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Bergevin gave up hope. Rioters
were rocking passing cars, starting
fist fights and throwing beer bot
tles in the air. Someone even fired
a bullet into the air.
“Once it really started going
down,” he said, “I had just given
up trying to get those people out of
there because I knew there was no
way I was going to get anything
done.”
So why did several hundred
mostly affluent students riot?
“I really don’t know. It's like the
whole: Why do drunk people got
ta fight?" Bergevin said. “It seems
like drunk people always have to
get in fights, and it’s never over
anything substantial or reason
able. I think the kids were just out
there.”
Vifquain, whoattended his par
ty dressed as a hillbilly, has anoth
er theory.
“Halfthe people have masks on
and paftit.sothey don’t feel quite
as responsible,” he said.
Bergevin camped out on his
neighbor’s porch to keep an eye
on his car, and the tear gas was his
first notion that the police had ar
rived.
When tear gas started to fly just
before midnight, Bergevin decid
ed to head home. His house was
nearly empty when he entered. He
and his roommates locked doors
and closed windows to keep out
the tear gas — and the people in
the front yard who were choking
on it.
Bieler knew the police were
present but didn’t understand
how they chose the time to send in
tear gas.
“They never reacted at the
height of it,” he said. "By the time
that happened, most of the dam
age had already been done.”
He speculated they may have
been waiting for reinforcements.
Bergevin would have preferred a
different approach.
“I would have liked it ifthey
would have came and talked to us
a little earlier on,” he said. “I think
it would have helped a lot if there
would have been a cop or two
there with me saying, 'Yeah, you
gotta leave. You guys gotta go. ’
“I can understand there were a
lot of kids there. I mean, I can un
derstand, too, one of the reasons
why they didn’t want to move in.”
The hosts were a little worried
and felt overwhelmed afterthe
riot.
“We figured there was probably
goingtobesome fallout from
that,” Bielersaid. “We had police
by our house every day for about a
week questioning us about the
riot, questioning us about fights
that had occurred in front of our
house, trying to find out who the
responsible parties were.
“Pretty much like three or four'
days straight it would be the top
story in the news. It was pretty
hectic. We weren’t sure what the
legal repercussions were going to
be for the riot.”
Some were quick to blame, but
the former roommates say that
was unfair.
“I don’t think that you can
blame it all on the people that
throw the party,” Bergevin said.
“From being there, from being on
the side that did throw the party, it
seemed like half the night I was
sitting there worrying, trying to
contain the whole thing. I wasn't
out there trying to get people all
messed up and into a riot. I want
ed people just to relax, cruise on
in, have a beer, just kind of hang
out. I mean, I didn’t throw any bot
tles. I didn’t kick down any signs,
anything like that.
“I think everybody’s kind of
calmed down a little bit now and
realized that it couldn’t have been
just us. It can’t be just the fault of
the guys that had the house.”
Those who lived in that house
were shocked by the riot in front
of their house.
"That kind of came out of the
blue,” Vifquain said. “I figured
everyone was having a good t ime.
It's Halloween.”
In spite of the police and media
attention, Bergevin and Bielerare
adamant that their party was not
the cause of the riot.
“I don’t think it was directly our
party that caused it,” Bergevin
said. “We had a big party, and I
mean basically it just got a bunch
of really drunk kids together. I
think it was a combination of
things. It was Halloween night,
everybody was really rowdy and
we had a big party going on. And
then another huge wave of kids
cruised over, and they were all
just hanging out in the street.
“I still think those samekids
who were tearing down street
signs and stuff like that would
have found other ways to bust
things up. just by themselves in
smallergroups.”
In contrast to his roommates,
Vifquain said he looks forward to
telling the story to hisgrandchil
dren.
“I think why it happened is we
ran out of beer," he said. “It was
pretty crazy, and it was illegal. But
I wouldn’t trade the memory of it
for the world. I don’t look at it as a
bad thing. I look at it as a good col
lege memory.”
But none are interested in creat
ing another memory like that one.
Bieler and Vifquain, who now live
together in an apartment, haven’t
thrown a party since the riot.
Vifquain’s got other ideas for
this year.
“I’m going to go out and find a
riot this time.”
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