The Full Report + My Easter Trip

Hey,
I coincidentally stayed on campus at Colby on Monday night, and I got the full report on what went down. I've pieced things together from several sources, and I think I've got a pretty solid account of what happened. There were mistakes by all parties, and it's a shitty situation now.

SPB hosted a rave (first dumb move) in Page that night. It ended up being one of the best attended SPB events ever, and Page was at capacity pretty quickly. That meant that people were getting turned away at the door, and a lot of people were milling around Pulver. Security found a kid passed out and unresponsive in Pugh, so they called CER. before the EMT's arrived, Ozzy and Jacob came over and told security that they didn't need EMT's and they would take the kid back to his room. Obviously that didn't fly (the kid ended up blowing a .28). Security got in a dispute with the two, and one of the students threw a punch at a security officer (second dubm move). Security is armed with nothing more than walkie talkies, so they called the cops. Apparently Waterville PD, Augusta PD and state police all showed up (definitely overkill). Ozzy and Jacob got their asses kicked (third dumb move), and supposedly one of them got maced (maybe not true). I was also told that Ozzy and Jacob weren't that drunk (one of them blew a .12). The fact that there were so many people milling around Pulver means there were a ton of witnesses.

The two guys spent the night in jail in Augusta (I was also told that a random football player tried to help and got arrested too, but idk). Kelly Wharton was the dean on call, and she didn't answer her phone, so she didn't bail them out. Dean Turhune was called, but he refused to come help.

The next day, the video was played in Pulver and the administration was invited to come watch, but only one administrator showed up. The rally was yesterday at noon, and about 800 people showed up.

Here are the problems:1. The video doesn't show what the students did to provoke the violence. 2. The two students were minorities, so there's a serious racial element. It is hard to say if police would have done the same thing to white students, but the fact of the matter is that either way, those two got fucked up needlessly. 3. The admin is in a shitty situation because they don't want to look like they are passively perpetuating racism, but they also don't want to send the message that you can get drunk and fight security and the school will back you up.

Now you know the full story, and you can decide what you want.

The reason I was at Colby was because I was driving home from Easter in Connecticut. I saw Taylor and Becca, which was really fun. I also visited my aunt's family. I got to hide Easter eggs for three little kids, and I was there when the surprise Easter kitten was unveiled. Their black lab was absolutely baffled by the kitten, and the kids went into hysterics immediately. It was mayhem. It was fun though.

My next trip will be to Oregon from the 24th through May 5. It's going to be a nice long trip, and I think it will be fun. I will go home to Steamboat for about 10 days at the end of May, so please come visit if you are around. I will be hosting a camp, so I won't be very mobile. I would love to see some of you though, and I am sure that you folks haven't been to the 'Boat enough this year (with the possible exception of Sophie).

Thank you for letting me know that this blog is meaningful to you all. I appreciate that.

Love and Adventures,
Toast