CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : STANFORD : University Proposes Curbs on Alcohol

Stanford University officials proposed to ban alcohol consumption at all Stanford athletic events. The proposal was prompted in part by the 27 alcohol-related arrests at the Stanford-UC Berkeley football game in November. Stanford has been the only school in the Pacific-10 athletic conference to allow spectators to bring alcohol inside a stadium. Three years ago, Stanford banned hard liquor at games and limited each person over 21 to carrying in one six-pack of beer. The proposal would also prohibit advertising of alcohol at university events, declare anyone convicted of drunk driving ineligible for university parking permits and ban the purchase of alcohol with student fees collected by the university. Final approval by President Donald Kennedy is expected later this year. “We’re probably at the point now where we are better off saying ‘no alcohol.’ I find it hard to believe that people can’t go three hours without a drink,” said Marv Herrington, the university’s director of public safety.