tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post4146870240723485793..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Yes, Your HonorLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-57435507679261945352014-03-15T13:57:03.119-04:002014-03-15T13:57:03.119-04:00Wow what a brilliant comment Anon 1115.Wow what a brilliant comment Anon 1115.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-76791138137679666592014-03-11T11:28:18.136-04:002014-03-11T11:28:18.136-04:00If UMass was "right-sized" as was propos...If UMass was "right-sized" as was proposed in the early '90's (before folks realized how many layoffs would be involved), if the undergraduate student body was reduced to about 12,000 (less than half of what it currently is), then there would be a lot fewer problems in Amherst. Also a lot fewer people with jobs...<br /><br />Details, details, I know...Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-79911073631387115862014-03-11T10:42:35.189-04:002014-03-11T10:42:35.189-04:00If the Retreat is built in Cushman Forest, there w...If the Retreat is built in Cushman Forest, there will be huge drinking parties constantly. One big difference is that they would be on private property, and in other Retreats, the management has defended the rights of students to have kegs on their front lawns, and police have much more limited ability to respond (not to mention ambulances navigating the icy sloped roads). Those parties might be less visible to anyone not in Cushman (ie: it will NOT be in THEIR backyard), but is it any less of a blight for UMass, just because it will only affect residents who live up there? News stories from towns with Retreats talk about police, fire, ambulance shortages as the new normal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-57712009506436009792014-03-11T09:23:37.844-04:002014-03-11T09:23:37.844-04:00That's only 38%. Yet, UMass students are gett...That's only 38%. Yet, UMass students are getting 100% of the blame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-25827176503881764842014-03-11T07:50:53.748-04:002014-03-11T07:50:53.748-04:00Of the 55 arrested by APD 21 were UMass students.Of the 55 arrested by APD 21 were UMass students.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-45241141469704484362014-03-11T00:40:08.241-04:002014-03-11T00:40:08.241-04:00Larry do you know what percentage were actually um...Larry do you know what percentage were actually umass students?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-22821013603666621522014-03-11T00:14:52.141-04:002014-03-11T00:14:52.141-04:00Anon 1021, you have not mastered basic grammar. Pe...Anon 1021, you have not mastered basic grammar. Perhaps your teacher should be held responsible? <br /><br />As for Larry, not everyone can publish things with their name, as they might have certain things at risk by doing so. For example, maybe the alumni from that article works for APD, and cannot speak about ongoing cases. It is not cowardice as you most often assume.The Juggernautnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-72829244477946869512014-03-10T23:51:14.253-04:002014-03-10T23:51:14.253-04:00I've never seen the HPD in riot gear.
I'l...<i> I've never seen the HPD in riot gear.</i><br /><br />I'll bet that -- outside of an elite narcotics squad -- they don't even <b>have</b> it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-85212132505216667282014-03-10T22:21:49.405-04:002014-03-10T22:21:49.405-04:00Why aren't UMass administrators there in court...Why aren't UMass administrators there in court too? These are there students. Maybe some face to face is in order. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-84629422050767598732014-03-10T21:32:13.762-04:002014-03-10T21:32:13.762-04:00Your little UN town needs to come to Holyoke for t...Your little UN town needs to come to Holyoke for the St Patricks Day Parade on Sunday. On Saturday we have the road race. The city parties all weekend long all over the city and in my 57 yrs I've never seen the HPD in riot gear. And BTW all races are welcome for the parade is a day for the little ones. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-28903493371001769352014-03-10T20:46:54.218-04:002014-03-10T20:46:54.218-04:00Ed, what by god does someone pay you to do for a l...Ed, what by god does someone pay you to do for a living?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-34489627978971764862014-03-10T20:12:23.751-04:002014-03-10T20:12:23.751-04:00Different article Ed^Different article Ed^Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-52024178444049910202014-03-10T19:38:00.146-04:002014-03-10T19:38:00.146-04:00By Olivia Kennis
Posted Mar 10 2014 - 10:05am
Tagg...<br /><b><i>By Olivia Kennis<br />Posted Mar 10 2014 - 10:05am<br />Tagged With: celebration, </i></b><br /><br />In the "by" line, where it traditionally is located. It's there in plain sight to me...Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-84307943423880765182014-03-10T19:34:11.285-04:002014-03-10T19:34:11.285-04:00Ed, you are delusional. Unfortunately, that also m...<i>Ed, you are delusional. Unfortunately, that also means unemployed.</i><br /><br />Q.E.D. and as I am not the latter, I therefore am not the former.<br /><br />As an aside, you really want to worry about the people like this -- particularly the ones who quietly pay a fine -- it is only a matter of time until one of them becomes rather lethal. I will not enjoy saying "I told you so" when that inevitably happens....<br /><br /><i> Someone was just walking down the street by themselves headed to his friends house and he was thrown to the ground, handcuffed and then had pepper spray sprayed in their eyes. For NO reason.<b> The town will pay.</b></i> <br /><br />That's the loose cannon who decides to up the ante the next time -- and then it won't just be the local networks in the parking lot...Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-83331720496842656512014-03-10T19:28:29.295-04:002014-03-10T19:28:29.295-04:00Where the heck do you see Olivia kennis?Where the heck do you see Olivia kennis?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-45785781029484161552014-03-10T19:25:00.111-04:002014-03-10T19:25:00.111-04:00"Not after this"
