• Apply
  • Archives
  • NewsWatch
  • Classifieds
  • Multimedia
    • Ole Miss in Puerto Rico
    • Campus Protests
    • The Queen of Marks
    • Meet Aubrey Armstrong, a Real Champion and Local Celebrity
    • Mississippi voters passed Initiative 65. What’s next?
    • One year later: COVID-19 at Ole Miss
    • “It’s Just Not Fair”: One Woman’s Fight For Access to Community Water
    • A way with words
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
The Daily Mississippian
  • News
    UM remembers 26 lives in annual memorial ceremony

    UM remembers 26 lives in annual memorial ceremony

    Hickerson selected as SOJNM dean, pending IHL approval

    Changes to commuter parking beginning fall 2022

    Changes to commuter parking beginning fall 2022

    A town of many colors: Oxford Pride

    A town of many colors: Oxford Pride

    Verdict reached in UM lawsuit

    UM students face tuition increase

    Inside Oxford-University Transit: The system that keeps Oxford moving

    Inside Oxford-University Transit: The system that keeps Oxford moving

  • Sports
    Rebels drop two of three to Mississippi State

    Rebels drop two of three to Mississippi State

    Ole Miss defeats Mississippi State in Governor’s Cup

    Ole Miss defeats Mississippi State in Governor’s Cup

    Rebels overcome early deficit to take Game 1 on the road against the Gamecocks

    Rebels overcome early deficit to take Game 1 on the road against the Gamecocks

    Luke Altmyer helps secure a victory for the Red team in the Grove Bowl

    Luke Altmyer helps secure a victory for the Red team in the Grove Bowl

    Men’s Golf finishes 12th in the SEC Championship

    Men’s Golf finishes 12th in the SEC Championship

    Snoop in the ‘Sip

    Snoop in the ‘Sip

  • Arts & Culture
    Lavender LLC debuts this fall

    Lavender LLC debuts this fall

    Code Pink co-founder: “This party is for you”

    Code Pink co-founder: “This party is for you”

    Code Pink offers home away from home for LGBTQIA+ community

    Code Pink offers home away from home for LGBTQIA+ community

    Pride on the Plaza celebrates Oxford Pride community

    Pride on the Plaza celebrates Oxford Pride community

  • Opinion

    Opinion: The shame of Confederate Heritage Month

    Farewell Column: I did my best and the DM did too

    Gas prices are Biden’s fault, not Putin’s

    CRT can’t be in Mississippi schools but homophobia must be?

  • Print / e-Editions
  • Advertise
    • Advertise with Us
    • Ad Policy
    • Classifieds
  • Contact
  • News
    UM remembers 26 lives in annual memorial ceremony

    UM remembers 26 lives in annual memorial ceremony

    Hickerson selected as SOJNM dean, pending IHL approval

    Changes to commuter parking beginning fall 2022

    Changes to commuter parking beginning fall 2022

    A town of many colors: Oxford Pride

    A town of many colors: Oxford Pride

    Verdict reached in UM lawsuit

    UM students face tuition increase

    Inside Oxford-University Transit: The system that keeps Oxford moving

    Inside Oxford-University Transit: The system that keeps Oxford moving

  • Sports
    Rebels drop two of three to Mississippi State

    Rebels drop two of three to Mississippi State

    Ole Miss defeats Mississippi State in Governor’s Cup

    Ole Miss defeats Mississippi State in Governor’s Cup

    Rebels overcome early deficit to take Game 1 on the road against the Gamecocks

    Rebels overcome early deficit to take Game 1 on the road against the Gamecocks

    Luke Altmyer helps secure a victory for the Red team in the Grove Bowl

    Luke Altmyer helps secure a victory for the Red team in the Grove Bowl

    Men’s Golf finishes 12th in the SEC Championship

    Men’s Golf finishes 12th in the SEC Championship

    Snoop in the ‘Sip

    Snoop in the ‘Sip

  • Arts & Culture
    Lavender LLC debuts this fall

    Lavender LLC debuts this fall

    Code Pink co-founder: “This party is for you”

    Code Pink co-founder: “This party is for you”

    Code Pink offers home away from home for LGBTQIA+ community

    Code Pink offers home away from home for LGBTQIA+ community

    Pride on the Plaza celebrates Oxford Pride community

    Pride on the Plaza celebrates Oxford Pride community

  • Opinion

    Opinion: The shame of Confederate Heritage Month

    Farewell Column: I did my best and the DM did too

    Gas prices are Biden’s fault, not Putin’s

    CRT can’t be in Mississippi schools but homophobia must be?

