UConn's Spring Weekend

UConn Spring Weekend (a little perspective) By Brian Ingmanson 2010: = 50 People 15,000 People estimated 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 6000+ guests brought by UConn students 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 regis 90 Nursing students volunteered to help take care of their fellow huskies over the 3 night party The ratio of outsiders Non-UConn 2009 80% to students UConn Students getting 83% arrested 2008 is rising 58% 2010 How did this -start? In the wake of the riot, UConn punished 81 students, expelling two and slapping six others with a one-year -50's suspension. "That was very difficult," Emmert Started here 60's says. 70's 80's Here's where Got big here -90's it got crazy 00's Despite UConn's efforts to quell the parties... including selling beer to students Husky Bucks Playboy's Top party Schools ...Spring Weekend only got bigger 2002: 10. 9. 8. UConn 7. 6. 5. 4. 4000 people in 1998 3. 2. 1. How things look now One out of every 4 students have blacked out during Spring Weekend The State of Connecticut spends 300,000 300,000 E15737094 E $ 300,000 300,000 on Spring Weekend. Yearly. That's enough money to buy -every single- UConn undergrad 57 UU U shots of vodka (yearly) Free! T-Shirts bottles food (Rally) Band (Oozeball) Cancel (or move) (Concert) University-sponsored events A University Task Force has released 5 recommendations for how to de-escalate Spring Weekend, including Spring Weekend, Prohibit Guests in Dorms 2011 Moratorium What do you think? sources: http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/04/26/UConn-Spring-Weekend-prompts/1240773337.html http://advance.uconn.edu/2000/000508/00050803.htm http://today.uconn.edu/?p=28290&utm_campaign=Tiers&utm_source=Tier2&utm_medium=Frontpage http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/UConns-Spring-Weekend-Comes-to-a-Close-47-Arrested-on-Final-Night-- html http://hercampus.com/school/uconn/countdown-spring-weekend-2010-fun-facts-about-uconns-biggest-party http://mansfield. p.mmanslield.ntnp.com/2010/04/21/university-gears-up-for-start-of-2010-spring-weekend/ http://www.mccp.uconn.edu/docs/minutes 10-3-08.pdf http://www. ://mansfield.htnp.com/2008/10/29/putting-a-price-tag-on-spring-weekend/ http://articles.courant.com/2010-04-21/news/hc-dinunzio-uconn-spring-weeken.artapr21_1_spring-weekend-four-uconn-students- dailycampus.com/2.7440/final-night-of-spring-weekend-peaks-at-15-000-1.1050695 university-president-michael-hogan http: http://advanceucomPboston/NeW-England/51-arrested-at-UConn-Spring-Weekend/1209322696.html edu/2000/000508/00050803.htm http://video.wtnh.com/news/1998/sep/091698uconn.html http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/28/nyregion/police-and-uconn-students-trade-charges-after-melee.html http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june04/images/homecoming_pull6.gif http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeld=492&type=qfs&skey=conn http://today.uconn.edu/?p=28290 00000 00000 00000 0000 000000 00 DO000000O 000000 UConn Spring Weekend (a little perspective) By Brian Ingmanson 2010: = 50 People 15,000 People estimated 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 6000+ guests brought by UConn students 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 regis 90 Nursing students volunteered to help take care of their fellow huskies over the 3 night party The ratio of outsiders Non-UConn 2009 80% to students UConn Students getting 83% arrested 2008 is rising 58% 2010 How did this -start? In the wake of the riot, UConn punished 81 students, expelling two and slapping six others with a one-year -50's suspension. "That was very difficult," Emmert Started here 60's says. 70's 80's Here's where Got big here -90's it got crazy 00's Despite UConn's efforts to quell the parties... including selling beer to students Husky Bucks Playboy's Top party Schools ...Spring Weekend only got bigger 2002: 10. 9. 8. UConn 7. 6. 5. 4. 4000 people in 1998 3. 2. 