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 Carlito
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 Student death leads to new alcohol policies
#6343961 - 12/07/06 09:57 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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http://www.redandblack.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/12/07/4577735dd6840
Student death leads to new alcohol policies
In the wake of the high- profile death of a freshman last January, the University revamped several alcohol policies and programs over the past year.
Lewis Fish, 19, died Jan. 22 after taking a combination of alcohol, cocaine and heroin.
Although University officials have been trying to change the University’s party culture for years, Fish’s death, and the media blitz that followed, helped bring the issue to the forefront.
First, the University made its alcohol policies stricter.
Now, students who violate the University’s alcohol and drug policies for the first time are put on probation for the remainder of the semester and the next two semesters and must take a mandatory alcohol awareness class. The students’ parents also are notified.
If students commit a second offense while on probation, they are suspended for the remainder of the semester and the following semester.
Beginning next fall, students who return from suspension also must enroll in “Back on TRAC,” an alcohol awareness support program.
After the tougher alcohol policies were enacted, a University committee began working on an amnesty policy that would protect students who seek medical treatment from University punishment.
The amnesty policy still is being discussed by the committee and will continue to be explored next semester.
A prevention program also was implemented.
This semester, freshmen and transfer students younger than 23 were required to take an online alcohol education course and pass a test to register for classes.
“We were able to reach a large number of students with helpful information,” said Erin English, alcohol and other drug educator for the University Health Center.
Carole Middlebrooks, director of the State Network for Substance Abuse Prevention In Higher Education, said the changes have been a successful step in changing the campus drinking culture.
“They are making a clear statement that this is an important issue for the health and welfare of our students,” Middlebrooks said. “They will be able to build upon what they’ve been doing.”
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Re: Student death leads to new alcohol policies [Re: Carlito]
#6344685 - 12/07/06 02:01 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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I'm glad they went after the most deadly of the three drugs he took. 
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Re: Student death leads to new alcohol policies [Re: LloydChristmas]
#6345051 - 12/07/06 04:33 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Ya, who'd have thought after doing a few lines of coke, a rig of H and a bottle of jim beam would lead to death?
Also, i thought adults went to college? Shouldn't adults be allowed to drink some alcohol?
On that note, if this is a university, wouldn't it be best if they got drunk in their dorms? If you don't allow it in the dorms, then they are going to head to the bars and drive home?
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Re: Student death leads to new alcohol policies [Re: Nephlyte]
#6345530 - 12/07/06 07:03 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Nephlyte said:
Also, i thought adults went to college? Shouldn't adults be allowed to drink some alcohol?
While I certainly frown on any policy to ban the use of alcohol, most college students are not of legal drinking age. The majority of college students are right out of high school, at least in the universities. No offense to any underage drinkers out here. 
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Re: Student death leads to new alcohol policies [Re: Nephlyte]
#6345615 - 12/07/06 07:27 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Nephlyte said:
Ya, who'd have thought after doing a few lines of coke, a rig of H and a bottle of jim beam would lead to death?
Apparently not this bozo. Good riddance. We don't need morons like him floating around.
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Also, i thought adults went to college? Shouldn't adults be allowed to drink some alcohol?
Legal adults, yes. Legal adults of drinking age? Not the majority. I'd be willing to bet their policies apply only to those not at the legal drinking age.
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On that note, if this is a university, wouldn't it be best if they got drunk in their dorms? If you don't allow it in the dorms, then they are going to head to the bars and drive home?
How many 21 year olds do you know that live in dorms on a university campus? I personally don't know a single one.
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Re: Student death leads to new alcohol policies [Re: DNKYD]
#6345635 - 12/07/06 07:30 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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alcohol is the most dangerous drug.but everybody knows that.blah,blah,blah.
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