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Old 05-19-2008, 02:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
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U High Paintball Vandalism

This is the first news I've read about paintball vandalism in my area-

Pantagraph.com | News | U High closed following extensive vandalism

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NORMAL -- University High School's halls are empty this morning with the exception of people cleaning the floors and walls after vandals shot paint balls over much of the school early Monday morning.

The paintball splotches, mostly in the school colors of Pioneer green and gold, are on lockers, brick walls, doors, water fountains — even paintings — throughout the school. There is no damage on the second-floor level. An unexploded paint capsule sat on a water fountain that also had been blasted with green paint.
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An unexploded paint capsule sat on a water fountain that also had been blasted with green paint.
was a little over dramatic, but still, I wish kids/people wouldn't use paintball as a means to deface things. (or use anything to deface things in general.)

They have now added a video of the damage, including the "unexploded paint capsule"!

http://videos.pantagraph.com/p/video?id=1888412

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Old 05-19-2008, 02:53 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Wow, they must have brought in the bomb squad to deal with the unexploded ordinance... I guess they detonated in place?
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Old 05-19-2008, 03:09 PM   #3 (permalink)
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They covered the walls with paintballs? The pics don't look like it..

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Old 05-19-2008, 03:58 PM   #4 (permalink)
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At least they used school colors. Which IIRC are not common colors and might be tracked somewhat easily.
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Old 05-19-2008, 06:25 PM   #5 (permalink)
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What kind of wussie school closes because of a few areas of paint splat? I've seen many schools with real vandalism (Broken glass, stolen pc's, etc) and yet they were still open.
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Old 05-19-2008, 07:26 PM   #6 (permalink)
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What kind of wussie school closes because of a few areas of paint splat? I've seen many schools with real vandalism (Broken glass, stolen pc's, etc) and yet they were still open.
That's cause you live in the Bay Area and this is Bloomington IL.

I like the name of the school... 'U High'...'Dude, are u high? huh huh huh huh'. I bet that one never gets old.
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Old 05-19-2008, 07:59 PM   #7 (permalink)
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The front windows of my high school had bullet holes in them, and we still had to go to school.
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Old 05-19-2008, 11:36 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Bullet holes don't create a slip hazard.
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Old 05-20-2008, 01:35 AM   #9 (permalink)
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That is really nothing. Before I saw the pictures I expected like four cases splattered on the walls.
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Old 05-20-2008, 01:55 AM   #10 (permalink)
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AHHH! UNEXPLODED PAINT CAPSULE! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

that made me lol. the wording makes it seem so outrageous, like blasted and unexploded. jeez.
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