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Little Big Time

Had Sunday's frolics along Rugby Road
and Mad Lane been political in nature - an
anti-war protest, for example - the results
would have been more than hangovers,
broken bones and widespread property
damage. Such was the disruption that traffic
was blocked on and off for several hours by
mudslinging frat men, car mishaps were
frequent, and one house actually burned some
of its own furniture (including a color
television) in a rush to madness which was
unprecedented, even for Easters.

It is almost impossible to believe that what
occurred could pass without the strenuous
kind of review which followed last May's
strike. Indeed, at no time during those days
do we recall anything worse that what
Charlottesville was forced to endure last
weekend. Fun and music are fine, even
essential, but we can hope that next time
there will be sufficient muzzles, leashes, and
straitjackets for those unable to control
themselves any better.