  • Print / e-Editions
  • Advertise
    • Advertise with Us
    • Ad Policy
    • Classifieds
  • Contact
No Result
View All Result
The Daily Mississippian
No Result
View All Result

Students storm Vaught-Hemingway for ‘no real rhyme or reason’

After thousands were invited to a snowball fight on campus, several hundred students gathered in the Grove and 'rushed the Vaught'

Will CorleybyWill Corley
February 15, 2021
2 min read

Hundreds of students gathered in the Grove for a snowball fight on Monday afternoon that led to rushing Vaught-Hemingway Stadium and at least two charges of trespassing as winter weather shut down businesses, schools and roads.

A group message organized on Sunday afternoon via GroupMe called for members to “add anyone and everyone” for a snowball fight in the Grove at 1 p.m. on Monday. The group message garnered over 3,500 members by Monday afternoon.

Hundreds of students stormed Vaught-Hemingway Stadium today after a GroupMe invited thousands to a snowball fight in the Grove. Photo by Will Corley.

“We’re trying to make this snowball fight the biggest ever in Mississippi,” read one message from the group owner, who declined to comment. 

Of the hundreds of students who attended the snowball fight, few were following city and university COVID guidelines. According to UM’s guidelines for events, there is a 10-person limit indoors and 25 participants outdoors. The university also asks that attendees wear masks, use social distancing and limit physical contact. 

Despite the excitement around an organized snowball fight, many of the students present were not throwing snowballs. The atmosphere in the Grove felt similar to that of tailgating at a home football game. One member played music from a speaker for the crowd, which congregated into a circle near the Walk of Champions entrance. Students were dancing, cheering and, at one point, crowdsurfing. Some students were seen drinking alcohol.

Photo by Hannah Grace Biggs.

“We figured there would be a lot of people there,” said one student, who asked to be anonymous due to legal action against students present at the stadium. “It’s a fun thing to do since we didn’t get tailgating (in the fall).” 

Around 1:45 p.m., after the crowd migrated to the Grove stage, students began chanting “Rush the Vaught!” and frantically dashed for Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. While many seemed nervous to jump over the fence, several students made it over a wall between gates 15-25 and into the stadium.

“We got about 35-40 people inside, and then we went right and climbed out the fence on the other side,” said another student who successfully got into the stadium.

Photo obtained by The Daily Mississippian.
In the group, many students mentioned having COVID-19. Photo obtained by The Daily Mississippian.
In the group, many students mentioned having COVID-19. Photo obtained by The Daily Mississippian.

In the group, many students mentioned having COVID-19. Photo obtained by The Daily Mississippian.

Students were still inside the stadium when University Police Department arrived to break up the crowd around 1:55 p.m. A video circulating on social media shows one UPD vehicle driving toward the crowd on icy roads to scatter crowd members. UPD could not be reached for comment about if this decision was protocol or why the officer drove toward the crowd.

Photo by Will Corley

“The sirens came, and everybody literally fled like roaches,” one student, who was cited for trespassing, said. “I have the grand idea that I can make it. So I jumped down, and the police officer grabs this girl in front of me. Then two seconds later, he grabs me, and he swings us to the police car, and he’s like, ‘So what was the master plan? What are y’all doing?’”

At least two students were detained by UPD and cited for trespassing in Vaught-Hemingway.  According to several students at the event, there was no “master plan.”

 

“So basically, there was no real rhyme or reason to why we did what we did. It was just being stupid,” she said.

After a GroupMe with over 3,000 people organized a snowball fight in the Grove, participants ran to Vaught-Hemingway stadium. Photo by Will Corley.

 

In Case You Missed It

UM remembers 26 lives in annual memorial ceremony

UM remembers 26 lives in annual memorial ceremony

4 weeks ago
Lavender LLC debuts this fall

Lavender LLC debuts this fall

4 weeks ago
Code Pink co-founder: “This party is for you”

Code Pink co-founder: “This party is for you”

4 weeks ago
Code Pink offers home away from home for LGBTQIA+ community

Code Pink offers home away from home for LGBTQIA+ community

4 weeks ago

Hickerson selected as SOJNM dean, pending IHL approval

4 weeks ago
Rebels drop two of three to Mississippi State

Rebels drop two of three to Mississippi State

4 weeks ago

Students storm Vaught-Hemingway for ‘no real rhyme or reason’

After thousands were invited to a snowball fight on campus, several hundred students gathered in the Grove and 'rushed the Vaught'

Will CorleybyWill Corley
February 15, 2021
2 min read

Hundreds of students gathered in the Grove for a snowball fight on Monday afternoon that led to rushing Vaught-Hemingway Stadium and at least two charges of trespassing as winter weather shut down businesses, schools and roads.

