*** OFFICIAL VEISHEA WEEK 2014 THREAD ***
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That would be my question, too. It's an event that occurs during VEISHEA, but it's not really one of the 7 colleges listed or anything.
Think about the sunk cost of booking the bands such as TI and Timeflies. That has to be a pretty penny.
Game will still happen. Not part of the week. There has been years that it is not on VEISHEA saturday
Unlike many of you I don't think this was the right decision. Its not going to stop students from being wild this week, and I would bet people will still come into town this weekend. Cancelling veisha in the long run was a good idea, but this could cause the situation to escalate more. Now instead of rioting for no reason they may riot because it was cancelled.
No doubt. Univeristy is losing hundreds of thousands of dollars by canceling VEISHEA.
I agree, but he had no choice but to cancel. He was in a tough spot. If they rioted again tonight, he would be the one everyone blamed.
They already got ticket sale money I guess. Don't know if that covers the cost of booking the acts though.
I get the decision, but I think it would have been equally effective to just hold students ransom with the threat of cancelling next year if they don't behave. That way all that hard work doesn't go down the drain.
But, again, I understand.
Don't disagree with the decision, but there will be literally no effect on any chance of rioting compared to if it wasn't cancelled and he just threatened to cancel next year.
It will keep all those people planning on coming up for the weekend away. Definitely the right decision. Still sucks though
The question now is: do the students retailate this weekend with a full scale riot? It'll be interesting to see how many police are on hand this weekend.
