Ohio State students and area partygoers seem to have gotten the message at least for the time being.East 12th Avenue, under the watchful eye of 224 Columbus police officers and 18 undercover liquor agents, remained relatively quiet this past weekend, said Steve Hasseman, agent in charge with the Ohio Department of Liquor Control. “Things have been pretty calm this weekend,” said Cmdr. Steve Gammill of Columbus Police.Students said part of the reason why things stayed quiet is because of the high numbers of police and increased attention from the media.”Police and media have been here all week making a circus out of it,” said Kyle Butts, a sophomore majoring in education. “I live right here on 12th Avenue and I’ve been watching absolutely nothing going on.” However, undercover liquor agents were going into parties and catching people on the street for underage drinking and violating open container laws, Hasseman said.On Friday night, 59 people were arrested, 19 of whom were students and 19 citations were made. Two campus stores, Dairy Mart on 1852 Summit St., and University Beverage, 2165 N. High St., were cited for selling alcohol to minors, he said. Representatives from both stores were unavailable for comment.Liquor control agents and police were out in full force Saturday making 52 arrests and issuing 62 citations, said Sgt. Daniel Hale of the Columbus Police Department. The number of students involvedAlong with the arrests, nine kegs were confiscated Saturday night and the fire department worked to put out many dumpster fires, Gammill said. At least 20 dumpster fires were put out on Saturday night, a representative from the Columbus Fire Department said.In an effort to prevent violence, police enforced a parking ban from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Sunday on 12th Avenue from High Street to Indianola Avenue, Gammill said. Tom Hooper, deputy director of liquor enforcement said the five alcohol distributors in Columbus were also requested to limit delivery of two kegs per address.”They (the community) wanted stepped up law enforcement,” Hasseman said. “They wanted it early and they wanted it to stay late.”Inn Town Homes installed reinforced construction fencing to protect property on all of their properties on 12th Avenue and had employees with cellular telephones and walkie-talkies limiting access to residents and their guests, said Matt Yerian, senior, a major in political science and an employee of Inn Town.Some OSU students agreed with the efforts of Columbus Police and liquor control agents.”I agree with the show of force,” said Michael W. Smith, a junior majoring in English and psychology. “It’s required but somewhat extreme.” However, members of CopWatch, a neighborhood organization monitoring the actions of police officers, criticized the activities of undercover liquor agents.”I think cops are doing an unjust job here,” said Olivia Flak, a member of CopWatch. “We have gotten calls from students stating they were unjustly arrested. Cops were going in to parties without warrants and arresting for underage drinkers.”Undercover agents are not required to get search warrants, Hasseman said. They operate under “plain view,” which means anything the agents can see that is illegal gives them the right to arrest, he said.Residents of 12th Avenue were unaware of “plain view” policies, said Brent Jordan, a sophomore who is undecided. Gammill said Columbus Police will be on 12th Avenue for next week’s home game against Wisconsin but not in the numbers there were this weekend.Hasseman said the presence of liquor control agents will be reduced to the regular team assigned to the campus area.