University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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TRENDY PARTIES — Chuck Hurt and Jeff Condo enjoy the Myers beach party. A theme party helps to attract residents to parties. ALTERNATIVE WAYS — Jim Row- lette and Mark Lanum, both Busi- ness majors, discover that mock- tails are a substitute to cocktails. SNEAKING AROUND — Rick McGuckIn, freshman, kids around about students hiding drinks. He ' s enjoying a non-alcoholic dacqueri. SCAARI 29

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CAARI Situation Increased law enforcement has students scared • Patti McCabe • A scary event happened in Georgia this fall: the drinking age was raised from 20 to 21, and students who were once able to drink legally were now being arrested for underaged possession of alcohol. In at- tempts to enforce this new law, police from UGA, Ath- ens, and Clarke County pre- cincts covered campus, Greek parties, and local bars, search- ing for underage drinkers, checking I.D. ' s, and giving breathalizer tests to anyone who looked suspicious. Then, like the Prohibition Act of the roaring ' 20 ' s, the alcohol limitations forced open parties to close down. Students found refuge in speak-easys which were closed parties and residence halls. The limitations also en- couraged students to use fake I.D. ' s to get into bars and to buy liquor. Many bars went out of business. The carefree attitude of the campus was subdued and suppressed. Fraternities, who could no longer have outside parties, moved indoors; and parties that were once free- for-alls were now invitation only. As a result, many stu- dents like Berry Fleming, WEEKEND GUEST — Lee Wade, frestiman trom Liburn, partys with Heather Braswell, his girlfriend. Many boyfriends and girlfriends visit Athens for the weekends. member of Phi Gamma Delta, felt that the policy cut down the interaction between Greeks and non-Greeks. The new set of rules will make cliques stronger, ac- cording to Allison Edwards, graphic design major. It will make it much harder for out- of-state people to meet other students, she predicts. To suppress futher social interaction, the new policy the University administrators put into effect limited the number of people who could attend a function to three times the membership of that organization. So, ideally, what the new policy is saying, said Rick Green, sophomore, advertis- ing major, is that I can invite my girlfriend and my best friend to a party, but I can ' t invite my friends girlfriend or that ' s a four to one ratio. In reply, Dwight Douglas, vice president of Student Af- fairs, told Trends reporter, Susan Hill, that he would try to be sensitive to student groups. The increased drinking age, along with strict enforcement and the end of open parties, has put a heavy burden on the residence halls. Renee Courtemanche, a Myers Resident Assistant and a senior majoring in early education, told Hill she has never seen this much party- ing before. People don ' t have any- where to go, so they ' re stay- ing in their rooms making trouble for themselves. ■ ' 28 SCAARI

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