Administration establishes new tailgating policy
Campus Life has announced changes to the homecoming tailgate policy that will prevent students and guests from bringing cars to the student lot adjacent to Johnny Unitas Stadium.
Alcohol is also prohibited, except for a University-sponsored beer truck.
Those 21 and older can purchase up to three 16-ounce beers at $3 each.
The tailgating policies for other games are unchanged, except that only one DJ will be allowed on the lots per game.
Associate Vice President for Campus Life Teri Hall said that these policies are in place because of negative student feedback about the tailgating environment, but also that fraternities and sororities were operating in a way that campus life never usually allows.
“Fraternities couldn’t ever have alcohol without a guest list and a closed environment, and they had to follow all these rules, and when they come up for homecoming, all those rules are pretty much thrown out the window,” she said.
Sophomore Allison Zentgraf said she thinks these new policies will impact the culture of homecoming.
“I just think a big part of homecoming is tailgating, but the fact that they’re taking it away, I don’t think as many people are going to come to the game,” she said. “And if they do, they’re not going to have as much fun.”
Hall said that Towson does not represent the traditional tailgate culture.
“As a person who has tailgated on many different campuses, our tailgating culture is not what it is other campuses,” she said. “Tailgating on other campuses involves grills, cooking, all this other stuff. Tailgating for some of our students here is how drunk can you get in a parking lot before a game.”
The University, however, will be providing free food, including wings, sloppy joes, veggie burgers and soda.
“Our hope is that this will bring the right people there, those who want to drink can drink, it will be controlled, it will be a very different kind of environment. That’s what we’re hoping for,” Hall said.
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Oh, so there’s no tailgate anymore. It’ll get moved to the residence halls and off campus. Bright thinking, admins.
This is absolutely crazy. As an alum I’m disappointed. The university should realize the safety of its students should come first and forcing students off campus and into vehicles is irresponsible on their part. God forbid some 20 year old is drinking at a tailgate… I’m truly worried about the 20 year old that buzz drives to game because they can’t drink at tailgate and hits a pole. If that happens its on Teri Hall, not legally but morally for sure. I’ve never seen a tailgate so highly regulated. Maryland has open tailgates and it works just fine. FYI I don’t even drink.
Thanks for ruining our senior year
this is absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary. Total waste of time. Compare the averages of people who should up to the game from last year to this year. You do realize ralley in the alley is the same day….and you think people will show up to the tailgate? Lol
Another stupid decision made my administration. Expect no one to come to the tailgate. Way to ruin Homecoming!
terri hall is the worst thing to ever happen to towson. i will no longer make any alumni donations until she is removed from her position
Terri Hall
Way to ruin one of the best days / weekends of the semester for all undergrad at Towson. Way to ruin a great weekend for all alumni that come down to support their alma mater. All I’ve read on twitter and the Towson Football website is that they are proud of all their student/alumni/fans etc that show their support for the team, whether it is at the games, watching games on TV or wearing Towson Tigers to show their support. To completly take tailgating away which is what makes attending a football game different from any other sporting event because of the whole day atmosopher is absurd. You ruined Greek Life which at most other schools they are supportive of. Take a tour of LSU, Penn St, FLorida, USC, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, even MD downt he road adn they don’t at all ruin tailgating they actually enoucrage it because they know how much tailgating is to the aspect of attending football games. When the stadium is half empty for a team that just won the CAA last year and the coaching staff / AD / players aren’t happy with the fans they can look at you Terri Hall.
I graduated 3 years ago and the one day of the year when myself and all the other alumni get together and show our support for the university is homecoming. It’s the only day of the year when there is any sort of school spirit shown at Towson University. I always loved that one day, when it actually felt like I went to real university. Terri Hall has ruined everything else fun about towson but I never imagined that she would do something like this. Does she honestly think that students are going to not drink because of this. People are going to drink at off campus houses and bars and drive to campus drunk. GREAT IDEA!! Check out any other major university and go to their homecoming or any other football game for that matter. Everyone is having a great time and showing support for the school. Alumni come back and get together with the great friends that they made while at school and show their support. I myself am done with Towson and refuse to support a school that would put such rediculous rules in place and ruin one of my favorite days of the year.
