Originally Posted by
ssb2045
Northwestern employs more police than the city itself
Sorry, but this is not true. Evanston has 165 sworn officers. I can't find a sworn number for UP, could only find 93 for all divisions, but that's including parking enforcement, which I don't think are sworn officers (they're not even part of the police in Evanston).
Originally Posted by
ssb2045
Things are changing, slowly, with university president Shapiro a lot more open to wet status for fraternities on campus because he recognizes that it's bad PR/neighborhood relations for drunk students to be causing a ruckus in the streets around campus.
The trend toward pushing the partying off campus goes back to the early 90's (just before I started) when there was a rash of people getting drunk and falling out of 3rd/4th floor windows (it was 3 or 4 people, 2 died within a year or so). Hell, back in the late 80's, there was a bar in Norris. Those days are long gone. It's probably wise to reverse the current trend that has pushed so much of the raucous behavior off campus into the surrounding neighborhoods.
Originally Posted by
ssb2045
I was referring to the "nicer" area as the part where students live, even though most of the houses and apartments that students rent are anything but nice...converted sun porches as bedrooms, people living illegally in basements, etc.
My personal favorite is the formal dining room with french doors to the living room converted to a bedroom. Two different places I lived in had that one.