ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH! CSU BEER TO BE MORE POTENT!

[MrMustang1965]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado State University vendors will be selling more potent beer at the stadium this football season, although alcohol use is under heightened scrutiny following the death of a student and two riots.

Sodexho, the food and beverage contractor for Hughes Stadium, secured changes to its liquor license after a process that began last year. The new permit allows Sodexho to sell wine, hard liquor and beer with alcohol percentages over 3.2 percent, Larimer County Deputy County Clerk Gael Cookman said Monday.

The change means beer that is five percent alcohol by volume will be sold in the stands.

It also comes at an uncomfortable time for the university. Two student riots and the death of 19-year-old student Samantha Spady of Beatrice, Neb., during the first two weeks of the fall semester have been tied to alcohol use. Her official cause of death is pending.