Party Vibe

TBH I reckon one problem is a change in the mindset of students over the years, as life gets more ruthless and compeitive

I lived in a University “city” (Reading) myself for many years of my life and had some friends who were students and also others who were staff/lecturers – also some students would come to our raves and friends would promote events in the student union venues (when/if the cops let them) so I got a good idea of what was going on on campus.

Over the years it was clear that there were a lot more conservative minded, ruthlessly ambitious students around (I think the type of person going up to study changed a lot as well).

It was not as much a case of traditional social class but the concept of a degree being seen merely as a career path/meal ticket rather than a way to “discover yourself”. I’ve noticed over the years fewer and fewer students get involved in protest/progressive politics, they are now just wanting to get the best market value out of their studies. There are also many students who are looking to careers within the Police or Civil Service, and they would obviously be more supportive of conventional authority structures.

Isn’t it approaching (or already) exam time at Uni?

If the area is a student village, I would not be at all surprised if other students called the Police on 999 and demanded that cops “did something” to stop the noise as it was “interfering with their revision”..

I don’t think its letting the cops off the hook – they clearly overreacted and those who were affected should take it up with IPCC

but local people also have the option to accept that although noisy its merely an end of term party and thats the consequence of living in the Uni district and to live with it, like they presumably have done for years (why has this only happened now?)

Its like living by the dogs home and complaining about the barking..

IMO if locals call the cops and people get hurt those who call them are at least partly responsible for the consequences, I bet there is lots of crime in Leeds and the the cops could have occupied themselves elsewhere than the student party..

OTOH I get the impression a lot of locals these days would deep down like to crack heads themselves or take vigilanté action but feel they are held back by “political correctness”.

When I lived in SE England (even more of a suburban middle england area than a uni place) I’ve had teens down the road from me have an end of exam party, and didn’t even consider calling any authorities.

The lad responsible actually knocked on my door the next day to apologise, I thanked him for apologising but said it didn’t bother me at all, wished him luck in his studies and told him to look out for events on the Ridgeway after he had done his exams :groucho:

In the 90s a noisy party that only lasted a weekend would be to an extent tolerated and accepted by the locals, someone calling 999 to it would be seen as very unpopular or a grass – IMO people have got a lot more angry and intolerant these days..