TBO.com - TBO is Tampa Bay Online

USF Flags Midday Sale Of Beer, Wine At Campus Grill

Tribune photo by MICHAEL SPOONEYBARGER

The new 235,000-square-foot Marshall Student Center opened this summer and features an auditorium, computer lab, several eateries and 25 meeting rooms.

ADVERTISEMENT

By ADAM EMERSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 3, 2008

TAMPA - It took less than a week.

Reports that students were drinking between classes and workers were hoisting beers on their lunch breaks prompted the University of South Florida to limit when the new campus bar and grill can serve alcohol.

Beef O'Brady's opened to fanfare two weeks ago in the new Marshall Student Center at USF. Supervisors, however, found their employees drinking at lunch and noticed students sipping midday beers after school started last week.

No one was going back to class or work drunk, USF spokesman Michael Hoad said, but the university's policy prohibits drinking before those activities.

"The visibility of this just made it obvious that reality and the policy were in conflict," Hoad said.

Hoad said the only sensible move was to prohibit daytime drinking at the restaurant, lest a student visit a science lab under the influence of alcohol.

Beer and wine will be served after 6 p.m. weekdays and when the eatery is open on weekends.

Reporter Adam Emerson can be reached at (813) 259-8285 or aemerson@tampatrib.com.

Share this:

Loading Comments...

Email Print

ADVERTISEMENT