Jeff Knepper, 19, will file a claim against the city within a month, wear a prosthetic eye by August

Like many UA students, Jeff Knepper rooted for the Arizona Wildcats as they played in the NCAA basketball title game on April 2. Then he went to join the crowd that had gathered along North Fourth Avenue to celebrate, despite the team's loss to Duke.

But unlike other students, Knepper, a 19-year-old business freshman, must now see the world through one eye after a police officer, trying to quell the ensuing riot, struck him in the face with a "less-lethal" round.

Knepper is planning to file a claim against the city for his injury - the most serious suffered by anybody hit by the police projectiles that night. Yesterday, he described the events from his perspective.

After watching the game at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house on campus, where he is a member, Knepper headed out to North Fourth Avenue, where a boisterous but "happy" crowd had gathered.