Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Vesicare, anyone?

Today's post appears courtesy the Asheville Citizen-Times. Bold type added for emphasis...
N.C. State aims to keep students from urinating in stadium seats
by Elizabeth Dunbar, Associated Press Writer
published September 29, 2006 5:49 am

RALEIGH – The student sections at college football games are usually a little unruly, but student leaders at North Carolina State University just want the urinating to stop.
And the problem isn't just a rowdy bunch of intoxicated fans. Students say efforts aimed at preventing overcrowding in the student section at Carter-Finley Stadium led some fans, worried about being allowed back to their seats, to stay put during the Wolfpack's upset win last weekend against Boston College.
"They didn't want to leave the section to go to the bathroom," said student body president Will Quick. Complaints about urinating and vomiting in the stands soon followed.
N.C. State uses an online ticketing system that allows students to print their tickets at home. They enter the stadium by scanning a bar code on the ticket, but enter their assigned seating section by showing the ticket to an usher. Quick said many students make copies of the tickets for the main student section so that they can sit with their friends, who may be assigned to a less favorable section.
And so when staff and police officers announced the section was full during last weekend's 17-15 win against the Eagles, some students opted to remain in the stands — no matter what.
"It was a bad image for N.C. State and for students," said Quick, adding that he was especially disappointed that it happened during Parents' Weekend. "We're not all like that."


I can see it now. Joe Campus walks back to his fraternity house after the big game. Upon opening the door, his frat brothers notice the HUGE wet mark all over the front of his pants. "Wow. Must've been a great game, huh, Joe?" Joe replies, "Yeah. Jimmy puked three times in his seat, dude!"

Does no one exercise self-control anymore???

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