Is Revelry the new Mifflin? No chance, Lance. Maybe if they get some legitimate artists in the coming years – otherwise it will be like trying to replace a Ferrari with a Prius. Yes, the Prius might be safer and better for the environment – sort of like Revelry – with less arrests and beer cans on the street. But the Ferrari is a lot more fun, and based on tradition – just like the Mifflin Street Block Party.

This year, Revelry will likely be popular not because an overwhelmingly amount of people want to go, but because literally nothing else is happening on the weekend of May 4th. I even caved and bought a ticket just because I don’t know what the hell I could do outside that day without having to answer to the Police State of Madison.

I have no idea who Hoodie Allen is. Based on what I hear from friends, he’s basically the same as Sammy Adams and Asher Roth. I guess it would be cool to have him for some kind of frat party, but to replace Mifflin, they need to pull out some bigger guns – like maybe bring Bob Marley back from the dead or find where Tupac’s been hiding out all these years and get his ass out here.

It stinks how a few stupid people, who did not even go to this school, led to the degradation of Mifflin — from a full-blown block party to a sidewalk party and now nothing — because they stabbed other people. Honestly, who does that? A punch, okay cool. Maybe even a karate chop or roundhouse kick, but stabbing? Come on. Why do you even have a knife at Mifflin? I mean you are in Madison, not Tijuana.

But, an alternate to Mifflin is not the answer. I was down at Indiana University this past weekend for Little 500,  a bike race that is the focal point of a week of partying. I think if Mifflin was centered on an event, and if the proceeds went to charity or a good cause, it could make a comeback. This way if they cancel Mifflin, it will basically be like saying, “I support world hunger.” In that case, hopefully the mayor and police have a conscience.

Hayes Cascia ([email protected]) is a sophomore with an undeclared major.