Two students and six others were arrested, and neighbors complained about drunken and lewd behavior, noise and parking problems. At least two couches were set on fire in the street. William Schuerman, dean of students, said the parties have grown out of control and steadily escalated over the years despite the university's efforts to curb them. Part of the escalation is the trashing of the neighborhood by a lot of people that don't even belong here,'' he said. He said it will be at least three years before the school will even consider reinstating homecoming.
Students are unhappy.
That's like the main event for the school. School officials say homecoming has evolved into an event that attracts primarily younger alumni who don't even attend the weekend football game. It's not a major alumni event. It's not a major athletic event,'' Schuerman said. Bill Hunt, director of alumni programs, said scrapping homecoming will not hurt the school's efforts to raise money from alumni in the long run.