Here's a link to the Athens News picture coverage of the Ohio University Halloween Party -- which is famous in the midwest and other places:
http://www.athensnews.com/Halloween/halphotos.htm
There are some interesting costumes. You can click on the pics at left, or they will change every ten seconds.
There was also a riot:
Street parties marked by riots, arrests
by Lindsey Nelson
With this weekend's unseasonably warm temperatures came an unsettlingly high number of arrests at the annual Halloween celebration. A riot, stabbing and sexual assault all occurred during the event.
While the Court Street area stayed relatively calm all night, Halloween participants lit fires and rioted in outlying areas of campus and student neighborhoods early into yesterday morning.
In a press release, Athens Police Department Chief Richard Mayer said, "This event was far and away the worse event to date. It stretched and broke the ability of the department to respond to the needs of the public."
Overall, APD made 66 arrests on Saturday night plus 15 arrests Friday night, compared to only 30 from Saturday night last year.
According to the release, a riot occurred around 5 a.m. yesterday morning in the area of Mill, Stewart and Palmer streets. A string of five fires were set using couches and other materials. Rioters also overturned one car and attempted to overturn another.
While police officers and firefighters attempted to deal with the problems, people in the area threw bottles and other items at them.
Reinforcements were called in, and the fires were extinguished, but people continued to throw items at the officers from rooftops and backyards.
APD officers, Ohio University Police Department and other agencies were able to disperse the crowd into houses after obtaining riot gear and equipment.
In addition, a man stabbed in the leg on Columbus Road earlier in the evening might have to have the leg amputated, according to the press release.
Two men helped a woman who was being assaulted by another man. A fourth man then pulled a knife and stabbed the two men who were assisting the woman.
The femoral artery of one of the men was severed. The other man, who was stabbed multiple times in the chest, suffered a collapsed lung and was stabilized at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital.
A police officer, Lt. Sean Finan, also was taken to O'Bleness after he was attacked and assaulted by a fifth man when he arrived at the scene. He was treated and released. The suspects were apprehended in Nelsonville.
According to the release, OUPD reported a stolen vehicle and a sexual assault on campus.
OU freshman Jeremy D. Springer was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery in the incident and was transported to Southeast Ohio Regional Jail. The victim, a visitor, was a 19-year-old woman. Springer's arraignment will be today in Athens County Court of Common Pleas.
There were at least 11 fights and five assaults the night of the block party between midnight and 5:10 a.m. One fight near Magic Video on East State Street led to about five arrests, as all mounted police officers responded to the area.
There also was an attempted fire near Mill, Stewart and Palmer streets at 8:13 a.m. Subjects fled the scene as officers arrived.
OU spokesman Jack Jeffery said OUPD made 23 arrests and gave seven citations throughout the weekend. However, of the 30 charges, only four were OU students.
Jeffery said the university is reviewing information about the riot, and if any OU students were involved, they will face OU judiciaries, as well as any criminal charges they might face.
"We take a very dim view of that type of behavior," he said.
Mayer said in the release that the only way to correct the problems created by the Halloween event was to hire more officers.
"I feel that the number of serious problems created by this Halloween went beyond the capacity of this department and its volunteers and placed the public at risk," he said.