Saturday marks the first football game of the season and reinforces new fan policies, such as everyone needing to carry photo identification.

“The University requires everyone to have ID on them. Anyone who is asked to show ID and does not have it will be kicked off,” Sgt. Jon Barnwell of Campus Police said.

He also said people who aren’t carrying their IDs will be kicked off the stadium property and will not be allowed back within the next 30 days.

“They’re not going to go around randomly asking people,” Tom Stafford, vice chancellor of student affairs, said. “The only reason this is in there is to help the police in those situations where they need to know who the people are. That means they’re doing something they shouldn’t be doing.”

Students like Ryan Stairs, freshman in engineering, disagree.

“[Carrying IDs] could be bad because they could get stolen or you could lose them at the game,” he said.

In addition, anyone of legal age, 21, is allowed to have beer and wine for tailgating, but no kegs, and underage drinkers who are caught possessing alcohol will face student conduct charges, Barnwell said.

Students like Robert Watson, a first-year graduate student in math, don’t think this is the best solution.

“It won’t solve the problem. It’s just going to relocate the problem,” he said. “It might convince one or two people not to [drink, but] the people who want to drink underage will find another place.”

According to N.C. State’s News Services, tailgating lots open only four hours prior to the game, and excessive levels of music cannot disturb other tailgaters, which officers will enforce. It also states that tents must remain contained within the tailgating parking allotment and be flame-retardant.

Students like Joey Lane, freshman in engineering, aren’t too happy with that decision.

“It’s communistic,” he said.

Lane said that because of these new rules, more people may get caught, but tailgating has been an N.C. State tradition.

No alcohol will be allowed in the stadium, and any people found with alcohol, even if of legal age, risk being banned for 90 days from all NCSU athletic events and having a restriction of privileges, including their IDs not being able to be used to receive a ticket, Barnwell said.

“The most important thing to remember is we are looking for responsibility,” Barnwell said. “We want everyone to have a good time because that’s what sporting events are all about, but to do this responsibly and safely.”

Barnwell said Campus Police’s responsibility branches outside of just student conduct.

“Alumni and everyone else follow these rules too. It’s not just students, but everyone,” Barnwell said.

According to Barnwell, Campus Police plan to utilize all the tools available to them, including the Raleigh Police Department, the Wake County Sheriff and the City-County Bureau of Identification, to ensure safety, and he said they have enough manpower to handle any situation.