Is this the last VEISHEA?

[IcSyU]

Sadly you are probably right. Lets overreact and increase the costs of construction or ban balconies. I'm sure the over consumption of alcohol had nothing to do with the accident.

Why take responsibility for something when you can blame someone else?

[alarson]

Sadly you are probably right. Lets overreact and increase the costs of construction or ban balconies. I'm sure the over consumption of alcohol had nothing to do with the accident.

In areas like campustown where you're building in high percent student areas, you have to take alcohol into account, which makes balconies at upper levels a big risk.

[Rabbuk]

Please be respectful of the victim. It's not like he asked to fall off a balcony. He was a really good dude.

[isulive2train]

Sad, I lost one of my college buddies around this time of year 5 years ago. Thoughts are with his family and friends.

[Let's Go State]

Too many good things tied to veishea to end it now. Knee jerk reactions will cause an uproar today. Sorry to hear about 'the dude'.

[ISUCubswin]

To start, I pray for the best for this young mans family. That being said, one death won't end Veisha. We've seen this before. Discussion may come up, but it won't end. Now, if 5 kids happen to die tonight, I could see a strong possibility of Veisha being canceled for a few years.

[FDWxMan]

Um, no.

The VEISHEA murder outside of Adelante back in 1997 (the spring before I started attending) nearly did kill VEISHEA and initiated the "Dry VEISHEA" that encompassed my entire stay at ISU. The riot nearly a decade ago didn't even bring up the discussion of killing VEISHEA.

Because of the riot I did not have a VEISHEA freshman year. It was the first time it had been canceled.

It was dead, and really wasn't immediately certain it would come back.

I'd say NO VEISHEA was closer to killing it than just going "dry."

[MissouriCyclone]

Hate to see this. Prayers go out to the guy and his family.


I hope this doesn't cancel VEISHEA. When I was out last night it seemed like the out of towners were the dumbshits (not saying this guy was one of those people acting dumb). I saw one guy smoking on the moonlight express. A couple of people fighting outside of Jeffs, I knew they were non ISU students when they said they were staying with friends. It would really suck if people who went to visiting colleges made VEISHEA get canceled.

[CyDude16]

VEISHEA won't be canceled, and it shouldn't be.

[MissouriCyclone]

VEISHEA won't be canceled, and it shouldn't be.

I agree. It brings in a **** load of money for ISU and Ames. I've never seen the streets that packed before.

[tm3308]

Pardon my potential ignorance, but what would shutting down VEISHEA do to curb the drinking? It has nothing to do with drinking, and everybody knows it happens around this time of year. Student would still party it up.

[LindenCy]

Wow, just heard about this now. Very sad.

[theshadow]

Pardon my potential ignorance, but what would shutting down VEISHEA do to curb the drinking?

Nothing.

2005 was proof of that.

[Clones21]

Have a good friend inside the Ames police force...and I think we've seen the last of Veishea.

[cyclonez7]

You can't curb the drinking because it's a part of the "college" culture. People are going to make poor decisions no matter what. If people were more mature and looked out for each other, things like this could be prevented.