Reasons partial to the Fool's Fest being canceled @Illinois State University
Here's some history of Illinois State University that has lead to the threats against the Fools Fest, which has now been canceled due to the board pushing charges toward the public event starters.
(full story in link below)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/article_ea56545e-51c4-11e0-b8af-001cc4c03286.html
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The Quad became the site for the Rites of Spring, Illinois State’s version of the Woodstock culture. The first event was held on May 12, 1972 and drew 3,000. The festival became an annual affair that grew to approximately 25,000 in May 1977. The event left the quad declared unsafe because of broken glass and mounds of garbage.
One of the major student issues centered around alcohol policies in residence halls. The University had to address party problems repeatedly, especially as the legal drinking age changed to 21 in January of 1980. The party problem then shifted from campus to off-campus locations that agitated local residents and involved Normal city officials and police. Local ordinances against large parties were enforced and arrests soared. In October 1980, 150 students protested with a march to city hall. They blocked traffic at College and Main streets for nearly an hour before returning to city hall with numbers closer to 1,500. Despite educational programs about local and state laws and a student association party patrol, the friction between students and town officials continued to the point Normal Mayor Richard Godfrey called for a committee of civic leaders to make recommendations. They suggested banning late evening beer keg sales. Tensions grew to the night of October 3, 1984 when a rally held on the quad to protest the town’s anti-party laws led to a destructive riot with as many as 2,000 students
against 50 officers in riot gear in downtown Normal. Students smashed city hall windows, damaged police cars, tore up street signs and telephone booths, and hurled rocks. The result was $10,000 in property damage and grand jury indictments against two students who were convicted for felony destruction of property.
pulled from source: http://president.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/history.pdf
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