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Amherst College - Campus Strictness - College ProwlerCollege Prowler3.85

Campus Strictness

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Students Are Most Likely to Get Caught...
  • Drinking underage, although usually campus police are lenient about this, and nothing will come of it.
  • Having unauthorized kegs
  • Holding an open container of alcohol while outdoors
  • Holding an unauthorized party
  • Parking illegally
  • Smoking indoors

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Amherst College, to the relief of those students who, on occasion, might find themselves disregarding the Massachusetts minimum drinking age, employs a small but adequate police force. The campus police officers are far more lenient than  Massachusetts state police officers, and usually the worst case scenario is that a college police officer reports you to the Dean of Students Office. This is not to say that you can’t get in trouble. Massachusetts has quite a few idiosyncratic bylaws concerning drinking, the most notorious being the one that forbids anyone from holding an open container of alcohol while outdoors. More than a few students have been taken into custody because they walked out of a party with a bottle still in their hand.

The College itself seems to be hospitable to the concept of a second chance. No one has been known to be permanently expelled from Amherst for any reason other than blatant academic dishonesty, and if someone has, they must have done something so atrocious as to warrant jail time. If the college administration recognizes a disciplinary problem, usually that student will be suspended for a year, and in cases of substance abuse, may be asked to take part in a rehabilitation program.

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Campus Strictness at Amherst College

MigM

'14

Economics

3.8
B+

Relatively Lenient Investigation for Drinking

Underage drinking generally goes by if campus police does not come investigate closely at the party scene.

Jan 12, 2012

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Campus Strictness at Amherst College

generale

'14

Mathematics

3.8
B+

Amherst

Although sexual and racial slurs are dire offenses most other things slide. Campus police try to be strict in the beginning of the year; however, after the first few weeks they lay off. Pregames in freshmen dorms can be done, if they are done right and organized well. Drug use is easy to hide but if caught with non-hard drugs or alcohol the consequences are pretty benign.

Nov 02, 2011

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Campus Strictness at Amherst College

AmhCA

'12

In general, campus police are here...

In general, campus police are here to provide assistance and security when necessary. They aren't out looking to bust kids. It's easy to drink in dorms if you so chose. Obviously, if you are running around campus shirtless in the middle of winter with two handles of vodka, you will get in trouble.

Mar 04, 2009

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