The Towerlight, October 21, 2002

tl20021021-000 "The Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Monday, 10/21/02 New lounge, bar opens in Union 5 $1,200 raised at Tiger Prowl run 5 Hughley pokes fun at DC sniper 13 Surprise ending a plus in 'Abandon' 15 Departments News 5 Nation 6 Arts 13 Sound Bites 14 Backstage Pass 14 Entertainment Briefs 15 Sports 20 Athlete of the Week 17 In This Corner 20 Classifieds 16 Opinion 2 Tailgating draws TU students Hundreds gather for annual celebration complete with beer, burgers and citations Sarah Breitenbach The Towerlight On Saturday afternoon, amid grass skirts and leis, the TU com-munity celebrated its annual Homecoming over drinks as stu-dents, staff and alumni tailgated in parking Lots 13 and 14 prior to the football game against Bucknell University. The Office of Alumni Relations hosted 25 alumni and 22 student groups at the traditional picnic event. In order to keep participants in line, TU police and members of Stadium Athletic Facility Event Management, a company hired to help with crowd control, patrolled the parking lots asking tailgaters to refrain from ball throwing and to put alcohol into cups. Kendy Chan, assistant director of stadium operations for SAFE Management, said the company's presence at tailgating and the game was to help keep order among mem-bers of the crowd. ""We are hired out by the events conference people to help supple-ment their staff. We are just here to monitor and make sure it is under control,"" Chan said. ""We also help out inside the stadium for games with bottle and can checks."" Chan continued to explain that in an attempt to maintain order, tailgaters would be forced from the lots at kickoff Saturday and allowed to continue tailgating during half time and for an hour after the game. ""We are not physical,"" he said. ""We are more of a communication [system]."" Because of the large volume of people tailgating, Lieutenant Joe Herring of the TUPD said Friday that all laws and regulations con-cerning underage drinking would be enforced. ""We want to make sure every-thing is in compliance with the law,"" he said. ""We are going to enforce age requirements, and indi- See TAILGATING, page 8 Lisa Johnson The Towerlight Freshman Denyele Werthner (left) and sophomore Dana Clark (right) abide by tailgating rules of pouring beer from bottles and cans into cups. Officials said only three citations were given Saturday for underage drinking. Today High 57 Low 40 Tuesday High 56 Low 39 Wednesday High 56 Low 38 Thursday High 57 Low 43 Friday High 61 Low 47 "