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"A pre-St. Patrick's Day celebration near the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts spiraled out of control, pitting police in riot gear against thousands of drunken and unruly revelers at the annual \"Blarney Blowout.\"Officials said Sunday there were 52 arrests and four officers were injured in the clashes that included some students throwing beer bottles, cans and snowballs.In addition to the arrests, 28 people were issued summonses, Amherst police said. Most charges were for disturbing the peace, open container violations and disturbing the peace, but some were for assault and battery on a police officer and others.About 90 percent of those charged are UMass Amherst students, police said.\"I want to make it unequivocally clear that the University ofMassachusetts Amherst condemns the outrageous behavior of those studentswho acted out without any regard for public safety and the community inwhich they live,\" UMass Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy said in a statement. \"They have brought shame on our fine university and runthe risk of devaluing the college degree that all of our students work sohard to achieve.\"Amherst police said authorities spent most of the day Saturday attempting to disperse several large gathering around the UMass campus for the party traditionally held the Saturday before spring break. The partying carried through Saturday evening into early Sunday.Amherst Police Capt. Jennifer Gundersen has called the partying \"extremely disturbing and unsafe.\"Some students, however, are upset by what they call aggressive police behavior.\"Pepper bullets were being shot at students who were walking away from the scene,\" UMass Student Body President Zach Broughton said. \"There was a mandate for  to truly show a sign of force.\"UMass denounced the \"unruly behavior.\" A spokesman says students who were arrested will be reviewed under the school's code of conduct and that sanctions could include suspension or expulsion."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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