As a Towson Alum who has seen the AWFUL work Terri Hall has done this is not surprising at all. Lets start from the beginning….she was responsible for Dr. Ned Britt being forced out from campus rec and is also responsible for the ridiculousness that is Towson homecoming. What other schools have you been to and checked out homecoming at Terri? BYU? Dont blame this on fraternities and sororities considering YOU hired a one Christian Miele to be in charge of greek life on campus knowing he was a recently graduated member of a fraternity that was on probabtion already. This is about you trying to make a mark. Your mark is made and its not a good one. How in gods name can you work 10 feet from the SGA office and have ZERO clue what college students really want. Its a real shame because Towson is such a great place and is ripe for a great atmosphere at homecoming only to be ruined by someone who couldnt be farther out of touch with what Towson students really want. The tag team that is Deb and Terri should be renamed dumb and dumber.
Wtf when can we get rid of Teri Hall no one likes or respects her…. I reccomend setting up a boycott of the game…
Hey Terri….https://www.google.com/search?q=pictures+of+college+tailgates&hl=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=svZNUPDvOsX20gGrq4GACg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1440&bih=799……Take a look at these images. These are from college tailgates across the land. You will see these pictures are from EVERY WEEKEND tailgates….multiply these by 100 for HOMECOMING. You know when alumni come back and celebrate with old friends. Alumni the people who donate back to their schools to enhance the campus and lifestyle associated with that college. Im so glad that the football team finally starts winning and you change the tailgating policy at homecoming to replicate a bible study group.
BOYCOTT HOMECOMING
Will be going to grad school somewhere else and associate myself with that school and not Towson.
GREAT JOB TERI ! You have successfully alienated the small percentage of Towson alumni who have a genuine interest in the advancement of the university. Agreed with above, I’m going to grad school to buy myself a new college brand to associate myself with.
Trisha Sykes has returned.
Cmon Terri this is what we all look forward to. It was better to leave the tailgates as is because no matter how crazy you think they got at least they were controlled. way to ruin my yearly trip to TU.
Gonna do key bumps in the union now instead. Long live the free spirits that used to get down at homecoming. Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooiooooooo
Well this does not sound too bad, just now people can’t get really drunk, tailgating can still happen, people will just need to walk to their cars. Sorry if I don’t understand but this does not seem like it would ruin homecoming, unless people only go to drink excessively.
Welp, guess it’s time to make other plans. One of the things I look forward to is TU Homecoming. I guess I shall look further forward and find new plans. This is a monster BOTCH on Teri Hall!!
Hey M Writer,
Take your loser GDI opinion somewhere else. Not everyone can get drunk off three beer tickets like you. Go shoot pool in paws and keep your thoughts to yourself.
M Writer, if you can’t bring cars to the parking lot, you can’t tailgate. People aren’t going to come.
Well all I can say to you Teri is good luck. College football homecoming game without having a real tailgate? Do you live in a shell? “Tailgating on other campuses involves grills, cooking, all this other stuff. Tailgating for some of our students here is how drunk can you get in a parking lot before a game.” lets point out the word “some”. I would bring a car and grill every year along with a lot of other people I know so that’s just an ignorant statement. Yes we would drink too but it’s no different then what goes on every weekend at Towson. The only difference is homecoming you can see people you havent seen in a while as well as show school spirit. I understand there will be beer there, but a 3 beer limit? Not to try to sound like I’m cool because I drink a lot or anything but that probably wouldn’t even get you feeling good Teri and you probably havent had anything but O’Douls in years. Look wouldn’t you rather have people drink in an area that’s monitored by police to make sure nothing that bad happens then everyone just getting as drunk as they can before they come if they come at all? This is college were talking about, reality is people drink, so by doing this your only lowering school spirit because less people will end up coming. Thanks Teri, I will not be coming back for this chaperoned high school esk event.
The best part of the tailgates last year was the music environment. Open a separate for those who are squares. Is the sponsored beer truck O’douls or something….. sick joke Teri
Terri: Lets review your justification for the changes.
Negative student Feedback: Most community events, weather they be homecoming tailgates or church cookouts, receive both positive and negative feedback. This is to be expected. I can say with confidence that the positive feedback you have received in the past regard to homecoming far outweighs the negative.