1. How things look now One out of every 4 students have blacked out during Spring Weekend The State of Connecticut spends 300,000 300,000 E15737094 E $ 300,000 300,000 on Spring Weekend. Yearly. That's enough money to buy -every single- UConn undergrad 57 UU U shots of vodka (yearly) Free! T-Shirts bottles food (Rally) Band (Oozeball) Cancel (or move) (Concert) University-sponsored events A University Task Force has released 5 recommendations for how to de-escalate Spring Weekend, including Spring Weekend, Prohibit Guests in Dorms 2011 Moratorium What do you think? sources: http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/04/26/UConn-Spring-Weekend-prompts/1240773337.html http://advance.uconn.edu/2000/000508/00050803.htm http://today.uconn.edu/?p=28290&utm_campaign=Tiers&utm_source=Tier2&utm_medium=Frontpage http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/UConns-Spring-Weekend-Comes-to-a-Close-47-Arrested-on-Final-Night-- html http://hercampus.com/school/uconn/countdown-spring-weekend-2010-fun-facts-about-uconns-biggest-party http://mansfield. p.mmanslield.ntnp.com/2010/04/21/university-gears-up-for-start-of-2010-spring-weekend/ http://www.mccp.uconn.edu/docs/minutes 10-3-08.pdf http://www. ://mansfield.htnp.com/2008/10/29/putting-a-price-tag-on-spring-weekend/ http://articles.courant.com/2010-04-21/news/hc-dinunzio-uconn-spring-weeken.artapr21_1_spring-weekend-four-uconn-students- dailycampus.com/2.7440/final-night-of-spring-weekend-peaks-at-15-000-1.1050695 university-president-michael-hogan http: http://advanceucomPboston/NeW-England/51-arrested-at-UConn-Spring-Weekend/1209322696.html edu/2000/000508/00050803.htm http://video.wtnh.com/news/1998/sep/091698uconn.html http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/28/nyregion/police-and-uconn-students-trade-charges-after-melee.html http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june04/images/homecoming_pull6.gif http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeld=492&type=qfs&skey=conn http://today.uconn.edu/?p=28290 00000 00000 00000 0000 000000 00 DO000000O 000000 UConn Spring Weekend (a little perspective) By Brian Ingmanson 2010: = 50 People 15,000 People estimated 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 6000+ guests brought by UConn students 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 regis 90 Nursing students volunteered to help take care of their fellow huskies over the 3 night party The ratio of outsiders Non-UConn 2009 80% to students UConn Students getting 83% arrested 2008 is rising 58% 2010 How did this -start? In the wake of the riot, UConn punished 81 students, expelling two and slapping six others with a one-year -50's suspension. "That was very difficult," Emmert Started here 60's says. 70's 80's Here's where Got big here -90's it got crazy 00's Despite UConn's efforts to quell the parties... including selling beer to students Husky Bucks Playboy's Top party Schools ...Spring Weekend only got bigger 2002: 10. 9. 8. UConn 7. 6. 5. 4. 4000 people in 1998 3. 2. 1. How things look now One out of every 4 students have blacked out during Spring Weekend The State of Connecticut spends 300,000 300,000 E15737094 E $ 300,000 300,000 on Spring Weekend. Yearly. That's enough money to buy -every single- UConn undergrad 57 UU U shots of vodka (yearly) Free! T-Shirts bottles food (Rally) Band (Oozeball) Cancel (or move) (Concert) University-sponsored events A University Task Force has released 5 recommendations for how to de-escalate Spring Weekend, including Spring Weekend, Prohibit Guests in Dorms 2011 Moratorium What do you think? sources: http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/04/26/UConn-Spring-Weekend-prompts/1240773337.html http://advance.uconn.edu/2000/000508/00050803.htm http://today.uconn.edu/?p=28290&utm_campaign=Tiers&utm_source=Tier2&utm_medium=Frontpage http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/UConns-Spring-Weekend-Comes-to-a-Close-47-Arrested-on-Final-Night-- html http://hercampus.com/school/uconn/countdown-spring-weekend-2010-fun-facts-about-uconns-biggest-party http://mansfield. p.mmanslield.ntnp.com/2010/04/21/university-gears-up-for-start-of-2010-spring-weekend/ http://www.mccp.uconn.edu/docs/minutes 10-3-08.pdf http://www. ://mansfield.htnp.com/2008/10/29/putting-a-price-tag-on-spring-weekend/ http://articles.courant.com/2010-04-21/news/hc-dinunzio-uconn-spring-weeken.artapr21_1_spring-weekend-four-uconn-students- dailycampus.com/2.7440/final-night-of-spring-weekend-peaks-at-15-000-1.1050695 university-president-michael-hogan http: http://advanceucomPboston/NeW-England/51-arrested-at-UConn-Spring-Weekend/1209322696.html edu/2000/000508/00050803.htm http://video.wtnh.com/news/1998/sep/091698uconn.html http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/28/nyregion/police-and-uconn-students-trade-charges-after-melee.html http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june04/images/homecoming_pull6.gif http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeld=492&type=qfs&skey=conn http://today.uconn.edu/?p=28290 00000 00000 00000 0000 000000 00 DO000000O 000000 