Dakota Datebook: Student zapped by doctor

The second week in May is the anniversary of the disaster known as Zip to Zap. Planned as an innocent spring fling, kids began descending on Zap Friday afternoon, and by sundown the town of about 300 was swarming with some 2,000 drunk students.

When the town's café and two bars closed for the night, a mob mentality took over. The National Guard was called in, and at sunrise on Saturday, troops pro...