Why not? To me this do..."Not after this"<br /><br />Why not? To me this doesn't interfere with my tailgating ritual at all. <br /><br />And anon 610, this is different people the tailgating IS for supervision, tailgates don't get out of hand, this does. If blarney attendees didn't throw bottles and cause safety concerns there wouldn't be such a huge police interventionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-80439756147332856672014-03-10T18:44:39.658-04:002014-03-10T18:44:39.658-04:00football tailgates is more of a supervision rather...<i>football tailgates is more of a supervision rather than prevention?</i><br /><br />Simple -- alumni and they want donations from the few still willing to associate with UMass.<br /><br />I'll not go to tailgating though -- not after this -- I don't dare..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-23520205698585559652014-03-10T18:42:44.799-04:002014-03-10T18:42:44.799-04:00I seem to think that she DID sign her name. Olivi...I seem to think that she DID sign her name. Olivia Kennis looks like a name to me...<br /><br /><i>Poor, poor Ed. Like a Sox fan </i><br /><br />Correct me if I am wrong, but 2004 & 2013 have something in common, don't they?<br /><br />And are things better or worse than they were 15 years ago? Answer honestly. And is not each year worse than the one before?<br /><br />People laughed at me when I predicted that there soon would be rioting at UMass -- I will never forget a reporter from the Gazette telling me that it'd never happen. And????<br /><br />Now I'm saying they are INEXORABLY GETTING WORSE and will continue to do so. And???<br /><br />I hate being right on something like this. But I am.Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-75635912654067795652014-03-10T18:42:44.034-04:002014-03-10T18:42:44.034-04:00Ed, you are delusional. Unfortunately, that also m...Ed, you are delusional. Unfortunately, that also means unemployed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-73761204064547442272014-03-10T18:28:14.656-04:002014-03-10T18:28:14.656-04:00Anon 605. Someone w as j ust walking down the stre...Anon 605. Someone w as j ust walking down the street by themselves headed to his friends house and he was thrown to the ground, handcuffed and then had pepper spray sprayed in their eyes. For NO reason. The town will pay. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-51648445491768594492014-03-10T18:10:14.231-04:002014-03-10T18:10:14.231-04:00Can you explain to me why the police intervention ...Can you explain to me why the police intervention is so extreme in a situation like this but at the football tailgates is more of a supervision rather than prevention?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-60533549132292812362014-03-10T18:05:48.905-04:002014-03-10T18:05:48.905-04:00The thing I don't understand about the police ...The thing I don't understand about the police brutality people is that they seem to forget that they do not have to be there. It isn't illegal to gather in large groups, but it is illegal when those groups become destructive or dangerous, which they were.<br /><br />To the people who are calling Amherst a police state, or that the police are always this brutal, you are idiots. The Amherst police department is one of the most progressive and easy to get along with police departments I have ever encountered. If you don't like getting treated like an unruly mob, don't go to events which historically turn into unruly mobs (i.e. Blarney, Hoedown, Red Sox wins, frat houses, etc). When you are drinking a beer on your couch while watching the news and your door is broken down by the police, or walking down the street eating a bagel and get pepper sprayed, or are stopped-and-frisked, then start complaining. Until then, sit down, shut up, and lets get to the bottom of why these things keep happening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-14463388482888609812014-03-10T17:47:18.165-04:002014-03-10T17:47:18.165-04:00all you can comment on is not signing her name? Sh...all you can comment on is not signing her name? She brings up a great point. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-35980026625805407142014-03-10T17:36:25.506-04:002014-03-10T17:36:25.506-04:00No really, the sky is falling. No one gets out of...No really, the sky is falling. No one gets out of here alive!Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-52147647443762382872014-03-10T17:34:46.816-04:002014-03-10T17:34:46.816-04:00"this could get a whole lot worse very very q..."this could get a whole lot worse very very quickly the next time"<br /><br />Poor, poor Ed. Like a Sox fan in days of olde: "Okay, maybe my dreams didn't come true this time. But just wait 'til next year!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com