Hordes of new students walking down Annie Glidden Road can mean only one thing: School is starting and it’s time to party.

That can get some people into trouble, though.

“The first couple of weekends, we just want to get people out to enforce the city ordinances,” DeKalb police Sgt. Jason Leverton said. And enforce they did.

According to reports, the DeKalb Police Department arrested 47 people over the weekend for alcohol-related offenses.

Police arrested 23 people for having an open alcohol container in public and arrested another 23 for either possession or consumption of alcohol as a minor. There was one arrest for remaining in a tavern as a minor.

In order to decrease this number, DeKalb police distributed fliers to members of the community and some university agencies.

“We went house to house in the Greek Row area and gave the fraternities and sororities pamphlets,” Leverton said.

The pamphlets explain the alcohol-related ordinances so people know what is allowed.

“If you are going to throw a party, you cannot charge for alcohol – you need a license for that,” Leverton said. “I’ve heard of people charging at the door and then giving out beer once they are in, but you can’t do that either.”

As has happened before, parties and drinking often lead to fighting. However, this past weekend saw nothing of the sort.

Leverton said nothing was out of the ordinary as far as fights and disturbance reports go.

University Police, on the other hand, were not as busy during the weekend; only one arrest, a DUI, was made, and only one report of a fight was filed.

The biggest events over the weekend included Friday’s traffic before Bill Cosby’s performance as well as student move-in days, which began Thursday, UP Sgt. John Kreutziger said.

Kreutziger cited the four Community Safety Centers, located in the residence halls, and the nine officers who patrolled the West Campus on foot as the main reason for few arrests.

This is typical for the first weekend, he said.

“There is so much activity with Corn Fest, and people do all their drinking there. We don’t deal with it because it is off campus.” Star Poll