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      Wave
      on
      the
      Rocks
     
    
   
   
    
     
      University
      attempts
      to
      pass
      new
      alcohol
      policy
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Connor
      SIMPSON
     
     
      Managing
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Big
      changes
      could
      be
      on
     
     
      the
      horizon
      for
      The
      Wave.
     
     
      Next
      Thursday,
      September
     
     
      24th,
      the
      UPEI
      Board
      of
     
     
      Governors
      are
      voting
      on
      a
     
     
      proposed
      Alcohol
      Safety
     
     
      Policy
      that
      could
      severely
     
     
      alter
      the
      way
      the
      bar
      cur-
     
     
      rently
      runs.
     
    

    
     
      The
      two
      most
      talked
     
     
      about
      changes
      in
      the
      policy
     
     
      are
      the
      implementation
      of
      a
     
     
      sign-in
      policy
      at
      the
      door
      as
     
     
      well
      as
      changing
      the
      closing
     
     
      time
      of
      the
      bar
      from
      2
      AM
     
     
      to
      1:45
      AM.
     
    

    
     
      The
      policy
      doesn’t
      just
     
     
      affect
      The
      Wave,
      it
      is
      meant
     
     
      to
      be
      an
      official
      line
      the
      uni-
     
     
      verstiy
      can
      use
      to
      govern
      all
     
     
      alcohol
      related
      events.
      The
     
     
      policy
      has
      been
      an
      ongoing
     
     
      project
      the
      university
      has
     
     
      been
      working
      toward
      for
     
     
      roughly
      three
      years
      now.
     
     
      The
      policy
      covers
      events
      at
     
     
      The
      Wave,
      events
      put
      on
      by
     
     
      Chartwell’s
      where
      alcohol
     
     
      is
      being
      served,
      and
      alcohol
     
     
      consumption
      within
      resi-
     
     
      dence.
     
    

    
     
      Another
      change
      in
      the
     
     
      policy
      would
      see
      the
      aboli-
     
     
      tion
      of
      pub
      crawl
      advertis-
     
     
      ing.
      Societies
      and
      clubs
     
     
      would
      not
      be
      able
      to
      directly
     
     
      advertise
      their
      end
      of
      year
     
     
      pub
      crawls,
      which
      serve
      as
     
     
      huge
      sources
      of
      income
      for
     
     
      most
      of
      the
      clubs.
     
    

    
     
      Tamara
      Leary,
      acting
      Di-
     
     
      rector
      of
      Student
      Services,
     
     
      was
      a
      member
      of
      the
      com-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      mittee
      to
      draft
      the
      Alcohol
     
     
      Safety
      Policy.
      When
      asked
     
     
      about
      the
      sign
      in
      policy,
     
     
      Leary
      said
      that
      UPEI,
      “is
     
     
      responsible
      for
      the
      safety
      of
     
     
      the
      bar
      and
      the
      safety
      of
      our
     
     
      students.”
     
    

    
     
      Leary
      said
      that
      UPEI
     
     
      views
      the
      sign-in
      policy
      as
     
     
      “a
      way
      to
      regulate
      and
      con-
     
     
      trol
      who
      exactly
      is
      attending
     
     
      our
      events
      and
      to
      ensure
      the
     
     
      safety
      of
      our
      students
      from
     
     
      any
      outside
      dangers.”
     
    

    
     
      When
      asked
      about
      the
     
     
      change
      to
      the
      closing
      time
     
     
      of
      the
      bar,
      Leary
      said
      the
     
     
      change
      “is
      meant
      to
      en-
     
     
      sure
      that,
      by
      the
      time
      2AM
     
     
      comes,
      patrons
      of
      the
      bar
     
     
      are
      outside
      and
      well
      on
      their
     
     
      way
      home.”
      The
      effective-
     
     
      ness
      of
      last
      call
      was
      not
     
     
      discussed
      in
      the
      interview.
     
