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Resident's hall
cracks down on no drinking policy
By Stephine Michrina
Summer On-line Forty-Niner
Students next semester
can expect stricter procedures for students caught drinking
in the dorms as the Cal State Long Beach resident halls crack
down on the no alcohol policy.
"Currently there
is a warning and then a review policy for the first time students
are caught drinking," said Ed Murawski, residence hall program
coordinator. Under the new policy, which will go into effect
in the fall, students will be given a first violation the
first time they are caught consuming alcohol on campus. First
time violators will be required to attend an alcohol awareness
program.
Second violations
warrant an alcohol assessment and direction to an agency to
provide assistance. And for third time violators, removal
from the residence halls is possible.
"Students are informed
eight times of the alcohol policy by the first week of residential
life," Murawski said.
About 1,800 students
live in the dorms on campus, and according to Murawski most
of them are under the age of 21.
Under age drinking
gained national attention recently when Jenna W. Bush, President
Bush's 19-year-old daughter was caught using someone else's
identification in an attempt to buy an alcoholic beverage.
It was the second time in two months that she faced similar
allegations related to underage drinking.
Renee A. Twigg,
health service director for CSULB believes serving minors
is a big problem with many repercussions. However, "if these
two daughters were regular people, it probably wouldn't be
a story," she added.
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