So the goal of the newly modified Wolfpack In The House program is to create a family-friendly atmosphere at tailgating events this football season.

And how will this be accomplished?

By volunteers monitoring the tailgating area and passing out stickers, decals and T-shirts.

And how much is this going to cost?

The figures are still yet to be finalized, but it should be in the $20,000 range, according to Student Body President Bobby Mills.

The money is coming from University Dining, Athletics, the Alumni Association and the Wolfpack Club, and according to Mills, the actual cost is not yet set in stone.

The WITH program is essentially the chancellor’s bargaining tool for raising tailgating hours by one.

So we’ll take the extra hour, and we’ll take the nice stickers and decals and get our pictures taken to be stuck on the WITH tent to show how amazing our tailgating atmosphere is.

But if this program is for real, and the chancellor and the groups involved really want to enact change, let’s stray away from the public relations paraphernalia and think of how to really make the atmosphere more inviting.

Campus Police also has a group that will function on game days as part of the Responsible Behavior initiative.

In fact, it is actually Campus Police who are training the WITH volunteers on how to deal with the crowd.

Why form a whole other group, that the school is having to pay $20,000, when Campus Police has a new system?

It seems to us that the program is just a nice tag to show that the University is “committed” to making a safe atmosphere on game days.

And while we agree that a tag is nice, especially if it gets us another hour in the fairground lots, $20,000 is a hefty fee.

Details of the WITH program are still not finalized, it still has unsolved money issues and no legitimate methods for crowd control — the University is looking for another budget nightmare.