On October 3, the Mills faculty enforced a new bag inspection policy. Teachers will inspect students’ bags before entering the football field. 

Although there weren’t any specific incidents that led up to this decision, the bag check aims to enhance students’ safety during football games. 

Athletic Director Timothy Keller says, “Well, it’s just mostly we are able to have a better understanding of what people are bringing into the stadium.”

By having a bag check, they can see what people are bringing during the games to ensure students’ safety.

However, the Mills administration are facing some challenges while trying to implement these rules. One difficulty they are having is notifying other schools. Although admin tells the other schools, sometimes information doesn’t get around right away.

“Yes, we inform the other schools, but how do they give out the knowledge to all of their fan base? I can’t control that, so there may truly be fans from other schools that never got the memo,” states Keller. 

Mills student Zain Qatami (9) shared her opinion, saying, “I think that it’s a little bit unnecessary since we haven’t had an issue with these sorts of things so far. I feel like it’s going to take more time to go inside the football field instead.”

Qatami believes that the bag check may be unnecessary, since there hasn’t been any specific reasoning to this new rule and could slow down entry into the stadium. 

Lastly, Keller finished off by saying, “It’s brand new for us, you know that, so we have to go through our growing pains. Some people are going to have to learn the hard way. They’re going to have to return and leave stuff in their car and then come back, which is pain and suffering for the first time.”