RamblinPeck
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I wanted to give everyone a heads up about some trouble we've had recently with our tailgate. About 50 fraternity alumni, friends, kids and family members, along with about 150 other folks in a couple of different groups, have been tailgating on the lawn at 4th Street Apts on Techwood for the last 6 or 8 years.
Last Saturday about an hour or so before kickoff we were visited by a few GTPD officers who, realising how ridiculous it was, asked us to move along. We complied, and have been trying to figure out why for the last few days. They have a few reasons, none of them that I think are very valid, pointing out isolated incidents that I've seen a handful of times if that and never a big enough problem to be addressed by anyone before.
Essentially housing is saying that they're enforcing a "long standing policy" that only dorm residents can use/be near the space around the dorms, and that people in the dorms shouldn't be disturbed by gameday activity (I'm curious about their plans to get BDS@HGF moved up the hill since its so close to east campus dorms, not to mention those RVs that cause such a ruckus).
Honestly I'm not sure what will come of this, but I don't think its a very good move, and I'm pretty disapointed that the powers that be at GT aren't putting housing in line and being more pragmatic about it. The gameday experience, at least closer to the stadium, at GT has improved significantly since we started setting up shop and I hate to see them "cracking down" on a good sized group of alumni, almost all of whom donate to TECH fund/Roll Call. I'm also left wondering whats next, and how we'll know we won't be asked to leave our next spot. Ademic buildings, the student center, the library, etc have just as much of an argument for quiet as the dorms do, if not more.
So just a heads up, hope this isn't going to start happening to everyone else, but I've got a sneaking feeling it will.
Anyone else having similar problems, or were we the first to get burned?
Last Saturday about an hour or so before kickoff we were visited by a few GTPD officers who, realising how ridiculous it was, asked us to move along. We complied, and have been trying to figure out why for the last few days. They have a few reasons, none of them that I think are very valid, pointing out isolated incidents that I've seen a handful of times if that and never a big enough problem to be addressed by anyone before.
Essentially housing is saying that they're enforcing a "long standing policy" that only dorm residents can use/be near the space around the dorms, and that people in the dorms shouldn't be disturbed by gameday activity (I'm curious about their plans to get BDS@HGF moved up the hill since its so close to east campus dorms, not to mention those RVs that cause such a ruckus).
Honestly I'm not sure what will come of this, but I don't think its a very good move, and I'm pretty disapointed that the powers that be at GT aren't putting housing in line and being more pragmatic about it. The gameday experience, at least closer to the stadium, at GT has improved significantly since we started setting up shop and I hate to see them "cracking down" on a good sized group of alumni, almost all of whom donate to TECH fund/Roll Call. I'm also left wondering whats next, and how we'll know we won't be asked to leave our next spot. Ademic buildings, the student center, the library, etc have just as much of an argument for quiet as the dorms do, if not more.
So just a heads up, hope this isn't going to start happening to everyone else, but I've got a sneaking feeling it will.
Anyone else having similar problems, or were we the first to get burned?