UConn Spring Weekend (a little perspective) By Brian Ingmanson 2010: = 50 People 15,000 People estimated 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 6000+ guests brought by UConn students 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 regis 90 Nursing students volunteered to help take care of their fellow huskies over the 3 night party The ratio of outsiders Non-UConn 2009 80% to students UConn Students getting 83% arrested 2008 is rising 58% 2010 How did this -start? In the wake of the riot, UConn punished 81 students, expelling two and slapping six others with a one-year -50's suspension. "That was very difficult," Emmert Started here 60's says. 70's 80's Here's where Got big here -90's it got crazy 00's Despite UConn's efforts to quell the parties... including selling beer to students Husky Bucks Playboy's Top party Schools ...Spring Weekend only got bigger 2002: 10. 9. 8. UConn 7. 6. 5. 4. 4000 people in 1998 3. 2. 1. How things look now One out of every 4 students have blacked out during Spring Weekend The State of Connecticut spends 300,000 300,000 E15737094 E $ 300,000 300,000 on Spring Weekend. Yearly. That's enough money to buy -every single- UConn undergrad 57 UU U shots of vodka (yearly) Free! T-Shirts bottles food (Rally) Band (Oozeball) Cancel (or move) (Concert) University-sponsored events A University Task Force has released 5 recommendations for how to de-escalate Spring Weekend, including Spring Weekend, Prohibit Guests in Dorms 2011 Moratorium What do you think? sources: http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/04/26/UConn-Spring-Weekend-prompts/1240773337.html http://advance.uconn.edu/2000/000508/00050803.htm http://today.uconn.edu/?p=28290&utm_campaign=Tiers&utm_source=Tier2&utm_medium=Frontpage http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/UConns-Spring-Weekend-Comes-to-a-Close-47-Arrested-on-Final-Night-- html http://hercampus.com/school/uconn/countdown-spring-weekend-2010-fun-facts-about-uconns-biggest-party http://mansfield. p.mmanslield.ntnp.com/2010/04/21/university-gears-up-for-start-of-2010-spring-weekend/ http://www.mccp.uconn.edu/docs/minutes 10-3-08.pdf http://www. ://mansfield.htnp.com/2008/10/29/putting-a-price-tag-on-spring-weekend/ http://articles.courant.com/2010-04-21/news/hc-dinunzio-uconn-spring-weeken.artapr21_1_spring-weekend-four-uconn-students- dailycampus.com/2.7440/final-night-of-spring-weekend-peaks-at-15-000-1.1050695 university-president-michael-hogan http: http://advanceucomPboston/NeW-England/51-arrested-at-UConn-Spring-Weekend/1209322696.html edu/2000/000508/00050803.htm http://video.wtnh.com/news/1998/sep/091698uconn.html http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/28/nyregion/police-and-uconn-students-trade-charges-after-melee.html http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june04/images/homecoming_pull6.gif http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeld=492&type=qfs&skey=conn http://today.uconn.edu/?p=28290 00000 00000 00000 0000 000000 00 DO000000O 000000 UConn Spring Weekend (a little perspective) By Brian Ingmanson 2010: = 50 People 15,000 People estimated 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 6000+ guests brought by UConn students 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 regis 90 Nursing students volunteered to help take care of their fellow huskies over the 3 night party The ratio of outsiders Non-UConn 2009 80% to students UConn Students getting 83% arrested 2008 is rising 58% 2010 How did this -start? In the wake of the riot, UConn punished 81 students, expelling two and slapping six others with a one-year -50's suspension. "That was very difficult," Emmert Started here 60's says. 70's 80's Here's where Got big here -90's it got crazy 00's Despite UConn's efforts to quell the parties... including selling beer to students Husky Bucks Playboy's Top party Schools ...Spring Weekend only got bigger 2002: 10. 9. 8. UConn 7. 6. 5. 4. 4000 people in 1998 3. 2. 