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The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini

The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini

    Bars pay for underage violations

    Editor’s Note: This story originally ran June 3.

    Several campus bars will receive penalties starting in the fall semester for previous cases of serving underage patrons.

    In an effort to curb underage drinking, C.O. Daniel’s, 608 E. Daniel St., will change its required age for entry from 19 to 21 years old when school starts. Joe’s Brewery, 706 S. Fifth St., and White Horse Inn, 112 1/2 E. Green St., will be temporarily suspended.

    Susan Hofer, representative from the Liquor Control Commission, said the differences in punishments were based on the number of offenses.

    “The severity of discipline is largely based on whether this is the first, second or third time that the establishment has received citations for underage drinking,” Hofer said.

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    Recent graduate Danielle Novello said she does not think that changing the entry age for C.O. Daniel’s will do much good.

    “I think if the age to get in is raised to 21,” Novello said. “There will just be more kids using fake IDs, and more people getting in trouble.”

    Novello also said that either more people will be ticketed, or the bar will receive less business.

    “I remember when I was a freshman that Firehaus made it so you had to be 21 to enter, but then people just stopped going there. They ended up just lowering the age back down to 19, and it seems to be doing a lot better,” Novello said.

    Grant Anderson, a recent graduate, had a similar view.

    “They’ll be closed by Labor Day. Nobody goes there who is even 19,” Anderson said.

    C.O. Daniel’s made an agreement with Champaign Mayor and Liquor Commissioner Gerald Schweighart to raise its required entry age to 21, Hofer said.

    Agents from the Champaign Police Department and Illinois State police regularly perform Campus Tap detail, or bar checks, in which they hand out citations for any violations related to underage drinking. When bar checks are done, the Campus Tap agents check to see if bars”knowingly, recklessly or negligently” allow underage drinking to occur.

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