University Housing created more problems than solutions for Halloween festivities when it declared this past summer that no guests will be allowed to stay in the dorms from Friday, Oct. 28 through Tuesday, Nov. 1. The tactic is meant to prevent out of town students, who accounted for 391 of the 450 arrests during Halloween in 2004, from attending the festivities. The no-guest policy is a dangerous step because the hazards far outweigh the benefits of keeping a minute percentage of the 75,000 party-goers away from Halloween in Madison.
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