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ALBANY -- Christopher Schewe, 41, a Pittstown man and a full-time UAlbany student, has chained himself to a campus fountain. He said he gave a lock key to another person and told that person to not come back until Monday. He said he will not eat, will sleep in a tent and will wear adult diapers. Campus police searched him and have since left him alone. He is trying to bring attention to the cancellation of fountain day. He also said he wants an apology from Glenn Beck. "I think this is the worst representation of our school you could...

Albany, NY Updated 06:18 p.m., Wednesday, March 16, 2011: The suspensions have started. Three University at Albany students who were involved in the destruction of property during the Kegs and Eggs riots have been suspended. All those who participated in destruction and mayhem face suspension and possible expulsion from the school. The school sent out that warning Wednesday, one day before St. Patrick's Day, to remind students that drinking heavily carries consequences beyond a mere hangover. "As students are identified to the university by the Albany Police Department as participants in the egregious behaviors of Saturday, they will be temporarily...

ALBANY, NY -- A beer-soaked Saturday morning melee described by residents as the worst in recent memory is forcing the city to again confront the fraught relationship between full-time Pine Hills residents and the college students who often treat the neighborhood as their off-campus playground. By Monday, the number of college students facing charges had topped 40 as police and prosecutors vowed to use the drunken revelers' own cellphone videos to build cases against them. "Let me deliver this message to you," Albany County District Attorney David Soares said. "Many of you who felt, or believe now, that you've gotten...