Kaleigh Robins, a 21-year-old [Indiana University] student, said the atmosphere at tailgates has changed — in part because of an increased police presence.
“I’ve never been ID’d before at a tailgate before now,” Robins said.
Students also are banned from playing music at the tailgates, and she said there are no longer any “handles” — half-gallon bottles of liquor that are staples at college parties.
“It’s kind of sad,” she said.
Kristi Tan, a 23-year-old recent IU graduate, agreed.
“It’s like old glory died down…”
October 14th, 2012 at 3:54PM
1700 a year? WOW!
October 17th, 2012 at 1:32PM
[…] Teaching students how to drink sensibly. Parents are dropping the ball here on something they could actually do in the privacy of their own homes. However, if colleges were willing to take this on, rather than banning booze entirely and expecting that would (someday) have an effect, fewer students would learn about the perils of extreme intoxication on their own. In fact, I think colleges and universities could be persuasive that it is a safety issue to lower the drinking age so that they could take on this mission without breaking the law themselves. Instead, universities are left with far more expensive and ineffective tasks of cleaning up after the damage has been done and enhancing campus policing. […]