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Monday, July 28, 2008
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Studio 4 fined for alcohol violations

Club can't sell booze
on busiest weekends
By SARA LYNNE THELEN
Daily News Editor
Regulars at Studio 4, the dance
club on Fourth Avenue, might
want to reconsider their plans for

the first weekend of fall term.
The club's liquor license has
been suspended and the venue
won't be serving alcohol Sept.
4-6 and Thanksgiving weekend,
from Nov. 27-29. In addition to the
suspension during these profit-
able weekends, Studio 4 was fined
$2,200 Tuesday because of five
outstanding charges filed against


the club by the Michigan Liquor
Control Commission and the Ann
Arbor Police Department.
Ken Wozniak, the director of
the executive services division of
the Michigan LCC, said Studio 4's
reputation for violations is "fairly
significant, in terms of numbers,"
when compared to other clubs in
Ann Arbor and Michigan.
The five most recent com-
plaints, all filed against the club
between 2007 and 2008, include
possession of illegal weapons,
harassmen, selling liquor to
overly intoxicated people and
minors and assault and bat-
tery, according to the Michigan
Department of Labor and Eco-
nomic Growth.
In one of the more severe
incidents, an Ypsilanti man was
stabbed during a brawl out-
side the club last August that
involved more than 200 people.
The suspension of the license
follows more than $7,100 in fines
incurred for breaking 15 state
laws since 2001. The club has
been cited for overcrowding, fail-
ure to cooperate with the AAPD,
and inaccurate sales records.

Studio 4 manager Jeff Mand-
gray did not return calls or e-mails
for comment.
Wozniak said he couldn't predict
if Studio 4's would be taken away.
City Councilmember Joan
Lowenstein (D-Ward 2) said that
the AAPD and the city attorney's
office has considered declaringthe
bar a public nuisance.
"There have been numerous
incidents that were worrisome,
particularly of underage drinking
and of excessive drinking," she
said.
Wozniak said that the deci-
sion to suspend Studio 4's license
was agreed upon by the Michigan
LCC, the city attorney's office and
the AAPD.
City Attorney Stephen Postema
declined to predict whether the
bar would be shut down, but said
that the license suspension repre-
sents the city losing its patience.
"Students say that the city's
cracking down on bars and this
and that, but it's really a social
problem," Postema said. "Sure it's
fun to go to the bar, but it's not fun
where there's assaults afterwards.
It's not part of the deal."

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