Over the past three weeks, much violence has occurred at UMass Amherst both on and off campus. Firstly, an off campus party turned into a major brawl where the house residents and three lacrosse players were involved. The after effect of the party was worrisome, due to the destruction of the North Pleasant house, injuries of the residents, weapons (lacrosse sticks, baseball bats, and bottles,) and extreme drunkenness. Currently, the three lacrosse players are facing criminal charges, have been kicked off the lacrosse team and could be expelled from the university.
The following week, an incident occurred in a Southwest dormitory, Pierpont, where an alleged rape and assault occurred. Supposedly the man accused, is an UMass student and rugby player. Thus far, the man involved no longer attends the University.
The most recent episode occurred involved a stabbing on campus. One student, John Vassal, 23, was charged with stabbing a non- UMass student, John Bowes, 20 while being in a dormitory. Apparently, witnesses have said that Bowes was shouting racial slurs at Vassal which prompted him to defend himself. Both men are being charged with criminal charges.
What to do with so much violence at one given amount of time? Campus police has tried to facilitate by the University Police escalating their patrol. Tim Holmes, 21, a student Fire Fighter said, “ My chief told us that we are going to have to work a lot harder and be on call more frequently.” Clearly, means are being used in order to make up for this troubling time.
Kelsey Brait, 20, a junior at UMass Amherst says, “I honestly feel that UMass really isn’t that bad. Whenever the media talks about us, it’s always negative. Therefore we always get this reputation of being a “bad” university. I wish for once someone would write something good about our university”.
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Daniella --
Remember, when writing for the Web, you want to be short and to the point.
Steve
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