How to throw a stellar party
and not end up in handcuffs
bugene police are
encouraging students to
keep their parties safe
and under control
By Amy Goldhammer
and Leanne Nelms
Oregon Daily Emerald
Throwing a great party does
not necessarily mean moving out
the furniture, boarding up the
windows, strategically placing
kegs or making people enter
through the back door. There are
many ways to throw a fabulous
party without dealing with the
police, receiving a fine or ending
up sitting on the porch the next
morning looking at the broken
glass from the riot that was initi
ated on your front lawn.
Party hosts need to be able to
keep the party in control, stated a
recent publication from the
ASUO, University Student Life
Office and the Eugene Police De
partment.
"Underage drinking is sort of a
campus tradition,” said Sergeant
Rick Gilliam of the Eugene Police
Department. “The No. 1 problem
is minors in possession.”
If students are going to drink
and party in the campus area, it
needs to be done discreetly,
Gilliam said.
"We respond to parties when
they are out of control, neighbors
have complained or a large
amount of people are on a front
lawn,” he said.
The police don’t go out and
look for parties to bust, Gilliam
said.
“We are taking a pro-active ap
proach,” he said. “We make pre
party visits to hosts and give ver
bal advice as well as checking to
make sure the kegs match up.”
A focus of the zero-tolerance
rules is to prevent large parties
from escalating into riots, Gilliam
said.
“We want to extend the mes
sage to the crop of new freshmen
to not let their partying get out of
hand,” he said.
However, when the parties do
get busted or regulated, hosts
need to remain cooperative, he
Common Fines
■ DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS: $5,650
■ NOISE VIOLATION: $350-$750
■ POSESSING AN INVALID DRIVER’S UCENCSE: $640
■ FURNISHING ALCOHOL TO A MINIMI: $350
■ INTEREFERMG WITH A POLICE OFFICER: $315
m FALSE REPRESENTATION OF AGE: $265
■ DISORDERLY COIfflUCT: $255
rn POSESSION OF AN OPEN CONTAINER: $115
■ CONSUMPTION ON AN UNLISCENCED PREMISE: $115
tf MINOR IN POSESSION OF ALCOHOL: $150
■ URINATING IN PUBLIC: $40
SOURCE: Eugene Police
said.
“Most people realize they’ve
been caught and are responsible
enough to take the conse
quences,” Gilliam said.
“People have to realize that the
Eugene Police Department will
actively enforce the laws,” said
Linda Devine, assistant dean of
student life.
To avoid interference from the
police, hosts need to keep the
size of the party in line with the
size and capacity of the house.
“Students need to realize they
can’t get 50-plus people in a
small two bedroom apartment,”
Gilliam said.
Another large problem is that a
large amount of random guests
end up at house parties.
“They walk the streets until
they find a party,” he said.
Hosts should figure out a
mechanism to control the num
ber of guests at a party.
“Our parties are essentially
closed parties,” said Mike
McRee, Greek Advisor.
Fraternity and sorority party
goers must be on a guest list or
invited by a member of the
house, he said.
The biggest problems greek
houses face is non-invited guests
trying to get into closed parties,
McRee said.
All party hosts also should
designate someone to play the
sober monitor to keep things in
tact, a publication from the Uni
versity recommended.
Not limiting the guests can cre
ate a situation of non-control
when large amounts of people
show up, McRee said.
"We have learned from the
past that giving warnings and
turning our eyes away doesn't
work,” Gilliam said. “We want
to get as close to zero-tolerance as
we can.”
Although the police are fairly
aggressive, students need to real
ize officers are not always the en
emy. Hosts need to be aware they
can call the police if they have
lost control of the party, things
are out of hand or basically any
reason a host may panic, Gilliam
said.
“Hosts should be responsible
enough to make the call so we
can help make sure things don’t
get out of hand,” he said. “We
will not always write them tick
ets."
Party hosts don’t need to fear
the police, he said.
“I think for the most part, old
er students will try to be respon
sible in throwing parties,”
Gilliam said.
People can’t expect to have the
police there when they need
them, but yet expect to be able to
have a party with no limitations,
McRee said.
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