June 3, 2026

Ohio State students angered by ChittFest damages, police response

It was around 10:30 Saturday night when Lauren Taras got a text on her neighborhood group chat warning that people were flipping cars in the street.  © Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Dispatch A student walks by scattered scooters and trash on Sunday, April 18, 2021, after police estimate about 1,000 people crowded the block on Chittenden Avenue between North High and Summit streets during the annual “ChittFest,” a party held the day of OSU’s spring football game. Columbus police dispersed the massive block party overnight near Ohio State’s campus which reportedly started to get out of hand around 10:45 p.m. on Saturday. No arrests were made. Taras, an Ohio State senior studying strategic communications and business, had been hanging out at her neighbor’s house on Chittenden Avenue while nearly 1,000 students partied outside their door at “ChittFest,” an annual block party held the day of OSU’s spring football game. It took…

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