Homecoming seems to be the biggest social event of the year for many college students. Party-goers fill the streets of their designated party ground to let out their inner wild side. Sometimes the wild can get rowdy and matters can get disorderly. How far is too far?
It appears as though hoco may be used as an excuse for some students to desert their moral integrity. People tend to follow a monkey-see monkey-do pattern at these parties. If someone does something reckless, everyone cheers and follows along.
The typical silly homecoming stunt results in someone jumping off of an elevated structure into a crowd surf. If the stunt goes well, nobody gets hurt and property is undamaged. Though there’s no guarantee that things won’t go awry, these adrenaline filled party-goers are willing to take the risks.
On a normal day, any sensible person wouldn’t break into a stranger’s car on the street. On Saturday at McMaster university’s foco, thousands of students flooded the streets and did just that. A first year student’s car got broken into, dismantled, stomped on, and overturned.
The owner of the vehicle was allegedly out of town with McMaster’s rowing team. They were not there to protect their property and only found out about the incident through social media.
The cheering and drinking encourages mischief and mass destruction amongst the large group of young people. Because of this, something always goes wrong at every hoco.
Other rioting behaviours may include climbing on top of buildings and telephone polls, theft, vandalism, fighting and invasion of privacy. It’s almost like a young, menacing brand of the real life purge.
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