It gets worse. Because, unlike bars, these parties can go on well into the morning, there are now more, not fewer drunk hooligans on the streets after 2 a.m. This is a recipe for a riot. It's actually quite simple. Re-open the High Street bars.
Bars have several attributes in their favor.
First, they have a fixed location, reducing the manpower required to police them effectively. Second, they will make an attempt to restrict underage drinking, which is not done at all at block parties. Third, they close at a specified hour, reducing the number of hooligans on the street at 4 a.m. In doing so, they removed an important control mechanism from the area's economic and social system, which has now fallen out of balance. The City of Columbus, the OSU administration, and Campus Partners should give serious consideration to the concept of property rights, the right against unreasonable search, and the right of free association.