College of the Holy Cross
- Campus Strictness

Wopo Are the Worst

The Worcester Police are really strict and unfriendly. They sit in their unmarked cars along the off campus streets, like Caro, Boyden, and College among others, waiting to prey on students headed to parties. Despite student attempts to keep off campus parties contained and quiet, police officers always seem to break up parties regardless of disturbance level.

On campus, I've found that Holy Cross public safety is fair, helpful, and friendly. In the dorms, most RAs are reasonable and will leave you alone as long as there's not too much noise or open containers. However, there are a few exceptions of nosy or unfair staff members. Also, RAs tend to put most of their effort into patroling freshman dorms.

Drinking

They definitely try and monitor underage drinking, but as long as your not and disturbing others you can still have a good time.

Punishments Are a BIG DEAL!

The Campus Safety, a.k.a. Public Safety, is usually very lenient when enforcing noise/alcohol/party policy. However, if in case any Non-Senior Dorm is raided, be WARNED you will be booked and have a First-Time Offense with possible probation and possibly affecting any Holy Cross Scholarship status. The school takes underage drinking VERY SERIOUS, so DO NOT GET CAUGHT, and if you do expect severe punishment. Mostly, however, this happens when a dorm party is being TOO LOUD or has more than 10 PEOPLE in a single room. As long as you keep the Music/Noise level to a minimum and not have people showing reckless behavior in public hallways or outside the room you are fine. For those as Seniors, well PARTY ON, most Seniors are around 21 so Public Safety is more lenient. Therefore, have fun, there are SO MANY PARTYS, but be mindful of the people at the party because you don't want to get busted because one person had to be reckless and ruin it for everyone else there. First-time offenders I believe have their parents/guardians notified, and any other continued offense usually means grounds to loosing on-campus housing. Any ACADEMIC policy breaking is VERY SERIOUS! I have rarely heard of the consequences because everyone is sure not to commit academic dishonesty. This is because at every first day of any academic class, the Prof. is sure to warn that academic dishonesty is paid with a big FAT "F" on a transcript and possible academic/scholarship suspension.