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BJ residents receive Big Threes for drinking alcohol
Candace Pontoni, Assistant News Editor
Issue date: 2/20/07
Last Updated: 8/9/07
Approximately 10 Baldwin-Jenkins residents received Big Three's for alcohol consumption during Jan Term break.
During dorm reports at the ASWC meeting two weeks ago, BJ representative Corey Newman said around half the dorm had been busted, according to the ASWC minutes. In another interview, Newman said the rumor was false.
"Some people got in trouble for drinking over Jan Term break, but it was more like 10 people, not half the dorm," Newman said.
Kari Dykehouse, the resident director of BJ, is prohibited by law to discuss the specifics of any conduct situations regarding her residents, due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which limits an administrator's ability to divulge specific aspects of student's educational records.
Dykehouse did affirm that the number of students involved in the incident was fewer than 80.
Newman, who believes the situation was blown out of proportion by other students, said it was an isolated incident.
"It's not like BJ is having crazy parties all the time. It was a one-time thing, and they got in trouble for it," Newman said. "Most of the time, people here are respectful of the rules, and if they're going to drink, then they do it off campus."
Some BJ residents said they were untroubled by the occurrence and do not take it as a sign of increased irresponsibility. Freshman Niall Trimble is a BJ resident who does not consider alcohol consumption to be a serious issue in his dorm.
"Just like any dorm, there's a small group of people who drink here," Trimble said.
Dick Mandeville, associate dean of students, said while BJ residents are not more prone to misconduct than students in other dorms, BJ's all-freshmen composition accounts for a more chaotic environment.
"A third of our freshmen are in BJ and freshmen generally are going to be involved in more conduct incidents than upperclassmen," Mandeville said. "That's true here, and that's true at other colleges."
Mandeville affirmed that the purpose of the conduct meeting was to persuade the students involved to change their attitudes.
"We want the behavior to stop, we want learning to take place, we want the student to understand that he or she is not the center of the universe and that their behavior affects people other than just themselves and we want a reasonable hope that it's not going to happen again," Mandeville said.
Newman also believes the disciplinary actions taken were appropriate and necessary because those involved were disturbing community.
"If you get drunk and puke in the lounge, that's not very respectful to the people who have to continue to live in that lounge, and it's not respectful to the law makers," Newman said. "Despite the fact that people sometimes break the rules, BJ is a great place. We've all bonded, and I love living here."
During dorm reports at the ASWC meeting two weeks ago, BJ representative Corey Newman said around half the dorm had been busted, according to the ASWC minutes. In another interview, Newman said the rumor was false.
"Some people got in trouble for drinking over Jan Term break, but it was more like 10 people, not half the dorm," Newman said.
Kari Dykehouse, the resident director of BJ, is prohibited by law to discuss the specifics of any conduct situations regarding her residents, due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which limits an administrator's ability to divulge specific aspects of student's educational records.
Dykehouse did affirm that the number of students involved in the incident was fewer than 80.
Newman, who believes the situation was blown out of proportion by other students, said it was an isolated incident.
"It's not like BJ is having crazy parties all the time. It was a one-time thing, and they got in trouble for it," Newman said. "Most of the time, people here are respectful of the rules, and if they're going to drink, then they do it off campus."
Some BJ residents said they were untroubled by the occurrence and do not take it as a sign of increased irresponsibility. Freshman Niall Trimble is a BJ resident who does not consider alcohol consumption to be a serious issue in his dorm.
"Just like any dorm, there's a small group of people who drink here," Trimble said.
Dick Mandeville, associate dean of students, said while BJ residents are not more prone to misconduct than students in other dorms, BJ's all-freshmen composition accounts for a more chaotic environment.
"A third of our freshmen are in BJ and freshmen generally are going to be involved in more conduct incidents than upperclassmen," Mandeville said. "That's true here, and that's true at other colleges."
Mandeville affirmed that the purpose of the conduct meeting was to persuade the students involved to change their attitudes.
"We want the behavior to stop, we want learning to take place, we want the student to understand that he or she is not the center of the universe and that their behavior affects people other than just themselves and we want a reasonable hope that it's not going to happen again," Mandeville said.
Newman also believes the disciplinary actions taken were appropriate and necessary because those involved were disturbing community.
"If you get drunk and puke in the lounge, that's not very respectful to the people who have to continue to live in that lounge, and it's not respectful to the law makers," Newman said. "Despite the fact that people sometimes break the rules, BJ is a great place. We've all bonded, and I love living here."
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