A group message organized on Sunday afternoon via GroupMe called for members to “add anyone and everyone” for a snowball fight in the Grove at 1 p.m. on Monday. The group message garnered over 3,500 members by Monday afternoon.

Hundreds of students stormed Vaught-Hemingway Stadium today after a GroupMe invited thousands to a snowball fight in the Grove. Photo by Will Corley.

“We’re trying to make this snowball fight the biggest ever in Mississippi,” read one message from the group owner, who declined to comment. 

Of the hundreds of students who attended the snowball fight, few were following city and university COVID guidelines. According to UM’s guidelines for events, there is a 10-person limit indoors and 25 participants outdoors. The university also asks that attendees wear masks, use social distancing and limit physical contact. 

Despite the excitement around an organized snowball fight, many of the students present were not throwing snowballs. The atmosphere in the Grove felt similar to that of tailgating at a home football game. One member played music from a speaker for the crowd, which congregated into a circle near the Walk of Champions entrance. Students were dancing, cheering and, at one point, crowdsurfing. Some students were seen drinking alcohol.

Photo by Hannah Grace Biggs.

“We figured there would be a lot of people there,” said one student, who asked to be anonymous due to legal action against students present at the stadium. “It’s a fun thing to do since we didn’t get tailgating (in the fall).” 

Around 1:45 p.m., after the crowd migrated to the Grove stage, students began chanting “Rush the Vaught!” and frantically dashed for Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. While many seemed nervous to jump over the fence, several students made it over a wall between gates 15-25 and into the stadium.

“We got about 35-40 people inside, and then we went right and climbed out the fence on the other side,” said another student who successfully got into the stadium.

Photo obtained by The Daily Mississippian.
In the group, many students mentioned having COVID-19. Photo obtained by The Daily Mississippian.
In the group, many students mentioned having COVID-19. Photo obtained by The Daily Mississippian.

In the group, many students mentioned having COVID-19. Photo obtained by The Daily Mississippian.

Students were still inside the stadium when University Police Department arrived to break up the crowd around 1:55 p.m. A video circulating on social media shows one UPD vehicle driving toward the crowd on icy roads to scatter crowd members. UPD could not be reached for comment about if this decision was protocol or why the officer drove toward the crowd.

Photo by Will Corley

“The sirens came, and everybody literally fled like roaches,” one student, who was cited for trespassing, said. “I have the grand idea that I can make it. So I jumped down, and the police officer grabs this girl in front of me. Then two seconds later, he grabs me, and he swings us to the police car, and he’s like, ‘So what was the master plan? What are y’all doing?’”

At least two students were detained by UPD and cited for trespassing in Vaught-Hemingway.  According to several students at the event, there was no “master plan.”

 

“So basically, there was no real rhyme or reason to why we did what we did. It was just being stupid,” she said.

After a GroupMe with over 3,000 people organized a snowball fight in the Grove, participants ran to Vaught-Hemingway stadium. Photo by Will Corley.

 

In Case You Missed It

UM remembers 26 lives in annual memorial ceremony

UM remembers 26 lives in annual memorial ceremony

4 weeks ago
Lavender LLC debuts this fall

Lavender LLC debuts this fall

4 weeks ago
Code Pink co-founder: “This party is for you”

Code Pink co-founder: “This party is for you”

4 weeks ago
Code Pink offers home away from home for LGBTQIA+ community

Code Pink offers home away from home for LGBTQIA+ community

4 weeks ago

Hickerson selected as SOJNM dean, pending IHL approval

4 weeks ago
Rebels drop two of three to Mississippi State

Rebels drop two of three to Mississippi State

4 weeks ago

Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube
Mississippi Press Association

Sign up for The Morning Briefing, our newsletter with the top news of the day.

SUBSCRIBE

  • News
  • Sports
  • Arts & Culture
  • Opinion
  • Print / e-Editions
  • Advertise
    • Advertise with Us
    • Ad Policy
    • Classifieds
  • Contact

All Rights Reserved to S. Gale Denley Student Media Center 2019

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Sports
  • Arts & Culture
  • Opinion
  • Print / e-Editions
  • Advertise
    • Advertise with Us
    • Ad Policy
    • Classifieds
  • Contact

All Rights Reserved to S. Gale Denley Student Media Center 2019

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In