UAPD and Tucson police will join forces to address student drinking, but this time there will be no arrests.

Republican City Councilwoman Kathleen Dunbar is hosting a forum on student drinking, which will include students and police as well as campus-area neighbors.

The forum, addressing the conflicts between students and campus-area neighbors, will be held at 7 p.m. in the North Ballroom of the Student Union Memorial Center. Students and community members are encouraged to join, Dunbar said.

Students need to have fun and let loose, said Dunbar.

But her Ward 3 constituents are not happy with the vandalism, loud parties and trash left behind after parties near campus, she said.

"It's not unusual for students to go out and party at 10 o'clock and come back at 2 or 3 in the morning with their cars screeching and their stereos bumping," she said. "But what about the family next door with children who went to sleep at 9?"

With the help of Tucson Police Department representatives, including Capt. John Leavitt and UAPD Chief Anthony Daykin, Dunbar hopes that students will come and voice their concerns.

"I know most of them are going to say that it's harassment," she said. "But it is a quality of life issue, and students need to understand that there are families living around them."

Dunbar has also invited a former neighborhood association president to address students and their questions.

Some students are already planning to attend.

Pre-business sophomores Grant Sahag and Eric Enger think that neighborhood relations are difficult because of the difference in perspectives. As residents of Entrada Real apartments, on the northwest corner of North Stone Avenue and East University Boulevard, they see parties and police at their complex every week.

This, Enger said, is problematic because residents and neighbors have different opinions on what is acceptable and what is not.

"If (students) live 15 minutes from campus and are getting into trouble, throwing big parties and causing problems, then they are to blame," he said. "But when it's just a couple of friends drinking beers in the living room, what's the problem?"

Although he understands that neighbors have been living in the area longer than students have, Sahag said they should expect disturbances.

"They should understand that they're living in a college town," he said. "This happens at every university around the county."

The increased presence of police around campus has alarmed some students, causing a decrease in their desire to work with them, Sahag said.

In the past two months, Tucson area law enforcement agencies have taken part in a campaign targeting underage drinkers at parties, bars and liquor stores.

"I think they're going about it the wrong way," Sahag said.

Although she does not expect the issues to be resolved in one night, Dunbar said she hopes this will be a first step in communication between students and their neighbors.

"I am absolutely interested in what the students have to share," she said. "When you have students living amongst families and people that have been in the area for years, there are bound to be problems."