McMaster students 'disappointed,' say actions at destructive homecoming event 'disgusting'
CBC
If you asked Ashley Hogan what she thought would happen Saturday after travelling out of town to her first rowing regatta, the first-year McMaster University student wouldn't have guessed she'd end up in a hospital.
But that's where she says she wound up after she learned her car — the one she worked four years to save up for and buy in November 2020 — was smashed, flipped over and destroyed by a horde of people on homecoming weekend in Hamilton.
"I saw a video and that's when … I got really bad anxiety about my car and what's going to happen with insurance and my money … I passed out," the 18-year-old told CBC Hamilton on Monday, as her voice trembled.
Her white, 2017 Mazda 3 is now in a junkyard, she says. The destruction of Hogan's car has become the central image of a crowded, unsanctioned gathering near Dalewood Avenue in the city's west end, near McMaster University. The area is known as one where many students live given its close proximity to campus.
Hamilton police said by 2 p.m. Saturday, there were roughly 5,000 people in the area. They arrested and charged two people for Liquor Licence Act Offences and five others causing a disturbance.
McMaster president David Farrar wrote in a letter those who participated "owe our neighbours, our emergency workers and every other student an apology for the disruptions, disrespect of property and disregard of those who live in our community."
While the school and police are looking for answers, some McMaster students said they feel ashamed about what took place.
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