OUR TOWN
Ten
Things You Didn’t Know About Central
Story by: Pete O'Cain Photos courtesy of: The Observer Archives and Andrew Nelson
1. We’re Going Streaking! One night in 1974, it was cool to just be naked and run around campus. Dubbed the “streaking follies of 1974,” students streaked through the old student union, down the mall and through the Bassettis. About two thousand clothed students watched from the Bassettis as their peers bared all.
2. The “Masked Whacker” terrorizes Central students. Hidden behind a ski mask and cloaked in darkness, a Central student later identified as Matthew Spranger repeatedly exposed himself to students and Ellensburg residents—often while masturbating—between 1999 and 2000. Spranger was finally busted after assaulting a 59-year-old woman and ejaculating. Information provided by the woman led to his arrest. He plead guilty to six crimes involving lewd acts, although he implicated himself in at least 13 instances. According to the Daily Record, Spranger was sentenced to a sex offender program and six months home detention.
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