SATIRE
Vol. 127, No. 49 Tuesday, October 24, 2017
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Fake ID confiscation on the rise at CSU By Stuart Smith @notstuartsmith
Fake IDs are a rite of passage for many high school and college students, and they might be getting more popular. Every year since 2013, the number of fake ID confiscations that have been reported to Student Conduct Services has increased markedly, according to Mike Katz of SCS. The possibility of getting caught and the fake ID having low quality despite being expensive are risks that every owner of a fake ID faces. Students who do not have a fake ID might know someone who does, and those over the age of 21 might have underage friends who use fake IDs. In the 2013-14 school year, just 12 fake IDs were reported. In the following year, 63 fake IDs were reported. In 2015-16, 201 were reported, and 233 fake IDs were reported to Student Conduct Services last year. As of Sept. 18, 13 fake IDs have been reported to Student Conduct Services so far this school year. Most of the fake IDs were confiscated at bars and liquor stores that are in Old Town or are around campus, but those numbers are the ones that have been reported by bars and liquor stores to Fort Collins Police Services. The National Institute of Health published a study in 2009 with much higher numbers than that, estimating that 12.5 percent of college students had fake IDs before college, and 32.2 percent had fake IDs by their
fourth semester. One anonymous student said that when he is in Fort Collins, he uses his fake ID much less than when he is home in Kansas, partly because of the culture and accessibility.
FAKE IDS AT CSU AND NATIONALLY ■ As of Sept. 18, 13 fake IDs
have been reported to Student Conduct Services so far this school year.
■ The National Institute of
Health published a study in 2009 estimated that 12.5 percent of college students had fake IDs before college and 32.2 percent had fake IDs by their fourth semester.
He also avoids using his fake while in unfamiliar places, or with people who he does not trust well. For example, when his mom came up for Homecoming and Family Weekend, he bought some alcohol with her while out for dinner. “Me and my mom went out to dinner on Thursday and I bought a pitcher, and the next night we went (out) and split a bottle of wine,” he said. He also has not had his ID taken away yet, but he has been turned away. “I’ve only been turned down one time, and that’s because I botched the address,” he said. see FAKE IDS on page 4 >>
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