Well, MSU has made it into the Final 4 in basketball. And the students and alumni should be proud. However, with that comes the prospect of riots.

Past history has shown us that MSU students riot if they loose and they riot if they win. So, it would seem that it is not a matter of whether they will riot, it is only a matter of when. And in preparation for the event, East Lansing has passed new riot laws.

It is now illegal to throw cans and bottles at police officers during a riot. And, to an extent, this makes sense. However, common sense says that it should be illegal to throw bottles and cans at anyone regardless of whether there is a riot or not.

But more to the point, how are the students going to know whether they are in a riot or just an unruly mob?  And at that point in time, I doubt that they will really care.

The law was a nice idea but not well thought out.