Original sentence: It is composed of five identical 22-story towers (Kennedy, Coolidge, John Quincy Adams, John Adams and Washington) and many smaller buildings, holding thousands of students between them.Specifically, in past years, following the conclusion of professional sport playoff matches, thousands of impassioned fans of Boston sports have spilled out into the concrete-lined courtyards of Southwest baring chests, burning couches, overturning cars and getting maced, clubbed and arrested
Edited sentence: It is composed of five identical 22-story towers (Kennedy, Coolidge, John Quincy Adams, John Adams and Washington) and, as if pressed from the same cookie cutter, many smaller buildings, holding thousands of students between them.Specifically, in past years, following the conclusion of professional sport playoff matches, thousands of impassioned fans of Boston sports have spilled out into the concrete-lined courtyards of Southwest baring chests, burning couches, overturning cars and getting maced, clubbed and arrested in "riots" that tarnish the degree of every UMass student and alum.The few individuals who ruin these otherwise peaceful gatherings with illegal activities are going to spoil the rights of students in the future to seriously organize for more noble demonstrations.These repercussions have already been felt: recently (2005), administrators have (albeit unsuccessfully) tried to levy attacks on students' rights to self assemble