$65 for puking on a cashier? Police urge students to ‘party with caution’ during frosh week

TORONTO — Police are taking a light-hearted approach to urging freshman students to “party with caution” ahead of this year’s frosh week at universities, by reminding them that certain extra-curricular activities could land you in hot water.

York Regional Police “researchers” called the examples of frosh week related offences a “highly academic list of unexpected expenses and potential pitfalls for prospective scholars,” releasing another addition of their infamous frosh week expense list to remind students of the legal implications of partying too hard and making poor decisions.

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“It’s an attempt to use some humour to deliver an important message about consequences of actions so we try and use things that are topical and that students would understand and get a laugh at and like in order to basically show that there are consequences to some of the silly actions that can happen during frosh week,” said Const. Andy Pattenden.

“There’s a range of fines and offences and we try to pick the most appropriate fine for what an officer may charge for some of these examples.”

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Police tweeted the campaign out to a number of schools including Ryerson University, the University of Toronto, Queens University, the University of Guelph, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Michigan and Harvard University, reminding students to “frosh responsibly.”

Pattenden said that some of the examples used in the campaign, such as “getting sick on a fast food cashier,” would equate to real fines such as public intoxication, which would net a $65 fine. Another example, “playing beer pong on a cafeteria table,” would equate to alcohol in an unlicensed area and amount to a $125 fine.

Other examples from the list include “licking a baked good for sale, Ariana Grande-style,” “ghostriding the whip,” starting your elicit weed brownie enterprise,” “touching campus statues inappropriately” and “distilling some bathroom moonshine.”

“So without stating what the actual offence is for each of these, there is accuracy to each of them so we have a little fun with it but the message is definitely a serious one,” said Pattenden. “Party with caution.”

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