May Day

The last Friday of the spring semester happens to be the last Friday a graduating senior ( 4th year) student will have to attend classes at the University ............and it is supposed to be party time...this usually happens in the month of May and hence this day is called May Day......

till about two years back it was a big thing here in Akron.......people would be roaming around the streets......with beer mugs in their hands and going door to door askin for beer.......was like this big event here..,...though I never witnessed it, I do hear a lot about it........Allyn Street, Wheeler Street, Torrey Street( where I live) and Sumner Street were the places to be .....and then two years back (under the influence of some "nasha") these kids thought it would be an awesome idea to go onto someone's porch and get their couch lying there ..........and light it in the middle of the street and have this big bonfire.......well that was the end of May Day here in Akron.....since then the security for May Day is tight as ever..........as it is i see a cop car pass by my house every 15 minutes on a regular night.....so just imagine the security today.......as of this evening Exchange Street , that is the main road leading to this area was cordoned off and no vehicles were allowed there......there was a special task force employed just for this night.....cops are seen usually in cars.....today I saw cops on bikes, all terrain vehicles, in their cars and believe it or not ...........on horse back.....last year the cops were patrolling the area using choppers.....

All because someone decided to burn a couch on a warm night in May.....else I would not have been posting this.....instead I'd be knocking on someone's door asking for my share of beer.......