Shortly before senior Kat Rodriguez's last home football game as a student, she was returning to a tailgate near Notre Dame Stadium when she tripped on a bicycle and gashed open her forehead.

Blood and beer spilled to the ground as Rodriguez, who was of legal drinking age, fell to the ground.

Senior Tom Burns and a friend saw Rodriguez fall and helped her to a Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP) officer. But before doing so, a thought crossed Burns' mind -- Would Rodriguez, or his friend who was intoxicated and underage, get in trouble? "For a split second, it crossed my mind," Burns said.

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