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Will COVID-19 Stop Amherst's Infamous Blarney Blowout This Year? Will COVID-19 Stop Amherst's Infamous Blarney Blowout This Year?
Will Covid-19 Stop Amherst's Infamous Blarney Blowout This Year? Can COVID-19 stop the annual Blarney Blowout in Amherst? The University of Massachusetts and Amherst police are working on a plan just in case it doesn’t. The Blarney Blowout is a UMass tradition. It’s a multi-day bacchanal that takes place the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day. The Blowout is infamous for chaos. Typically, the event involves huge house parties and late nights in the town’s pubs and restaurants. Thousands of young adults from UMass as well as many out-of-towners attend the festivities. The university is operating at an elevated level of pandemic precaution due to an earl…

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by Kristin Palpini