     
      The
      time
      of
      1:45AM
      was
      -
     
     
      a
      bargained
      time
      between
     
     
      the
      policy’s
      committee
      and
     
     
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      presi-
     
     
      dent,
      Timothy
      Cullen.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      understand
      what
     
     
      they’re
      hoping
      to
      achieve,”
     
     
      says
      Cullen,
      who
      was
     
     
      elected
      to
      office
      last
      year.
     
     
      “But
      on
      an
      individual,
      case-
     
     
      by-case
      basis,
      the
      Student
     
     
      Union
      is
      more
      than
      pre-
     
     
      pared
      to
      work
      to
      try
      to
      make
     
     
      drinking
      on
      campus
      as
      safe
     
     
      as
      possible,
      but
      as
      far
      as
      this
     
     
      alcohol
      policy
      goes,
      we
      are
     
     
      completely
      opposed
      to
      it,
     
     
      and
      we
      dislike
      the
      univer-
     
     
      sity
      forcing
      it
      upon
      us.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Part
      of
      Tim’s
      problem
     
     
      with
      the
      policy
      stems
      from
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      document
      that
      the
      commit-
     
     
      tee
      was
      using
      while
      drafting
     
     
      the
      policy,
      the
      committee
     
     
      used
      a
      document
      that
      stated
     
     
      that
      compared
      the
      Wave
     
    

    
     
      to
      a
      collection
      of
      different
     
     
      maritime
      bars.
     
    

    
     
      The
      document
      compared
     
     
      the
      security
      of
      each
      univer-
     
     
      sity,
      and
      had
      the
      bar
      listed
     
     
      as
      needing
      to
      call
      an
      outside
     
     
      police
      force
      to
      The
      Wave
     
     
      two
      to
      three
      times
      per
      week,
     
     
      with
      every
      other
      University
     
     
      listed
      at
      one
      or
      two
      times
      a
     
     
      month,
      or
      rarely,
      if
      ever.
     
    

    
     
      Cullen
      took
      it
      upon
      him-
     
     
      self
      to
      contact
      the
      Deputy
     
     
      Police
      Chief,
      Richard
     
     
      Collins,
      who
      wrote
      him
      a
     
     
      letter
      stating
      that
      the
      Char-
     
     
      lottetown
      Police
      were
      called
     
     
      to
      the
      Wave
      nine
      times
      in
     
     
      2007,
      a
      low
      four
      times
      in
     
     
      2008,
      and
      only
      five
      times
     
     
      in
      2009.
      Of
      those
      numbers,
     
     
      only
      two
      of
      those
      events
     
     
      could
      be
      “considered
      seri-
     
     
      ous
      in
      nature,
      i.e
      assaults.”
     
     
      The
      other
      calls
      were
      for
      a
     
     
      variety
      of
      things,
      including
     
     
      traffic
      violations
      or
      Liquor
     
     
      Act
      violations.
      The
      numbers
     
     
      between
      the
      two
      don’t
      add
     
     
      up.
     
    

    
     
      When
      asked
      about
      the
     
     
      chart
      and
      the
      numbers,
     
     
      Leary
      had
      never
      seen
      them
     
     
      before.
      She
      didn’t
      know
     
     
      where
      the
      committee
      had
     
     
      gotten
      their
      report.
      Leary
     
     
      cited
      that
      she
      had
      just
     
     
      returned
      from
      a
      five
      month
     
     
      vacation,
      and
      has
      been
      ab-
     
     
      sent
      during
      the
      negotiations
     
    
   
   
    
     
      September
      21,
      2009
     
    
   
   
    
     
      that
      have
      happened
      in
      the
     
     
      past
      few
      months.
     
    

    
     
      “We’re
      worried
      that
     
     
      if
      we
      make
      students
      feel
     
     
      unwelcome,
      they’ll
      take
     
     
      their
      business
     
     
      elsewhere,”
      said
     
     
      Cullen.
      “We’ve
     
     
      risen
      in
      popu-
     
     
      larity
      as
      far
      as
     
     
      a
      location
      for
     
     
      students
      to
     
     
      have
      a
      good
     
     
      time
      in
      the
      last
     
     
      little
      while,
     
     
      and
      we’d
      hate
     
     
      to
      see
      that
      be
     
     
      reversed.
      “