In my last post, I raved about Studio 54 at The Rat on Saturday night, how it was one of the more eventful nights downtown thus far; but perhaps it was too eventful.  While most people were betrothed in their own little private dance parties, a violent fight erupted somewhere on the dance floor.

I'm sure most of you at BU have seen Miladin "Minja" Kovacevic around campus. Towering over the rest of us at 6-foot-9-inches and 260-pounds, he's kind of hard to miss.  Best known for his stint as a forward for the basketball team in the 2006-07 season, Minja is a sophomore international student from Serbia. 

Minja was arrested Sunday and charged with second-degree assault, after he repeatedly kicked an unidentified BU student in the head on The Rat dance floor.  The victim suffered serious head injuries and is currently in a coma.  Police received the call about the incident at 1:23 a.m, meaning the party was in full swing for BU students out and about.  Apparently, hardly anyone noticed the confrontation.  The victim, who was unconscious, was carried out very quickly and informally.

Minja pled not guilty to the assault charges but was remanded without bail to Broome County Jail.  He has been suspended from BU.

It's scary to think that something like this could happen at The Rat, a place many students here at Bing like to think of as their second home.  No one likes to see this kind of violence, and our thoughts and prayers go out to this student and his friends and family.