Who says students and their neighbours can't get along. After area residents turned their sleepy streets into a wild night students will have a hard time forgetting.

Roscoe Webster hatched the idea that was on full display this past weekend. It all started a month ago when he began approaching his neighbours about a blowout bash for returning students.


“I was thinking to myself that every year we end up trying to put an end to the good times, these kids have. Maybe we should embrace them,” said Webster. “Let's get off on the right foot with these kids. Let's have us a party they'll never forget, and maybe then the rest of the year will go smoother than in previous years.”

Gladys Smiters, a 76 year-old widow, who has lived in the area for 12, years loved the idea.

“I wanted the kids to know that I'm not just the old lady on the street. That I'm a person too and that grannies just want to have fun,” acknowledged Smiters. “I think the party was a great time for everyone. It took me back to my youthful days. I even flashed a couple of the boys New Orleans style. That was fun.”

To their credit students behaved reasonably responsibly, considering their neighbours provided free drinks and food. Obscenities were kept to a minimum and there were no reported incidents of beer bottle throwing.

“The only thing that concerned us slightly was the amount of nudity,” said Webster. “Not just women either, men were letting their manliness hang out as well

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