Banquet facilities short and small punched at galabal student club: Many of the students were already drunk when they arrived

The University of Antwerp has a student club Sofia suspended after her galabal was turned out to be a mass brawl. The association of the faculty of law, was not to her advantage and is now up to 1 september 2019, on dry seed.

Sofia hired on november 16, hall Horta in the centre of Antwerp for its annual galabal. That is a concept in studentenmiddens, for 1,200 guests, the largest in its kind and with one constant: lots of drink and drugs. "Many of the students were already drunk when they arrived," says a witness. "Then it went from bad to worse." Around 3 hours was the price. Drunk heethoofden were with each other on the stick, and were buitengezet. There escalated it all the way. The police came with a 40-man spot, which is like a red rag to a bull worked. Some young people turned against the agents, which decided the ball to stop. The remaining young people - a few hundred - had no desire to stop partying, which may also be in the hall, to riots came. It was a girl from the stage. They are injured to the head. The police arrested three people and wrote fifteen pv's.

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In hall Horta they had the day after additional employees to clear the debris. Windows and furniture were killed in the war, the floor was here and there covered with vomit. "The galabal of Sofia was the first in ten years for which we have the green light to convert", says event manager Ann Fidlers. "Never let us have a studentenfeest."

mayor De Wever (N-VA) responded evil. "For years, we supply efforts to make Antwerp an attractive student city. Events like this do to this prejudice." Rector Herman Van Goethem has decided to the recognition of Sofia to withdraw and the club to suspend, until september 1, 2019. This loses the association with its grants and should they not have activities more organized. "This was not a one-off incident. We have the club been repeatedly admonished."

reputation

In its 58-year history has Sofia built a solid reputation in terms of alcohol abuse. Last year, they will be the first club ever to the prohibition to introduce themselves to the freshmen. Just like that other club, Reuzegom, went to Sofia's website immediately offline. On Facebook published a post: "We regret the incidents. In the coming year we will be reviving, so that the suspension can be quickly offset. But now, we continue with the hoofdorde of the day: preparing us for the exams."