Assistant Vice Chancellor Neil Krauss addressed the AUSA Senate Tuesday during their weekly meeting regarding student conduct in the surrounding neighborhoods of the University of Denver.

A letter was sent to students to inform them that residents have had problems with students attending parties and being “rude and disrespectful.” It specifically addressed issues with loud parties past 10 p.m., trash outside and around homes and parking in front of residents’ driveways.

Krauss said that DU recently signed an agreement with the city of Denver to improve student conduct and is now working with police and residents to alleviate this problem.

About a dozen students have already been evicted from their homes this fall when officers from the Denver Police Department attended parties undercover. They discovered that several hosts were charging people for the alcohol that was provided at their parties, which is a class III misdemeanor.

“First, let me say that it’s normal to have parties. I’m not against them. It’s what goes on at the party that is my main concern. Noise and underage drinking are the main problems,” Krauss said.

DU is starting to take a more active role in becoming a better neighbor by meeting with community members monthly and quarterly to discuss any problems. Complaints are actually decreasing in numbers, according to Krauss.

If students plan on having a party, they should talk to their neighbors about it and keep it under control, Krauss suggested.

Members next discussed Homecoming and their efforts to be leaders in increasing school spirit this year. They also discussed making attendance of Homecoming events mandatory for senators.

After some discussion, the senators decided to make only one of the Homecoming events mandatory.

Last week, off-campus senator Max Goldberg said that he is producing a new TV show called Keg Talk that will be shown on DUTV. During Tuesday’s meeting he said that he is changing the new show’s title to Happy Hour.