College Discussion - View Single Post - Attacks, Rowdiness Rattling Many at UMass-Amherst

Lafalum84 · 02-21-2008, 07:48 AM

from the front page of the Boston Globe, 2/21/08

"AMHERST - A raucous off-campus house party erupting into a drunken, bloody brawl. Athletes allegedly attacking other partygoers with baseball bats, lacrosse sticks, and bottles. Two students facing attempted murder charges in separate late-night dormitory confrontations that included an alleged rape and a racially charged double stabbing. That's the grim police blotter at UMass-Amherst over just the past three weeks...."

Spate of violence rattles UMass-Amherst campus - The Boston Globe

The second half of the article is all about how UMass administration says things are actually better there than they were a few years ago.

I would really like my state's flagship State U to be a viable option for DD when she starts looking at colleges. But given the notorious lack of funding from the state of Mass for public colleges & universities, and the party-culture at UMass that just doesn't seem to be improving, I don't know that we'll even bother to look there. (I have a college freshman at an LAC, I know that all colleges have drinking, but UMass's situation sounds much worse than "normal" to me).

02-21-2008, 07:48 AM	#1
Lafalum84 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA Posts: 894	Attacks, Rowdiness Rattling Many at UMass-Amherst from the front page of the Boston Globe, 2/21/08 "AMHERST - A raucous off-campus house party erupting into a drunken, bloody brawl. Athletes allegedly attacking other partygoers with baseball bats, lacrosse sticks, and bottles. Two students facing attempted murder charges in separate late-night dormitory confrontations that included an alleged rape and a racially charged double stabbing. That's the grim police blotter at UMass-Amherst over just the past three weeks...." Spate of violence rattles UMass-Amherst campus - The Boston Globe The second half of the article is all about how UMass administration says things are actually better there than they were a few years ago. I would really like my state's flagship State U to be a viable option for DD when she starts looking at colleges. But given the notorious lack of funding from the state of Mass for public colleges & universities, and the party-culture at UMass that just doesn't seem to be improving, I don't know that we'll even bother to look there. (I have a college freshman at an LAC, I know that all colleges have drinking, but UMass's situation sounds much worse than "normal" to me).