Though University gameday drinking policies and other safety standards will remain unchanged for the 2016-17 football season, a committee of Student Government members and representatives from other student organizations developed a set of suggested guidelines over the summer called “Tiger Tenets,” encouraging vigilance and safer drinking practices.
The tenets are a response to safety policies proposed by the Dean of Students last semester, which were met with widespread resistance from University students.
While SG set the guidelines in place for this year, things could change for the 2017 football season.
The administration will be carefully observing students’ actions on gamedays, said SG Vice President Lindsey Landry. If they like what they see, the tenets could become the new standard for gameday safety. If not, the administration could implement stricter policies.
Landry said potential policy changes will depend on students’ willingness to adhere to the tenets.
“We don’t want to enforce rules or regulations right now, because we think it’s more of an attitude change that needs to happen,” Landry said.
Landry said she hopes students are receptive to the new guidelines.
“This is something that we’re trying out this year, but it doesn’t mean that rules and regulations won’t be implemented in the future,” she said.

The proposals from last semester included three options for alcohol on gamedays. The first would have required each individual tailgate to use a third-party vendor, while the second called for a communal third-party vendor.
The final option, presented by a University student, was a “BYOB” policy which would have allowed 21-year-old students to bring a predetermined amount of alcohol for personal consumption.
According to emails obtained via a public records request, several alumni and students emailed University administrators about the possible policy changes last semester. One writer called the proposals a “money grab by the University thinly veiled as concern for student well-being” in an email to LSU President F. King Alexander, Dean of Students Maria Fuentes-Martin and LSU Athletics.
Fuentes-Martin said she was offended by the idea of the proposals being a “money grab,” according to June article written by The Daily Reveille,
“My dissertation was a drug and alcohol study, and I know that students are students, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not still in an unsafe situation that we as administrators need to be thoughtful and careful about,” Fuentes-Martin said. “I think ultimately what we want is safety and fun, and a balance between those two things.”