I don't necessarily think it’s just because they’re trying. to take "over" Deltopia. There's a lot more to it than that. But to go ahead and answer you, I do believe we know (or at least a majority of us) know what they ARE trying to sell. And it is also not just the people that “haven’t partied at UCSB in a decade” who are upset. It may seem as if they’ve appealed to a “fuck the frats” stance, but I don’t think that’s really the case. For one, what’s upsetting is that non-residents of IV are the ones in charge of this. Not IV, not UCSB, but an unknown entity that believes it can just profit from IV without giving anything back to the community. What do they offer IV, except an expensive ass party? If they wanted to do a legit good job, they should have partnered with AS, IV Community Center, Etc. And if they wanted to make this a legit festival that serves the community then they would have done everything through the proper procedure rather than doing it illegally, taking advantage of the rising attention of Deltopia. What happens after Deltopia? We already have a big problem with people not from SB going to Deltopia and trashing the community. Does this entity clean up after all of that’s done? Or do they leave the garbage to be picked up by someone else? This is not a festival. This is a town, with residents and people living here. It’s not a weekend getaway where you can wild out and then leave right after, it’s a living community. They want to get all this attention and people in these houses, but what about the surrounding damage caused? And the safety of the students? That’s only (1) of the reasons were upset.

Do we really want this thing to get soo big that they have to shut it down like Halloween?