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Duke University Tailgate Canceled: Minor Found in Porta Potty
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by Amy Judd | November 9, 2010 at 02:03 pm
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Duke University's Tailgate Event on November 13 Has Been Canceled After a Minor Was Found in a Porta Potty at the November 6 Tailgate
The minor was a sibling and guest of a student and a security officer found the teenager after most students had left the event and he had to be taken to hospital for treatment according to the Duke Chronicle.
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The University has now decided to cancel the November 13 Tailgate and has warned students that Tailgates in upcoming years will be very different from what they may be used to.
“Tailgate has become an embarrassment—it has no connection to our football team,” Moneta said in an interview Monday. “Now it has to end. I think the notion that a young teenager could be discovered under these conditions just crosses the line.”
Chris Brown, DSG vice president for athletics and campus services said:
“Although Tailgate is something that we all know and love... we really need to ask ourselves some questions about the event, about the culture surrounding it and look past the one pro everyone knows about—that it’s an event open to everyone,”
Students have now created a Facebook event called Main Quad Throwdown that is set to take place Saturday morning in response to the cancellation of Tailgate.
This is an event in the past that has allowed groups to bring their own car and beer and has caused some concern for students' safety as the partying has gotten out of control. According to the Chronicle, at the first Tailgate in 2009 there were nine EMS calls and six people had to be taken to the emergency department.
Seniors were looking forward to the last Tailgate this weekend, senior Catherine Cordeiro said.
“I think it’s kind of harsh of [the administration] to not give us a last hurrah,” Cordeiro said. “I feel like the administration has been trying to get rid of Tailgate for some time. I would say that Tailgate is one of the primary reasons why I came to Duke, and I think it’s a major part of what makes the Duke social scene so unique.”
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at 11:47 on November 11th, 2010
Thanks to those movies, everyone thinks they are Johnny Knocksville or Steve-O. It's a shame that a mindless prank ruins the tailgating events in the future, but at the same time porta potty misuse can have serious health consequences.