Fraternity Rules: To single out the Greek community and state that “rules are thrown out the window” shows extreme prejudice. These are TU students, who happen to be in fraternities/sororities. There should be no obligation for a Fraternity to register for an event hosted by TU. The fraternities are not the hosts. You are.
On another note–Why is the athletic director not standing up to this? I saw you on TV last week pledging an initiative to put more fans in the stands. You are losing attendees because of decisions like this.
Yeah fawk this me and my boys from South Jersey are just gonna hit a Burlington scene instead that weekend
Well I want to apologize for my earlier comment as I did not understand the effect the change in parking availability, so thank you TU grad student for helping me understand why there is this uproar.
Also Former Passionate Towson Alum I would like to specifically make up what I said because I seem to have offended you, looking back yes you are right my comment about peoples drinking was unwarranted and I should have keep it to myself. So I would like to say sorry.
FREE HOAGIES AND WINGS!!!!! THANKS TERRI! YOU ARE THE BOMB!!!
Terri Hall, Deb Moriarty, and Student Life at Towson are not at Towson to be fun police. They have a frustrating responsibility to monitor and encourage safe, legal, and responsible behavior.
If you can’t go to an athletic event and have enough fun without being able to drink, then you have a serious problem. Fact is, people drink underage and a lot of students will drink to excess. Frankly, if these things were not illegal, potentially dangerous, or potentially damaging to Towson’s standing with their neighbors, then no one would care.
However, boycotting Homecoming, complaining about the decision on a student newspaper website, and making stupid arguments about Terri and student life or about “the culture of homecoming at other schools” does nothing to improve the likelihood of similar Homecoming procedures. What does improve the chances of Homecoming having less restrictions then? Going to games, drinking a couple of beers or taking a few shots without getting to that drunken level if that’s what you want, and proving you don’t need these restrictions because the WHOLE student body can police, monitor, and respect itself.
I find it insulting that as an alumnus of Towson University I’m not allowed to drink more than 3 beers at the Homecoming tailgate. I guess I’m not an adult who can take care of herself. Bars don’t have a 3-beer limit, they just have staff who pay attention to the health of their customers. Maybe the police and/or staff should actually pay attention and do their jobs when “supervising” homecoming. No one wants to see people getting sick or hurt, but a 3-beer minimum is ridiculous. And you want me to donate back to the school? So you can spend my money on soda? Guess all of my friends and I won’t go to homecoming like we were planning. So much for school pride!
I guarantee Terri Hall wrote the comment above.
Towson over the years has been implementing their “no fun policy.”
As an alumni I will never donate a cent to Towson for all the crap like this they implement.
Teri, this is Towson University not Towson High School!
I’m with JOCO on this one!!! I’m gonna eat so many fawkin hoagies that I’ll be drunk off of food! As long as Terri doesn’t give us hoagie tickets and cut me off after 3 hoagies she’s alright in my book. HOAGIEFEST 2012 BAYBAY!!!!
Hey Im with Terri put a sock in it. We know you work in student affairs. No one not employed by that atrocity of a woman would agree with her. OMG towson is out of control with drinking, hey welcome to the real world. Every college has these issues some handle it better than others. I may come get a hoagie and throw it directly at you Terri.
Tailgating is a part of the on campus experience one will have in college. To change this is a bad idea. Yeah it is only homecoming this year, but I guarantee down the road this will be implemented for all home football games.
I do not not even think the tailgate was that bad in years past other then there being sooo many people in Lot 13. But, is that not what we want? That is why the student attendance records were broken. If you want to increase enrollment at the school every year, then why cut back on events that make the campus come together. If people cannot handle themselves then that is their problem. Why ruin it for the alumni that come back (such as myself) to see Towson football when they are actually good?
College football was a big part of my experience at Towson and tailgating is also a part of that. Towson tries to make too many statements to things that do not need to be changed.
Terri I dont know if you realize this but at Michigan St before there home opner vs Boise State on Labor Day Weekend. The campus was shutdown at 12 Pm for a game later that nite. To put that in perspective that stadium holds around 75,000 fans which is about 6x larger then crowd that was probably expected for this years homecoming. Schools like Michigan State accept that Tailgating is a ritual to all football games and creates a better atmoosphere. Just because you may have stopped students from consuming alcholon in the parking lot of Unitas Stadium doesn’t mean that day they wont attend bars, off campus parties etc to consume alcohol and then show up to the game. In my years of going to homecoming I have not witnessed one fight, just everyone having a good time, with fellow alum and classmates, friends etc.
