If you've been dehydrated during tailgates and are tired of waiting 30 minutes in line for rest room facilities, ASMSU is trying to help.
MSU's undergraduate student government members said they don't want to limit students' pregame fun, but they are most concerned with compromised safety caused by binge drinking.
ASMSU passed a bill at its general assembly meeting Thursday with tailgating recommendations to be later passed to the MSU Board of Trustees.
The recommendations might be implemented as soon as Saturday's home football game against Illinois.
"The issue in this bill is safety," said Derek Wallbank, representative for the Council for Students with Disabilities.
ASMSU split its recommendations into two categories: those for immediate consideration, and those to be addressed after this season.
Scheduled for immediate consideration are a ban on glass containers, increasing the number of portable toilets, an increase in garbage cans, immediate water and food vending, an increase in emergency personnel and dedicated emergency routes.
"We did a good job of addressing safety concerns that both the administration and we had," said Andrew Bell, Student Assembly external vice chairperson. "It's a bill about safety - not an anti-fun bill."
Robert Murphy, representative for the College of Social Science, said on his bike ride to class he saw broken glass which convinced him why changes need to be made.
"The glaring jewels in the sidewalk aren't jewels at all," he said. "No, they're ways for me to die."
ASMSU included an alcohol proofage ban, a tailgating time limit and the elimination of extreme drinking games as resolutions to consider after this football season.
Representatives discussed whether to include an elimination of extreme drinking games on the bill.
"Drinking games are not a hazard once we take into consideration the other options, like supplying (students) with water and facilities," said Ryan Townsend, representative for the College of Business. "If we give them food and water, and limit what they drink, we don't need to eliminate these games."
The administration would not take ASMSU seriously if they did not address the issue of dangerous drinking games, Wallbank said.
"We need to put this in so the administration knows we are not ignoring one of their major concerns," he said. "I don't think ASMSU should stand up for students rights to vomit during drinking games."
Vice President for Student Affairs Lee June suggested at the general assembly meeting to keep the recommendation to limit extreme drinking games.
"The issue really is health and safety," he said. "There have been blood alcohol levels up to .30, and that it is a health hazard."
Robert Bao, associate director for communication and promotion for the MSU Alumni Association, said recommendations should concern tailgaters who are dangerous to others.
"They should go just far enough to eliminate the problem behavior that puts other tailgaters at risk," he said. "You hate to see a few people kind of ruin it for the rest."
Staff writer Jaclyn Roeschke contributed to this report.
