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http://hawkcentral.press-citizen.com/article/20100816/NEWS01/100816004/1053
In Heaven there is no Beer
The University of Iowa is implementing some new rules and putting a greater emphasis on some old ones during game days this season.
The shift in tailgating policy is part of UI’s “Think Before You Drink” campaign, which was presented by Athletic Director Gary Barta, interim-Vice President of Student Services Tom Rocklin and Public Safety Director Chuck Green during a press conference Monday. The officials said the campaign isn’t an attack on safe, responsible tailgating, but an attempt to shift the culture of tailgating outside of Hawkeye football games.
“This is our attempt to change behavior,” Rocklin said.
With the new policies in place, tailgaters in UI parking lots and ramps will no longer be able to continue to party long after the games final down has been played. Instead, drinking is to end one hour after each game and all tailgating activities will cease after two hours. The exception is the night game against Penn State on Oct. 2 when no after-game drinking will be allowed.
Green said unless tailgaters are belligerent, officers will only issue warnings, not citations, about the new post-game policy.
“This is going to be new to a lot of our fans,” he said. “We don’t want to catch them off guard.”
Also new this year will be vehicle-safety check points, increased road patrols and drunken driving enforcement teams after the games. Green insisted that the vehicle check points won’t make leaving Kinnick Stadium after games any slower than it already is.
Game day law enforcement – which includes officers from area jurisdictions as far as Cedar Rapids and Marion – will be stricter in enforcing existing laws, as well, including Iowa City’s open container ordinance. No longer will tailgaters be able to walk the streets into and out of the stadium while carrying open containers of beer, wine or hard lemonades.
Consumption of “hard” liquors, such as vodka and whiskey, will not be tolerated in UI parking lots and ramps, as mandated by existing state law, Green said.
Officers will also crack down on public urination and other obvious instances of partying too hard.
Barta said he loves UI’s tailgating atmosphere and that a vast majority of those who celebrate on game days do it responsibly. These new rules are meant to send a message to the people who “take it to the extreme,” he said.
“We’re going to focus on the knuckleheads,” Bara said. “We’re going to focus on the behaviors that are unsafe.”
The UI will also be publishing a list of game day arrests in a further attempt to shift behavior.
The officials said they will review complaints, arrests, officer observations and other data at the end of the season to evaluate the effectiveness of the new policies.
In Heaven there is no Beer
The University of Iowa is implementing some new rules and putting a greater emphasis on some old ones during game days this season.
The shift in tailgating policy is part of UI’s “Think Before You Drink” campaign, which was presented by Athletic Director Gary Barta, interim-Vice President of Student Services Tom Rocklin and Public Safety Director Chuck Green during a press conference Monday. The officials said the campaign isn’t an attack on safe, responsible tailgating, but an attempt to shift the culture of tailgating outside of Hawkeye football games.
“This is our attempt to change behavior,” Rocklin said.
With the new policies in place, tailgaters in UI parking lots and ramps will no longer be able to continue to party long after the games final down has been played. Instead, drinking is to end one hour after each game and all tailgating activities will cease after two hours. The exception is the night game against Penn State on Oct. 2 when no after-game drinking will be allowed.
Green said unless tailgaters are belligerent, officers will only issue warnings, not citations, about the new post-game policy.
“This is going to be new to a lot of our fans,” he said. “We don’t want to catch them off guard.”
Also new this year will be vehicle-safety check points, increased road patrols and drunken driving enforcement teams after the games. Green insisted that the vehicle check points won’t make leaving Kinnick Stadium after games any slower than it already is.
Game day law enforcement – which includes officers from area jurisdictions as far as Cedar Rapids and Marion – will be stricter in enforcing existing laws, as well, including Iowa City’s open container ordinance. No longer will tailgaters be able to walk the streets into and out of the stadium while carrying open containers of beer, wine or hard lemonades.
Consumption of “hard” liquors, such as vodka and whiskey, will not be tolerated in UI parking lots and ramps, as mandated by existing state law, Green said.
Officers will also crack down on public urination and other obvious instances of partying too hard.
Barta said he loves UI’s tailgating atmosphere and that a vast majority of those who celebrate on game days do it responsibly. These new rules are meant to send a message to the people who “take it to the extreme,” he said.
“We’re going to focus on the knuckleheads,” Bara said. “We’re going to focus on the behaviors that are unsafe.”
The UI will also be publishing a list of game day arrests in a further attempt to shift behavior.
The officials said they will review complaints, arrests, officer observations and other data at the end of the season to evaluate the effectiveness of the new policies.