I’m a senior at Towson and this has been the dumbest shit Towson has ever done, tailgate isnt tailgating if you can’t drink. Three 16 ounces wont even get my kitten tipsy. This is total bullshit and idk WTF Hall is talking about because all towson tailgates have grilling. Only i want to enjoy my last year here at Towson but thanks Towson for ruining that for me and other seniors. Really appreciate it
I am not Teri Hall, but I know her pretty well. I recently graduated and no long even live near Towson. Yes, the new policies suck and may be a little drastic, but it’s not going to ruin Homecoming.
Not being able to drive up to the Towson Center makes it difficult to bring a grill and coolers with burgers, sodas, or a 6-pack of beer. Homecoming will not be a lot like Tigerfest with a football game instead of a concert.
Stop commenting on this article bashing Teri because you can’t get drunk, leave your beer cans on the ground for other people to pick up, and blast a DJs music 2ft away from another DJ. In order to change any policy on campus there are a lot of people involved including student representation. Teri did not wake up one morning and decide to “ruin Towson University”. Get over yoursleves. The comments on this and other recent Towerlight articles makes me ashamed to call myself a Towson alum, not that I can’t properly tailgate 1 football game a year.
^^This toolbag must be one of Writer M’s boys hahahahahhahahahahahahaahahahaaahhahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahagahaha
M WRITER, Dont apologize! You are absolutely entitled to your opinion. FORMER PASSIONATE TOWSON ALUM is just a butt-hurt frat baby who needs a serious ego-death.
And to you, FORMER PASSIONATE TOWSON ALUM. Please take your hurtful opinions elsewhere! You can get your point across without invalidating another persons opinion, just because you don’t agree with it. It is truly a mark of your immature character and total lack of respect for another human being.
Personally, id like to see more love for one another on this campus.
That is all.
This is just another simple reason why Towson will never be considered a top tier school. How can you build a positive football environment and experience for people to enjoy when you cant even indulge in a fun afternoon. What so now I have to bring TANG and Ovaltine to the tailgate instead of beer for my tailgate? Will Maravene Loeschke and Terri Hall be there handing out sippy cups? It is truly unfortunate that policy is crafted around the idea of a bunch of blowhards and idiots who can’t limit themselves or know their limit and a great tradition that is embraced everywhere else around the country is negated at Towson. That is why when college age seniors in high school apply to schools, campuses and students from the likes of UMASS, Ole Miss, Penn State, Michigan, OSU, South Carolina have an easy marketing advantage of recruiting more students to go to their schools because they have great tailgating and enjoyable college football seasons, a staple in the collegiate lifestyle. You finally have a good football program and do something so ass backwards you drive more than half of the crowd away.
Yea I was in FRAT in college and I am proud of it. So sorry if I dont want to come back to a school to go hang out in some GDI alumni parking lot sipping orange juice and eating veggie burgers.
Towson has gone down hill. Hope they fire all the student life staff and get some people in there who know what they are doing.
BRING TOWSON BACK TO IT’S FORMER GLORY!!!!!!!!!!!
Kind kid definitely doesn’t have any friends.
I was a baw tenda at the crease for many years. I always look forward to homecoming cause it brawt in lots of people to the baw. Now the baw tendas at the crease wont make no money cause no one is gonna come back to T-Town for some dumb no drinking tailgate.
Long live the crease
terri hall is a lib dem who hates men and what better way to get back at them then to ruin football and tailgateing. sad. just sad. just resign and go ruin some other school. will not make a single donation until she is removed.
You’re all overlooking the most important part of the new homecoming! FREE WINGS AND HOAGIES!!! Why are you all so upset! I’d give up beer for hoagies any day of the week! LETS GOOOO!!! HOAGIEFEST WILL BE A DAY TO REMEMBER!!!
Yo Andrew
I used to get down at the crease on a nightly basis
whats good
long live the crease
So no alcohol unless we buy it from Towson itself? Just another way for Towson to guzzle down the dollars of its pissed off students. Towson needs to get it together if they want to be able to compete with big name schools. Come on now.
