VEISHEA 2015

[wonkadog]

Millennials just keep screwing up our country. Thanks a lot for ruining VEISHEA's tradition of dumpster fires.

 

[CyDude16]

Wait, I thought canceling VEISHEA would never work? That students would organize their own pseudo-VEISHEA and nothing would really change?

That blotter shows just how shutting things down indefinitely was the right move. If this was all the rowdier student-organized stuff got in the first year, imagine how tame it'll be in 5 years. Then the university can seriously consider bringing it back (maybe even gradually; bring the parade back the first year and then more of the other stuff over the following 2-3 years), once the student body no longer equates the event with rioting.

Really wasn't a huge drop off in number of house parties, day drinking events as years past. Bars had a great attendance all week, and the weekend was probably your typical home football game type attendance. I think students really grasped how idiotic their peers decisions were and also knew cops were on full alert. Hell Leath and the cops swing by my friends yard party Saturday and reminded everyone to be safe and smart. A form of veishea will be back once tom hill is gone. I will put money in it.

 

[501Clone]

Really wasn't a huge drop off in number of house parties, day drinking events as years past. Bars had a great attendance all week, and the weekend was probably your typical home football game type attendance. I think students really grasped how idiotic their peers decisions were and also knew cops were on full alert. Hell Leath and the cops swing by my friends yard party Saturday and reminded everyone to be safe and smart. A form of veishea will be back once tom hill is gone. I will put money in it.

I'll take that bet. Leath needs to leave for that to happen.

 

[CyDude16]

I'll take that bet. Leath needs to leave for that to happen.

Lol no. It's Tom hill.

 

[Luth4Cy]

VEISHEA won't happen against while either Leath or Tom Hill are around.

 

[CyDude16]

VEISHEA won't happen against while either Leath or Tom Hill are around.

I said a form of veishea will come back when the time is right, and the first step in that process is when tom hill retires.

 

[SCNCY]

Could someone refresh my memory and explain what Tom Hill's role was in ending VEISHA? Or what he is doing to block it from coming back?

 

[CY88CE11]

Here's last week's police blotter
ftp://data.city.ames.ia.us/public information/PressLog.pdf

Looks like a few noise complaints/loud parties on Friday and Saturday. very few operating while intoxicated and public intox tickets given. I don't know how that compares to a normal week, but it looks pretty tame on the whole, although apparently there was an airplane crash on Sunday.

VEISHEA strikes again.

 

[501Clone]

I said a form of veishea will come back when the time is right, and the first step in that process is when tom hill retires.

It won't be til Leath is gone.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Could someone refresh my memory and explain what Tom Hill's role was in ending VEISHA? Or what he is doing to block it from coming back?

Chaired the panel that recommended ending VEISHEA to Leath. Luth4Cy is probably right when he says both men will need to be gone before the original premise of VEISHEA has a chance of being revived.

And it won't happen if people keep equating it with drunks on Welch and not the on-campus activities.

 

[CyDude16]

Could someone refresh my memory and explain what Tom Hill's role was in ending VEISHA? Or what he is doing to block it from coming back?

Hes been an outspoken critic of it since he's been here. Hill gained more power, persuasiondue to his experience at Iowa state even though he holds the same role as he did with Geoffrey. Geoffrey was a big believer in keeping the tradition alive even with the events that have taken place. People underestimate hill's role at the university and the decisions made. I have no reason to believe that a form or version of veishea, with a changed name has zero chance of coming to fruition, and from everything I've heard and been hinted that leads me to believe that once hill retires or moves on, there will be a legitimate movement bring a rebranded spring university celebration.

 

[NickTheGreat]

You stupid kids should have rioted twice as hard this year to prove that VEISHEA wasn't to blame!

 

[cyclone87]

I think eventually there will be a University-wide celebration of the work and achievements of the university, but it will differ from VEISHEA and won't try to draw large amounts of people in with entertainment events.