College sports and alcohol

With the return of football to campus, the University of Minnesota is instituting a new policy to crack down on drunk and rowdy behavior at TCF Bank Stadium: breathalyzer tests for prior offenders. The policy is based on a similar program at the University of Wisconsin.

Guests

• Ervin Cox: Director of student assistance and judicial affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Toben Nelson: Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Minnesota.
• Murray Sperber: Visiting professor in the graduate school of education at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of "Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports is Crippling Undergraduate Education."

Resources

• About Toben Nelson
• About Murray Sperber
• MPR: "U of M hoping breath tests will keep stadium under control"