I second what Tretter said
hey braw,
yea i thinks i remembas you. get down at the crease shooten rails
just another example of terri and deb trying to make towson small time. students will still find a place to party before the game just now it will not be at a traditional college football tailgate. sad to see as tailgating is tradition at campuses all over the country.
fun fact..policy does not apply to lot 13 so try to buy passes in that lot. also its funny how these policies are only for homecoming when we all know ODU is the premier home game this year.
So, Towson’s administration has now decided that Greek Life is the sole reason for drinking issues at sporting events? Remember when SGA ran on a ticket last year to make Greeks more involved in tailgates?
Way to isolate and anger an entire section of your alumni base Towson. Don’t expect myself, or any other successful Greek alumni to be donating any time soon.
Who cares Towson football sucks and so does the school in general. I’m glad they shut it down. Its sad with all the police in the area they can’t even regulate a tailgate that isnt even 10% of a big football school. Failure on the part of the administration and the students for being complete idiots
Hi T. Hall. i was just wondering which fraternity you well get kicked off campus after this homecoming..?
Concerned Alumni
Sadly, Team Teri Hall and Deb Moriarty do not know how to fix the issue. They are aimlessly trying to fix a culture problem that they (1) cannot fix alone, or with full administrative support, and (2) feel that restrictive measures will develop resolution.
Hey, wake up and smell THB. You’re ideas for addressing these issues aren’t working. They’ve failed for your entire TU tenures and will continue. Why?
Because your strategy and execution is dumber than the TU weight-listed rejects applying to Baltimore CC. Get off your high-horse, stop going to nation “leadership” seminars, hiring lame-ass “Christian Mele” types and start listening to the students.
And it’s more than just listening, its UNDERSTANDING the students. Greeks, GDIs, Jocks, IT jerk-n-squirts, the whole shabang. Not some futuristic idealization of the new TU student. The current student who is making your mortgage payments. Yeah, that student.
T. Hall loves pretending she knows the inner voice of the TU student. How about the voice of the adopted kid she returned?
Both DM and TH are so removed from the student community they believe they’re lofty ambitions and righteous ideals should be embraced by the TU student body.
Sure, they’re office is smack in the middle of the Union. TU is better off moving their offices into Dowell Health.
Towson football sucks and so do their tailgates. Its sad all the police around the area can’t correctly or effectively police the tailgate. Towson’s tailgates are about 10% the size of a normal big football schools tailgates and they have them every weekend. But in closing who really cares. Just a bunch of J-bro’s who can’t hold their liquor.
she has always had a stick up her butt
First, as an alumnus of Towson University, I find the above comments absolutely appalling. In addition to the disrespect for other human beings, I cannot believe many of you were even accepted into a University, let alone attained a High School Diploma.
I played college football. I was a bartender at one of the bars you frequent uptown every weekend. I actively participated in my fair share of keg races against the club baseball team on York and Lake. I drank extremely way too many $3.50 32 ounce drafts on the back patio of CVPs when CVPs was actually CVPs. Most of all, I tailgated every year for homecoming.
While I completely agree with many of you in regards to your displeasure with the new homecoming policy, many of you who cannot speak the English language (in your posts above) are the very reason for the policy change. The irresponsible pricks who show up to tailgate, can’t handle their alcohol, and end up driving out of the lots right before kickoff instead of going into the game (and at the same time placing their own lives and the lives of others on the line) are the reason for the changes. During my time at TU, I interacted with an array of students from TU including athletes, SGA, Greek Life, and Uptown-goers and to be honest about 90% of the student body is being punished for the actions of the other 10%.
I am proud to say I’m now a grad student and employee at one of the nation’s top Universities. My new school is a highly ranked University in the AP Top 25. I had an opportunity to attend my first tailgate last week and much to my contentment, it was one of the best times I’ve had on a college campus (2nd to my first Notre Dame Football game). But, many of you, based on your posts, wouldn’t have enjoyed the atmosphere for a top 5 program. People weren’t shotgunning beers or slapping the bag. They were grilling, listening to music (there were no DJ’s in the lot pumping out some tunes from the Jersey Shore), and cheering on the football program. It was something I was never privileged to at TU. People here were at the tailgate for the football game and to show school spirit. During my four years in Towson, I can honestly say we were doing it all wrong.
