The SMU Police Department and the Texas Alcohol and BeverageCommission are on a mission to rid the Boulevard of underagedrinkers.

Some aspects of their plan are a bit over the top. Starting withthe positive, it is commendable to not rope off the Boulevard andhave big burly men in black T-shirts, shorts and tennis shoeschecking tailgaters’ IDs.

It should also be noted that they considered budget constraintsby not distributing Harvard crimson wristbands and marking theunder-21 crowd with Yale blue X’s.

While focusing on organizations who distribute alcohol tounderage drinkers is also good, the planned punishment isoutrageous.

Charging an organization is feasible but to also arrest thepresident of that particular group is insane.

We can sit here and say that any great leader needs to upholdhigh values in its members. At the same time, the members areindividuals; they may choose not to follow their leader.

An organization’s president should not be responsible ifJoe or Jane Idiot in the organization gives alcohol to a minor. TheIdiots should go to jail.

Putting a hole in the alcohol-distributing organization’sbudget to prevent reoccurrence is smart, but a meteorite isuncalled for.

A fine of up to $4,000 appears to be simply a blatant attempt toget more money from students. Now going undercover to catchunder-age drinkers is also an extreme.

How are these “college students” going to choosewhich booth to visit? The task force should note that organizationprofiling is also a form of discrimination. We hope that theychoose a random sample  and not only attend greek organizationbooths.

If SMU PD really wants to take advantage of its recentundercover authorization, why don’t they have a stakeout inthe Dedman Lot 3? Then, they might be able to solve at least one ofthose auto theft cases.