Graphic by Amy Wecker
With the recent shutting down of the Keg along with an outstanding amount of raids in EV1, the Deuce and even Cozy Noodle, we’re left wondering if the city of Evanston is getting rid of everything near and dear to our hearts. Even McFaddens has recently been cracking down on IDs and making students nervous about where the future of pregames lies. But students might be surprised when faced with the actual hard numbers and stats about the amount of recent alcohol-related arrests. Check out the deets after the jump.
But maybe the city isn’t directly targeting Northwestern students. Commander Jason Parrott says that the increase in arrests has been directly related to complaints regarding EV1 selling to underage drinkers. “Any noticeable increase in arrests related to alcohol is in response to that,” he says, “not as a target to any one group of people.”
The increase isn’t even that noticeable though–there have been fewer than a handful of arrests of minors drinking every month since the beginning of the school year. It seems that this cracking down on underage drinking by Tisdahl and Evanston hasn’t produced that much difference in terms of arrests, and a lot of it
might just be a scare.
However, you still have to be careful. EV1 owner Amit Amin says the store has had to take extra precautions by including new ID scanner software, making sure everyone coming into the store is of age. It’s okay, Northwestern students are smart. We’ll find our way out of these debacles.
