Trying to make sense of DEF Jam 2000

April 1, 2000 marked DEF Jam, a Latin Way party held in towers D, E, and F, which turned into something much more than a party. People who were not there will never know what they missed. One week after spring break, students brought Cancun to Medford. For over an hour, a crowd of hundreds chanted everything from "Defense," to "Hell no, we won't go," to "Let's get naked." Toilet paper, sofa seats, and Christmas lights were thrown from windows. Revelers clapped, danced, and sang. Police cars, paddywagons, and fire trucks surrounded the crowd, but the Tufts, Somerville, and Medford police that descended on the area seemed confused, unsure of exactly what to do. With few exceptions, there was a surprising lack of violence.