In what is now a spring tradition, a large crowd gathered on Court Street between Washington and State streets early Sunday morning when the clocks shifted to daylight-saving time.
Athens Police Department and Ohio University officials reported 21 arrests, including 14 students.
At about 1:15 a.m. a reveler on the balcony above Subway, 25 N. Court St., began waving a U.S. flag. At that point, a large portion of the crowd swarmed the street and chanted, -
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Stephanie Corbin and Joe Rominiecki
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Athens Police push back masses of Ohio University students on Court Street during the time change yesterday morning. Unlike past years, the APD kept students from taking over the street and arrested more people.