A wine tour sponsored by the Student Association Programming Board was canceled last minute for liability reasons.

The wine tour, scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 16, was supposed to have included five wineries along the Seneca Lake Wine Trail, according to a Nov. 12 B-Line. Only students aged 21 or older were eligible to sign up.

Aaron Butler, SA vice president for programming, said that this year the Board wanted to do some trips out of the Travel Recreation and Leisure Committee.

“Obviously the SA cannot provide alcohol, but I felt the wine tour was a different entity because we were not [subsidizing] the cost of the wine tours,” he said. “The University thought differently and saw a liability issue.”

The only cost that was subsidized was travel, according to Butler.

Vice President of Finance Alice Liou said that the SA’s no-tolerance policy means that money cannot go toward alcohol-related activities, even if it’s not through a direct payment.

“We would be indirectly paying for the alcohol,” she said.

Butler said the SA could have been sued if a student had gotten intoxicated and turned out to be underage. As they are under the University umbrella, he said, BU could also have been liable.

“It was [canceled] so close to the trip because I went to get the check cut for the charter bus and discovered that the University might not allow the check to pass,” he said.

Students who ordered tickets can get a full refund at the SA Box Office.

There are still many events coming up to cap off this semester, according to Butler.

Snowball, a campus-wide semi-formal organized by Residential Life, the SA and several other organizations, will take place on Sunday, Nov. 23. The SAPB is also planning to help students contact a cheap travel agent for a spring break trip to Panama City, Fla., Butler said.

“SAPB hit the ground running, and we are not looking back,” he said.

Butler cited Campus Wars, Lupe Fiasco and The Great Porn Debate as a few examples of successful programs this semester.

“We have some things in the works for next semester, and when it comes to fruition, I will make sure everyone is aware,” he added.