Letter to the editor

Monday, February 21, 2005

Before 1997 students were able to purchase alcohol in the Jaybowl at the Kansas Union. In 1997 students lost that ability, with little reasonable explanation as to why. Shortly thereafter Delta Force established the Alcohol Task Force and began communicating with the Memorial Union Corporation and University administrators to once again enable the Jaybowl to serve alcoholic beverages.

Among the benefits of alcohol sales are an expanded revenue source for the Memorial Union, which translates into better services for students.

More importantly though is the increase in student safety it provides. The Kansas Union’s central location will encourage students seeking a cold beer to walk there instead of driving downtown, which almost inevitably leads to drunk driving.

Moreover, the Union is serviced by KU on Wheels and functions as the dispatch center for SafeRide vehicles. So, if at any point a patron becomes to intoxicated to drive they have the added alternatives of SafeRide and KU on Wheels.

Recently, members of KUnited have introduced a petition in Student Senate to begin exploring the possibility of alcohol sales returning to the Jaybowl. While past KUnited administrations have stonewalled our efforts, we are glad to see that the current KUnited administration has come around on this particular issue. Delta Force looks forward to jointly pursuing this issue with KUnited in the months to come.

Tyler Longpine, Hays senior, Jr/Sr CLAS Senator

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