Article: Officials decry rise of Big Game hostilities

Saba Bireda
University Wire
01-09-1998
(The Stanford Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- The days of vandalized Rodin sculptures, defaced buildings, near riots and injured school mascots in the period surrounding Big Game between UC-Berkeley and Stanford may be over.

In a letter to Bay Area newspapers dated Dec. 19, University President Gerhard Casper and UC-Berkeley Chancellor Robert Berdahl expressed their displeasure at the events after this year's Big Game. The letter mentioned behavior that the universities found unacceptable, namely the throwing of objects at fans and the removal of one of the goalposts after the game.

In conclusion, the letter proposed that students and fans "create ...

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