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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Another former RA (albeit many years ago, LOL) who totally agrees with this.[/quote]

I was a resident advisor and a graduate advisor at two different universities, both Ivies and I agree. There’s more going on than we’re told.

Or things have changed a lot in the last 15 years. In my day up into the early 2000s practically every dorm room harbored alcohol. We never had the outside police involved over drinking situations. I busted parties only when I had to (complaints from other residents) but the booze was never confiscated. [/quote]

Agree with all of this. OP may not come back and give the details, and certainly parents should not openly condone alcohol in dorm rooms, but for those freaking out on the laws and over-enforcement--relax. Kid is not going to be busted unless they are actively doing something that brings the drinking to the attention of the RA (excessive noise, obviously drunk in hallways/common areas).[/quote]

The law isn't usually enforced because it is viewed as a stupid law that "everyone" breaks anyway.  That is a dumb law.[/quote]

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