When I was a kid we would go out mid week see the different clubs giving demonstrations and that. The parade on Saturday was always fun to see the floats. In High school it was all about Ash bash and buckets of beer but we didn't effin riot!
VEISHEA 2015
- Thread starter wonkadog
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Still remember that night in 2014 like it was yesterday. Cops told all the bars to stop serving and not let anyone leave. We stood around a table at Paddy's finishing our drinks until they eventually let us leave out the back. Still put as much blame on the stupid decision to shut down multiple large house parties near Welch at the same time as I do the students.
I believe it was fun. I remember buying beer on Wednesday and then waking up Monday morning to go to class.Yeah. Myis definitely only at half-mast.
I'm one to talk -- I went to one party briefly my entire time in Ames and never drank (then and now).
I used to be the exception, though. Now somebody like me is more the rule.
I have a harder time imagining modern college students being into the drunken hooliganism that got VEISHEA cancelled in the first place compared to previous generations.
I was in school in the late 80s. Veishea was so much fun. Then 1988 happened. So stupid. Not sure how it could ever come back. It sucks it was destroyed.
Would love to see VEISHEA brought back, but maybe the times have changed too much.
I was a student for 1983-1986 weeks and it was a memorable and fun event because there was a balance of campus activities (competitions/parade) and parties. But even at that time it was teetering to lose control with increased emphasize on "house" parties. I put a lot of that blame on change in drinking age from 19 to 21 (I believe in July 1983). When drinking age was 19, other than fraternity parties, seemed like emphasis was heading to bars to drink.
I was a student for 1983-1986 weeks and it was a memorable and fun event because there was a balance of campus activities (competitions/parade) and parties. But even at that time it was teetering to lose control with increased emphasize on "house" parties. I put a lot of that blame on change in drinking age from 19 to 21 (I believe in July 1983). When drinking age was 19, other than fraternity parties, seemed like emphasis was heading to bars to drink.
I think you are right. The Drinking age changed around 1985/1986. I was one grandfathered in at 19. The whole dynamic on campus changed with the drinking age and more parties were forced off campus.
