.
Here are two videos to whet your appetite. Click here for a nice collection of others.
Some NSFW language at the very end of this one...
Not quite Cedarfest, but not bade Dukes, not bad. You've earned yourself a silver medal in the category of douchiest campus.
April 13th, 2010 at 12:06 PM ^
sure looks like East Lansing to me...
April 13th, 2010 at 12:08 PM ^
is one of the greatest things a free person can do.
Rioting because you're young, stupid, drunk and bored is just idiocy.
but it sure is entertaining for the people just observing it
April 13th, 2010 at 12:10 PM ^
As A JMU Alumnus and an attendee to this party for six years (thankfully not this year), I am pretty confident to say that this riot was not caused by JMU students. A lot of of locals and students from other schools show up and ruin it for everyone else.
The event definitely puts JMU in a bad light and is a problem the school has been dealing with for a few years...
April 13th, 2010 at 12:20 PM ^
Kind of like all the CMU students that start riots at MSU?
I'm sure JMU students are accustomed to a little burning.
I hope this is the result of something other then a personal study...
no My Mother did not tell you that TREBEK!
April 13th, 2010 at 12:11 PM ^
I had quite a few friends attend this event...nobody was rioting until the entire police force and SWAT team showed up in riot gear.
April 13th, 2010 at 12:12 PM ^
Glad to see they're standing up for their rights... That's what they're doing, right? Why else would they be rioting?
April 13th, 2010 at 12:21 PM ^
for your RIGHT...to RIOT.
April 13th, 2010 at 12:20 PM ^
I wonder if the presidents of UVa and Va Tech sent out emails to their students warning them not to riot at this event.
April 13th, 2010 at 12:25 PM ^
because they like getting shot with rubber bullets and pepper sprayed.
April 13th, 2010 at 12:27 PM ^
All of them. Each spoiled, rich, entitled, lazy, dumb, ignorant punk kid wasting his parent's money. I'd draft each one of their stupid asses into the Marines and send them to boot camp if I could, and then enjoy seeing them all wash out after about a week, frantically texting mom & dad to come get them so they can go back home to their warm little beds, sleep late, and watch American Idol. In 20 years they'll be conservative teabagging Republicans calling for the National Guard in outrage when black or hispanic kids do the same dumbass shit. Fuck 'em all.
April 13th, 2010 at 12:33 PM ^
Your hate makes you strong....
Damn I used this earlier today already on another tread.
April 13th, 2010 at 12:33 PM ^
You were doing fine until the second to last sentence.
April 13th, 2010 at 12:51 PM ^
I dig your style Don.
April 13th, 2010 at 12:29 PM ^
Radford University which is right next to VT is having its quadfest which is an even bigger event in a couple weeks. Should be interesting to see what happens. Their police usually just arrest and talk to kids rather than slowly coming at them with riot gear.
with riot gear on, and your response is to throw shit at them? What ever works for you.......