Nearly half of the alcohol-related charges doled out so far this year by the University of Iowa police have been given to nonstudents.

According to a quarterly state Board of Regents crime-statistics report, police issued 443 alcohol charges between Jan. 1 and June 30 and 232 of those charges involved UI students.

The number of alcohol violations increased by nearly 100 from the first two quarters in 2010 to the same time frame this year, according to the report.

— by Allie Wright