"SEND HELP" and "FREE US" were written in sticky notes on the windows of a dormitory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as a soundtrack from The Purge movies - a series of dystopian horror films - boomed from an upper floor.
Freshmen in pyjamas and masks darted up and down sidewalks in driving rain, hauling bags of groceries and bottles of alcohol.
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