I’d suggest you start by changing the culture, students. You are powerful when you’re rational and believe it or not, the administration is not as bad as you’re making them out to be. It’s not safe when students are hauling beer cans at police cars (check it out on Youtube from a few years ago), driving back to the Colony from the stadium after fifteen beer bongs because they don’t want to go to the game, and requiring the Baltimore County Ambulance to transport over a dozen students from the lot because of fights or a BAC of .40.
ps: I really hope those of you who can’t speak english properly are actually students at UMD…
A university sponsored beer truck. That’s cute.
I’m so glad I’m a senior and almost out of this place. Glad I’m applying to grad schools this year rather than any subsequent years when we have an even worse reputation!
No one will go to the games.
It is not fair for these rules to be imposed. If you have a problem with the way most students at big schools tailgate with alcohol, dont go. Just because campus life doesn’t like drinking doesn’t mean they should impose that on everyone else. Football culture includes alcohol. That is fact. Watch a football game on tv and see how many alcohol commercials there are. This is not high school. We are adults, and should be treated like adults. Leave the responsibility of controlling of how much we drink to ourselves.
Hope Mike Waddell and the athletic department will enjoy seeing no one at the games. All the students i’ve talked to couldn’t care less anymore and that seems to be the consensus all over campus.
hope the games are televised at least
stupid, she should be fired nobody is going to want to come to this now who the hell goes to a foot ball game and doesnt drink? YOU CAN DO IT AT RAVENS STADIUM DOWNTOWN but not a College? where 1/2 the people are over 21, stupid.
I love smearing ziti on my face
Oh boy, I can’t wait to see what new policies will be implemented for Tigerfest!
Teri,
Not even I can help you out with this one, God damn u botched it.
Just fawkin ran into TU Class of 07, Kind Kid, Writer M, TU Grad, and I’m with Terri.. at the fawkin Crease. The fawkin GDI’s walked up to my fawkin bah and ordered 5 fawkin appletinis. They downed the fawkin drinks layed down in the back of the fawkin bah and did a fawkin circle jehk. You fawkin GDI’s arent welcome in my fawkin bah no more! Oh and TU Class of 07…. I remembah ya ass. You were the fawkin watah boy and I layed ya ass out. No need to get fawkin bittah and write mean stuff on this blog. We need homecoming back so I can get moa kids in the fawkin bah and make moa money.
Yo I used to DJ at Mia’s and homecoming events. So ill wit it if ya know I mean.
Yo but anyways, me and my boys straight with this. It’s fly as hell. We gonna watch butterfly effect and throw back couple mike hards. These kids straight crazy. Get weird in the village instead. Yo I’m out.
What type of hoagies will be served at the homecoming? Here are my recommendations:
Italian hoagie
Meatball hoagie
Fish hoagie
Buffalo Chicken hoagie
Chicken Cheasesteak hoagie
Bacon Ranch hoagie
Looking forward to the hoagie spread.
Hungry,
Tretter
Just gawt some fawkin cigs and a fawkin lawtto ticket at the 7 11 by my bah…. Guess what. Won 3 fawkin million dawlahs…. I’m fawkin rich and don’t have to bahtend at the crease no moah. Who the fawk should I give a donation to? Not Towson… They tried to steal all my fawkin patrons by botching homecoming. You get NONE of my fawkin winnings!!! FAWKIN NONE!!! GIVING IT ALL TO FAWKIN GOUCHAH!!!
Oh great.. now all drinking will just be done off campus. Therefore people will have to drive to get to campus. Terri, your going to feel really great about yourself with all the drunk driving accidents that happen homecoming weekend because of you…
Terri Hall shutting down the tailgate reminds me of my days shutting down taco bell at 3am every Saturday circa 2006 LOL
fall back teri hall you dont know me like that
Will Mama’s Little ye Old Yella Pills be one of the beers available?
I don’t need to be drunk to get on top of cars in lot 13 and dance like a whore
This is thoroughly embarrassing. As adults, people are not allowed to make their own decisions? This is horrible on so many levels. Aside from the administration trying to babysit their GROWN ADULT students, they are going to ruin what little school spirit was instilled last year.
Yes, some of you are right that some people will still go to the games,and some people don’t need to drink. Well the fact is, MOST people will overcompensate drinking off campus, sloppily come to the game, or not come in at all. Attendance will fall, school spirit will diminish. I attended many tailgates last year as a senior and they were controlled. Police were around, making sure students were SAFE. That is what matters. Force all this off-campus? I have a feeling most people won’t have TUPD in their homes making sure everyone is alright.
