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I'm not sure that this is why students are rioting, but the University of Dayton men's basketball team is currently experiencing unprecedented success (ranked third nationally), and the "March Madness" NCAA men's basketball tournament starts in a couple of weeks.

I wonder how much of this is truly about students having nowhere to go vs students being upset that they're going to miss out on a chance for wild partying.

I also wonder if the administration erred on the side of caution here as a means to avoid dealing with over-exuberant partying.

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Students are being kicked out of their dorms and are upset/rioting due to this sudden eviction. Why on earth would your immediate suspicion be to accuse students of rioting because of missed potential parties?

Because I looked at the photos of the "riot": https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/photos-police-rio...

And the kids on the street generally look like entitled middle-class white kids causing a disturbance, which reminded me of my own days at the University of Dayton.

EDIT: Perhaps they're being pressured by the administration but the Twitter account for the student newspaper says it was not a protest, and that "students were treating it as a potential last party of the semester".

https://twitter.com/FlyerNews/status/1237758188943966213

They all got kicked out of where they live, and paid to live. It's not entitlement to be upset about that. I think the main problem is that you are not making any attempt whatsoever to empathize, instead just bringing out knee-jerk canards about no-good lazy young people.

They were going to get kicked out for spring break anyhow. Then again at the end of the semester. It's temporary housing.

I do empathize with the minority of folks for whom this represents a real challenge.

But having been enrolled at this particular university not all that long ago, my experience is that the vast majority of these young people are members of families that are fairly well-off - they were able to send their kids to a private university (with a reputation as a party school).

Thanks for providing context. From the links provided by the other poster with knowledge of this university it sounds like similar interactions with riot police have happened a number of times.

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