1. How things look now One out of every 4 students have blacked out during Spring Weekend The State of Connecticut spends 300,000 300,000 E15737094 E $ 300,000 300,000 on Spring Weekend. Yearly. That's enough money to buy -every single- UConn undergrad 57 UU U shots of vodka (yearly) Free! T-Shirts bottles food (Rally) Band (Oozeball) Cancel (or move) (Concert) University-sponsored events A University Task Force has released 5 recommendations for how to de-escalate Spring Weekend, including Spring Weekend, Prohibit Guests in Dorms 2011 Moratorium What do you think? sources: http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/04/26/UConn-Spring-Weekend-prompts/1240773337.html http://advance.uconn.edu/2000/000508/00050803.htm http://today.uconn.edu/?p=28290&utm_campaign=Tiers&utm_source=Tier2&utm_medium=Frontpage http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/UConns-Spring-Weekend-Comes-to-a-Close-47-Arrested-on-Final-Night-- html http://hercampus.com/school/uconn/countdown-spring-weekend-2010-fun-facts-about-uconns-biggest-party http://mansfield. p.mmanslield.ntnp.com/2010/04/21/university-gears-up-for-start-of-2010-spring-weekend/ http://www.mccp.uconn.edu/docs/minutes 10-3-08.pdf http://www. ://mansfield.htnp.com/2008/10/29/putting-a-price-tag-on-spring-weekend/ http://articles.courant.com/2010-04-21/news/hc-dinunzio-uconn-spring-weeken.artapr21_1_spring-weekend-four-uconn-students- dailycampus.com/2.7440/final-night-of-spring-weekend-peaks-at-15-000-1.1050695 university-president-michael-hogan http: http://advanceucomPboston/NeW-England/51-arrested-at-UConn-Spring-Weekend/1209322696.html edu/2000/000508/00050803.htm http://video.wtnh.com/news/1998/sep/091698uconn.html http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/28/nyregion/police-and-uconn-students-trade-charges-after-melee.html http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june04/images/homecoming_pull6.gif http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeld=492&type=qfs&skey=conn http://today.uconn.edu/?p=28290 00000 00000 00000 0000 000000 00 DO000000O 000000 UConn Spring Weekend (a little perspective) By Brian Ingmanson 2010: = 50 People 15,000 People estimated 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 6000+ guests brought by UConn students 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 registered guests 1000 regis 90 Nursing students volunteered to help take care of their fellow huskies over the 3 night party The ratio of outsiders Non-UConn 2009 80% to students UConn Students getting 83% arrested 2008 is rising 58% 2010 How did this -start? In the wake of the riot, UConn punished 81 students, expelling two and slapping six others with a one-year -50's suspension. "That was very difficult," Emmert Started here 60's says. 70's 80's Here's where Got big here -90's it got crazy 00's Despite UConn's efforts to quell the parties... including selling beer to students Husky Bucks Playboy's Top party Schools ...Spring Weekend only got bigger 2002: 10. 9. 8. UConn 7. 6. 5. 4. 4000 people in 1998 3. 2. 1. How things look now One out of every 4 students have blacked out during Spring Weekend The State of Connecticut spends 300,000 300,000 E15737094 E $ 300,000 300,000 on Spring Weekend. Yearly. That's enough money to buy -every single- UConn undergrad 57 UU U shots of vodka (yearly) Free! T-Shirts bottles food (Rally) Band (Oozeball) Cancel (or move) (Concert) University-sponsored events A University Task Force has released 5 recommendations for how to de-escalate Spring Weekend, including Spring Weekend, Prohibit Guests in Dorms 2011 Moratorium What do you think? sources: http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/04/26/UConn-Spring-Weekend-prompts/1240773337.html http://advance.uconn.edu/2000/000508/00050803.htm http://today.uconn.edu/?p=28290&utm_campaign=Tiers&utm_source=Tier2&utm_medium=Frontpage http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/UConns-Spring-Weekend-Comes-to-a-Close-47-Arrested-on-Final-Night-- html http://hercampus.com/school/uconn/countdown-spring-weekend-2010-fun-facts-about-uconns-biggest-party http://mansfield. p.mmanslield.ntnp.com/2010/04/21/university-gears-up-for-start-of-2010-spring-weekend/ http://www.mccp.uconn.edu/docs/minutes 10-3-08.pdf http://www. ://mansfield.htnp.com/2008/10/29/putting-a-price-tag-on-spring-weekend/ http://articles.courant.com/2010-04-21/news/hc-dinunzio-uconn-spring-weeken.artapr21_1_spring-weekend-four-uconn-students- dailycampus.com/2.7440/final-night-of-spring-weekend-peaks-at-15-000-1.1050695 university-president-michael-hogan http: http://advanceucomPboston/NeW-England/51-arrested-at-UConn-Spring-Weekend/1209322696.html edu/2000/000508/00050803.htm http://video.wtnh.com/news/1998/sep/091698uconn.html http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/28/nyregion/police-and-uconn-students-trade-charges-after-melee.html http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june04/images/homecoming_pull6.gif http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeld=492&type=qfs&skey=conn http://today.uconn.edu/?p=28290 00000 00000 00000 0000 000000 00 DO000000O 000000