I’m glad I’m at a school now where football is fun, school spirit is rampant, and the administration not only is involved in the culture themselves, but respect that their members of their student body are grown adults.
Good for you Teri! This is a well respected EDUCATIONAL institution. 3 beers are enough ppl, get a grip!
Good Morning,
I am frustrated by many of the comments. I rarely post and follow up with these discussions, but I feel as if this tailgate policy has many people confused and do not understand the big picture. So many people have input on what decisions are made in regards to tailgate. These conversations are very stressful and require a lot of thought. I think to ask for a person to be fired or place blame on one person without understanding the full picture is irresponsible. I welcome anyone to email me directly dallen@towson.edu. I will respond to anyone who wants further clarification. Especially our Alumni who can really be helpful in establishing a better tailgating experience at Towson University.
Dirron
hey “TU Class of 07″ why dont you just shut your mouth. You know why people went to the games back when you played, becuase there were none of these stupid rules regarding how you can drink at homecoming. I am sorry I didnt mean to say come to the games i meant to say come to the homecoming games. Becasue back then no one came to the games because you guys sucked.
To get recruits for the football program you need the following:
1: Fans to show up to the games
—-So when recruits visit they are impressed by a maxed out crowd.
2: Money for the program
—-Only way to get money for the program is to have people come to the games and buy tickets.
By not allowing people to tailgate you make people not go to the games so there is no money generated from ticket sales for the program and visiting recruits see an empty stadium.
Maybe if you guys werent so concerned with hazing your new lineman by having them run around campus naked you would have won a few more games in your day.
I aint go to college but loved going to these tailgates at Towson. Now i dont even got that in my life. Now I got to resort back to a life of crime.
Hey TU Class of 07,
You guys sucked! You went 8&3 the year you graduated and even lost to Hofstra 20-3 who was so god awful that their program was yanked a short period after. You probably never even saw the field either… At least that’s what Andrew Primrose said. I second everything that Mikey D said. I’m sure you really tore it up at the back patio at CVP’s when you were an undergrad!… Not! Don’t take your anger out on us because you were so bad when you played that nobody even considered going to the games.
Everyone keeps complaining about drinking then driving to campus. Has anyone ever heard of a DD or a cab? Clearly not the “NY NJ Shore” crowd ruined Towson. that place sucks. If you were smart enough you would of went to UMD which isn’t even that big of a step up.
Food 4 Thought
The people who came to Towson from Jersey helped improve the university. It is dumb inbreed maryland types that are ruining this school. Stop with this bad neon plaid shorts and gay shaggy hair and get some real style.
Improve? if by improve you mean take up all the room in the gym acting like retards and being to douches then yes they improved it quite a bit.
Sorry if we are trying to get jacked in the gym thats just what we do. Homecoming going to suck
BOYCOTT HOMECOMING
Boycott New Jersey
Why are people talking trash about Towson football?? Saying “you guys sucked”?? It’s the same team idiot. If you are a Ravens fan do you go to an older Ravens fan and brag about how much better the team is since you became a fan?? morons
It’s nice that this was announced AFTER all of the alumni spaces were sold out for reserving spots to TAILGATE at Homecoming. Does this mean that alumni supporters who spent $60+ and got groups together to support the school and the event get their money back? Because this should have been disclosed before arrangements were made. This is absolutely ridiculous that a policy like this would be implemented for only one game – drinking has never been a serious problem at Towson University football games but ATTENDANCE has been. Doing something as rash as cutting out BYOB will only hurt the one game that actually carries any school spirit or support.
As an alumni and wife of a past memember of the football team, I am disheartened that the administration would choose to do something so stupid with such short notice before the event. Now myself, and the alumni group that has gathered and paid (and which generally looks forward and comes in from out of town every year to support this event) will more than likely pull all support from the program.
Way to go Towson.
If Towson ever wants their school spirit and game attendance to be the same caliber as other rival Universities, they need to think seriously about the consquences this new policy will have. Rather than implementing this new Homecoming policy, Towson should have placed more focus on enforcing reasonable restricitions such as underage drinking and public intoxication. As an alumni who has both donated to Towson and attended Homecoming every year since graduating, this new policy has made me rethink both.
