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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is really interesting to me. I have 4 kids, 3 of whom have been RAs at their school. [b]The general policy at all of their schools is that unless you are basically inviting us to get involved (e.g. drinking in the open areas of the dorm, falling over drunk, being belligerent, people complaining about the party noise coming from your room, pot smells seeping into hallway)...the RAs/staff won't go looking for alcohol/drugs.[/b] Do you know what the circumstances behind this incident were, OP? And even then, unless there are other violations (e.g. emergency management having to be called, property destruction, etc.) you're just written up and have to pay a fine ($$$ varies by school). If it happens again...that's when things can get a bit hairy but the first violation is generally not a huge deal. I think they realize that half the campus would get suspended in a year if they cited every time they saw underage drinking or a beer can in a room.

Or...does your son go to a super religion/strict shcool like Liberty? [/quote]

Yep. My first thought as someone who was an RA in college was that there is more to the story. RAs might write you up (which means meeting with the resident director and maybe doing some service in the dorm), but they don't want to call the cops on their residents.

If the cops were called and there was a call home, this was more than just having a beer in the dorm room. [/quote]

Yes, our RAs were cool; just "ladies bring those back to your room and keep the door shut". Ah the good old days. I won't lie though, there are super scary stories coming out of colleges now and I'm feeling very humble about what parents of college aged kids are going through versus our youth. [/quote]

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