Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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trouble in the ' ville by Claudette Riley Cory Claypool sophomore in music, carries Sherri Eilert, senior in elementary education, down Moro Street in Aggieville. Above: Alisha Rosa, senior in hotel and restaurant management, waves to a friend while listening to Jeff Barrett, senior in journalism, at Rowdy Trouty ' s. (Photos by Cary Conover) While barhopping with friends, Hugh Jorgan, senior in civil engineering, gets laughed at after swinging around a lightpost in an alley. Students often roamed between bars in Aggieville. (Photo by Cary Conover) trouble stemming from underage drinking, public intoxication, bar fights and fake identification complicated having a good time in Aggieville. Sherri Eilert, senior in elementary education and waitress at Rock-A-Belly Deli, frequented Aggieville at least twice a week. It i s kickin ' on Friday and Saturday night. I go down, usually to Rock-A-Belly and have a drink and see my friends, Eilert said. Everything is within walking distance. That is important because people aren ' t driving drunk. You get to see a lot of people and fun is centralized. Before any drinking could be done, students first had to get past the bouncer. We just recently started (checking identification) at the doors, Eilert said. We make an effort, especially after 10 p.m. We have a lot of regulars (but) if I don ' t know someone, I check their IDs. Instead of borrowing or creating fake IDs, some minors tried to get by with their real IDs. I ' m sure there are a lot of fake IDs circulating around. We can ' t catch everything. Most minors are brazen enough to hand me a real one. I guess maybe they think I ' ll just look at the photo and serve them, Eilert said. I ' m amazed that they think it will work, like we don ' t even read them. We do. For underage drinkers, getting into Aggieville required more then a fake ID. Dana Lee, senior in psychology, said sneaking into an Aggieville bar before he came to K-State meant paying extra. We bribed the bouncers, he said. I had to pay $7 to get in. When Aggieville bars were full, admission was difficult. Nathan Havercroft, graduate student in chemistry and bouncer at Lucky BrewGrille, said on the weekend they allowed one student in the bar for every two who left. Things get crowded and tempers flare when it is crowded. People bump into each other, spill drinks and the place gets warm, Havercroft said. Bouncers at Lucky BrewGri lle worked to control the crowding and watch for fights. We watch for anything that might flare up, Havercroft said. Fights start over one guy spilling another ' s beer or the usual two blokes fighting over a girl, Havercroft said. We stop everyone else from coming in until it ' s over. We always separate the offending parties. If it gets rowdy, we take it outside. If they start breaking glasses and tables, who knows what they ' ll do to people. If fights broke out, Eilert said alcohol was almost always involved. (Continued on page 26) Riley County police officer Howard Haile writes a ticket to an individual caught for transporting an open container of alcohol. The individual, who was told to pour it out, was not issued a DUI. Manhattan had proportionally more liquor violations than other Kansas college towns. (Photo by Cary Conover) law trouble 25