The Mifflin Street Block Party is usually scheduled for the first Saturday in May, but that date this year is May 7, the day before finals start. Students want the date changed to April 30, but Madison police, whose presence is required at the party, are not willing to switch the date, saying it's too much planning on their end has already gone into a May 7 party, according to the Daily Cardinal, a UW-Madison student newspaper.

University of Wisconsin-Madison students are unhappy with police plans to make one of the biggest parties of the spring occur the day before finals start.

The Mifflin Street Block Party is usually scheduled for the first Saturday in May, but that date this year is May 7, the day before finals start. Students want the date changed to April 30, but Madison police, whose presence is required at the party, are not willing to switch the date, saying it's too much planning on their end has already gone into a May 7 party, according to the Daily Cardinal, a UW-Madison student newspaper.

The party has in previous years struggled with increasing crowd numbers, balcony mishaps and keg limitations.