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Students Blame Police for Weekend Disturbance
By Rebecca Kaufman on Monday, April 14, 2003.
UNH officials say students charged in Saturday's disturbances in Durham will face disciplinary action.
Officials are waiting for the police reports before deciding how they will hold the students accountable.
Durham police arrested 87 students during a melee following UNH's loss in the national hockey championship.
Most of the attention has been on punishing students who took part in what's being called the riot in Durham.
But during a visit to the campus today, NHPR correspondent Rebecca Kaufman found not everyone agrees on who is to blame.
ON UNH?S DURHAM CAMPUS, IT SEEMS EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION ON LAST WEEKEND?S TROUBLES.
TO HEAR SOME STUDENTS TELL THE STORY, THEY WERE JUST GOING TO THE LOCAL BARS TO WATCH THE GAME WHEN THEY WERE MET BY AN OVERWHELMING POLICE PRESENCE.
OTHERS SAID THEY KNEW SOMETHING BAD WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND THEY WANTED TO CHECK IT OUT.
BUT IT WAS SURPRISING TO HEAR HOW MANY STUDENTS PUT THE BLAME ON THE POLICE FOR SATURDAY?S DISTURBANCES.
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OTHER STUDENTS, HOWEVER, HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR THOSE THEY CONSIDER TROUBLEMAKERS.
THEY SAY MANY WENT INTO TOWN LOOKING FOR ACTION.
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BUT THERE IS A THIRD GROUP OF STUDENTS.
THEY SEE ENOUGH BLAME TO BE SHARED BY EVERYONE INVOLVED.
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IN A STATEMENT, UNH PRESIDENT ANNE WEAVER HART NOTED THE CAMPUS NEEDS A CULTURAL CHANGE.
THE STUDENTS SHE SAID LACK RESPECT FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
THE UNIVERSITY IS, HOWEVER, LOOKING FOR WAYS THE STUDENTS CAN PAY BACK THE COMMUNITY.
FOR NHPR NEWS THIS IS REBECCA KAUFMAN.
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