Confused you really are confused you idiot.
It may be the same team but they used to suck. They started being good last year.
If you are a Ravens fan you can say wow the offense used to suck but this year they have really improved.
Your argument is horrible.
IT’S ONLY FOR THE HOMECOMING GAME.
My goodness.
You should educate yourself. This is pretty much the only game people go to. So by eliminating the main reason more then half the people go to the home coming game you are pretty much guaranteeing no one shows up
It seems like a majority of the “brah’s” posting on here are from Greek Life. I may be a little egocentric with this comment, but Greek Life makes up only 9% of the undergraduate population. That leaves about 1,400 other undergraduate students like me at this University who may be interested in actually enjoying a football game and a tailgate. Yeah, it sucks that I can’t park up there and sucks even more that I’ll have to buy beer from a vendor, but I think I’ll survive. (By the way, thanks a lot broseph for not being able to handle your alcohol at last year’s tailgate.) At least now we won’t have ten different DJ’s all within 100 feet of each other blasting the latest pop hits from the Jersey Shore.
…And que all of the genius rebuttals from the brahs… Now.
The reason I attend Homecoming is for the football game. Not to get drunk, get out-of-control, or litter like I see after a tailgate.
If any alum wants to boycott the game, that’s their decision but the people they will hurt most is the football team by the lack of support and attendance.
Heck with the tailgate, attend the game and support and cheer for YOUR Tigers football team.
“Free food, including wings, sloppy joes, veggie burgers and soda.” What’s the probelm with all this free food? Oh wait, no alcohol so all the underclass students can’t get drunk and out-of-control.
Now’s that an alcohol free policy I can live with. No obnoxious, out-of-control drunks spoiling the game for me. Yeah!!!!!!!!!
@Egocentric student 10 DJ’s 100 feet apart sounds epic!!!,You’re not built for that lifestyle!!! The fact that you called it Jersey shore pop also means you love to watch the show, even though you want to hate it. In addition to have no sense of reality, beyond television and online friends. Boom Roasted.
People should boycott the tailgate and just show up for the game at 7. This way the new policy failed, and they lose money on the alcohol / food they purchased and you still get to support the school which is the main priority here.
Blame Mike Waddell. He does not have the balls to make this about athletics. He talks a good game but punks out every time. Lets get an AD that actually cares about the students instead of this asshat who just out BS all day.
Wow. This is horrible. I know one person not going anymore
This Waddell guy is really screwing everything up!
While I have to agree with many of the comments regarding the fun in tailgating, I have to wonder where the students commenting about Towson Homecoming have been tailgating. I have attended Towson Homecomming as a guest for many years and I have to admit, it is pretty funny. Tailgating is supposed to include grills, hotdogs, hamburgers, footballs, chips, soda and beer; however, the immature students at TU think it is a drink fest. Who are you trying to kid when you talk about supporting the football team and school spirit, because the drunks that I have seen in the past are normally stumbling their way back to the residence halls after being pushed from the lots by the police?
I must clarify, there are many students who know how to tailgate responsibly and take it upon themselves to clean up their area prior to GOING to the game to show their school spirit and support the football team. Unfortunately, the students who drink excessively, are taken by ambulance to the hospital, stumble back to their dorms, throw beer cans at TU police, pass out on benches, ruin the atmosphere for those who know how to tailgate.
I support the decision of the Towson Administration to change the tailgating policy. I said the Administration, not one individual, as anyone with a lick of intelligence would know that decisions such as this, are not made in a vacuum.
I would love to see real tailgating at Towson. Maybe we should call the University of MD College Park or Penn State and ask them if they can host a Tailgating 101 for our students.
In conclusion, the policy is ONLY for Homecomming, if you want the Administrtion to consider reviewing the policy for next year, show them that TU students know what REAL tailgating is. Get out your grills, bring your hamburgers and hotdogs, find the football and frisbee and come to lot 14 this weekend and tailgate. School spirit and support for our football team can start this weekend.
FIST PUMP FIST PUMP
So much for being an alumni. Guess I should have gone to Univ of MD. Seriously Towson this is the dumbest idea yet. No one will come now. Open your eyes and take a hint from every other large college
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