And university officials, ever cautious about upsetting alumni and donors, are hesitant to apply strict alcohol restrictions to adult tailgaters on campus. Before and after the game in Martin Stadium on Saturday, Coug fans drank WSU-sponsored beer, wine and hard liquor served in the fieldhouse. WSU President Sam Smith insists binge drinking is not just a university problem but a societal problem to be combatted with community partnerships. Yet at WSU, Project Culture Change only applies to students, who feel increasingly resentful about the crackdown. I think it's safer to party in a frat than drive somewhere.
Students do follow the parties.
A carload of 10 dorm residents crammed into a sedan Friday to drive to Campus Commons North, a large off-campus apartment complex with a party reputation. Three sat in the front, six in the back and one unlucky fellow rode in the trunk. The more-stringent Greek Row alcohol policy isn't the only factor contributing to the party shift to other venues. Pullman police Officer Scott Patrick, who patrols College Hill from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m., compares it to the carnival gopher game where you whack a gopher in one place and it pops up somewhere else. Regulating one problem can create another.