Reaction from overnight riot in Campustown
April 18, 2004
- “I believe we have to seriously assess the future of Veishea.
It will take some time to complete, but it will be done.”
— ISU President Gregory Geoffroy, at a Sunday afternoon press
conference.
- “When [the DJs] are saying the crowd is heading somewhere, like
to Central Campus, to me that’s like saying stay away from Central
Campus because it’s dangerous, not take a rock down there and start
hitting things with it. We were basically trying to keep everyone
informed.”
— Katie Pfeiffer, program director for KURE.
- “I was walking back to my house, and an officer unloaded a can
of pepper spray on me. He ran directly up to me. I threw up
everywhere. My face feels on fire, and that was two hours
ago.”
— Ryan Rhodes, junior in horticulture.
- “See what happens when drunk people get together?”
— Vincent Gregory, freshman in liberal arts and sciences-open
option.
- “This was disrespectful to the university and an outrage to the
Veishea celebration. … Frankly, there was no point in what was
done. They didn’t have anything to protest.”
— Jeff Seago, sophomore in forestry.
- “There’s a point where you have to stop worrying about it as a
business person and think about it as a community member.”
— City Councilman Matthew Goodman
- “It feels like your heart is getting ripped out of your chest,
seeing this go down the drain.”
— Nate Meier, Veishea general co-chairman.
