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Campus Strictness

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Students Are Most Likely to Get Caught...
  • Not moving your car on the specified "street cleaning" day
  • Public urination
  • Stealing food from the Bison
  • Underage drinking

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Bucknell has a point system to punish students for illegal behavior. Once a certain number of points are amassed, the student will face consequences, and if a student gets 10 points, he is kicked off campus for a semester. In the past, this system has worked well for students and administration. It’s a system that accepts the fact that underage college students are going to drink, so when an underage student is caught with a drink, he might get one or two points. It’s when students drink and drive, drink to the point of passing out, or continue to amass points that they can face suspension or expulsion. Once a student accumulates a certain number of points they are not allowed to participate in certain activities, such as living off campus. Each semester, students who have acquired points are given an opportunity to lose one of their points by attending a drunk driving presentation, so if you are unlucky enough to accumulate points, it is relatively easy to have them reduced over the years.

In general, students feel that Bucknell is too strict when it comes to alcohol. For the most part though, most students will not get caught unless they are stumbling around campus or being loud. When students drink in their dorm rooms they run the risk of being caught by the RA, which is especially true in freshman halls where the RAs are not as lenient. Drug abuse is handed directly over to the Lewisburg Police Department, so the Bucknell administration does not have much to do with that. Bucknell Public Safety and the points system exist at Bucknell to keep students safe. However, the majority of students are adults, and therefore, they should be able to handle themselves as such. The cops are strict and fail to recognize that some drinking occurs at almost every college—they need to lighten up a little!

 

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Campus Strictness at Bucknell University

bg1018

'15

Engineering

3.5
B

Fair (Be Smart)

You'll hear everyone from RA's and teachers to students saying "as long as you're smart, you'll be fine." No one gets in trouble simply for drinking underage, but if you turn violent, start yelling, or are seen stumbling across campus, public safety will probably find you. After that happens, we run on a 10 point scale, usually with a first time alcohol offense earning 1-2 points. Marijuana and other drugs run on a different system, resulting in big fines and mandatory drug classes.

Nov 05, 2011

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Campus Strictness at Bucknell University

dipelli

'14

Education

4.2
A-

Completely Fair

Public Safety on campus honestly care about the safety of students, and academic policies are put in place to protect honesty, hard-work, and integrity.

Jan 13, 2011

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Campus Strictness at Bucknell University

ccs024

'12

English

3.8
B+

The Point System

Bucknell is, in my opinion, very tolerant and fair about its policies and punishment's. Alcohol and drug infractions are dealt with using the point system, accumulating 10 points will result in expulsion from school, and the amount of points given varies with the severity of the offense. Plagiarism and cheating are not tolerated and there will be consequences if it is detected, which it usually is. These offenses result in an automatic recommendation for suspension and a hearing with the Dean.

Jun 13, 2010

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First years are required to take a course pertaining to the school’s drug and alcohol policy to ensure that they understand how the point system works.

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