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Unofficial St. Patrick's Day
Unofficial St. Patrick's Day
Also called	Unofficial
Observed by	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Celebrations	Wearing green, all day consumption of alcoholic beverages
Date	Fifteen days before the first day of Spring Break (a Friday)
2024 date	date missing (please add)
Related to	St. Patrick's Day

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2007 - Champaign City Council voted 7-1 to give Mayor Gerald Schweighart more power as liquor commissionor. This gave him permission to prohibit the sale of beer in pitchers and undiluted shots, along with limiting the number of kegs a residence could purchase.
People checking ID's at bars have to be at least 21
Police can break up parties considered "nuisance parties" and give party hosts citations.
More staff in classes of 50 or more students to prevent disruptions. Student Disciplinary Committee voted that any student caught disrupting class on Unofficial could possibly be dismissed from the University.
Increased law enforcement, including Illinois State Police.
Some think controlling the celebration by working with students would be more effective, rather than trying to prevent it.

2004 - Unofficial moved up one week by campus bars, cooperating with Champaign Police, because Engineering Open House fell on the Friday before St. Patrick's Day (the usual date for Unofficial).

2008 - Chancellor Richard Herman states he will appear before Champaign City Council to call for city action against Unofficial, hoping to receive support from physicians and pastors.

2009 - Bar entry age raised to 21 again.
One keg per residence.
Says insurgence of out-of-town visitors is a problem, however, dorm restrictions placed in 2008 have been abandoned.
Scott Cochrane, campus bar owner, has been actively trying to downplay the holiday much to the joy of Champaign Police, Chancellor Herman, and Mayor Schweighart.

13 year old tradition (started in 1996)
267 citations (103 public possession of alcohol, 106 underage drinking)
Man in 20's fell three stories after attempting to climb from a third floor balcony to a fourth floor balcony