OLYMPIA — Concerts have been banned at The Evergreen State College pending a campus security review following a riot in which a Thurston County sheriff’s patrol car was overturned and looted.
At a meeting of hundreds of students, faculty and staff in a lecture hall, vice president of student affairs Arthur Costantino said Tuesday the review will be made by a committee headed by Phyllis Lane, dean of student and academic support services.
Disorder erupted early Friday after a performance by the hip-hop group Dead Prez. A sheriff’s patrol car was overturned, a laptop and radar gun from the vehicle were stolen and state troopers reported widespread rock throwing, but no one was injured.
Sheriff’s Lt. Christopher Mealy said four patrol cars were damaged, with repair costs estimated at $35,000 to $50,000.
Scott Beibin of the Evil Twin Booking Agency in Philadelphia, Dead Prez’s management group, told students the hip-hop group’s concert at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma this Friday has been postponed although the Evergreen disturbance was the first involving the group in 10 years of releasing music.
“Every single show, people are expressing concern that there will be a riot,” Beibin said.
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