Mount Holyoke College
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There isn’t much consensus on just what exactly Public Safety busts people for. Sure, there are the Public Safety logs, published faithfully every week in the Mount Holyoke News, the student-run newspaper, but those are filled mostly with accounts of suspicious males being escorted off campus, intoxicated or ill students being transported to the Health Center, and the occasional group of students who light a box on fire and then leave the area. Mount Holyoke does have a drug and alcohol policy, but few students take the time to read it, and many violations go unnoticed by Public Safety. If your party is too loud or otherwise attracts attention, you might get busted for underage drinking if they come to break it up, but otherwise, it’s easy not to get caught.

However, don’t take this as a sign that MHC Public Safety is lax. This is generally a dry campus. Alcohol is not a particularly visible feature of campus life—students who do drink tend to do so discreetly—and there are many who don’t drink at all. Parking tickets are, on the other hand, common. It’s pretty easy to get one, even if you thought you were going to get away with leaving your car parked in the no-parking zone in front of your dorm for five minutes while you ran in to grab something. While most of what Public Safety cites students for is pretty minor, it’s good to know they’re around should they really be needed.

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Campus Strictness at Mount Holyoke College

seong22m

Political Science and Government '14

3.5

B

Strictness Is Increasing

While dorm parties in SUITES are common, they are not out in the open. Although public safety is pretty lenient, underage drinking is punished. starting in the fall of 2012, mt holyoke plans on implementing more rules and punishments.

May 01, 2012

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Campus Strictness at Mount Holyoke College

FloChica93

International Relations and National Security Studies '15

3.1

B-

More Fun With Friends Than at Parties

Academics are top notch at Mount Holyoke. However, the social scene in terms of partying is not. However, the girls here are great, and sometimes I find myself thinking after what I thought would be jsut another night staying in at the dorms to be quite a fun one spent with other girls.

That's not to say that there aren't good parties at Moho....but the party scene just isn't a big thing here. Most people go off campus to one of he other five colleges for that.

Honestly, once you get here though, you'll probs notice that you have too much work to really effectively do a lot of partying.....

Apr 04, 2012

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Campus Strictness at Mount Holyoke College

milyu3478

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology '09

2.3

C

Dry Campus

They are pretty strict about drinking or drug use. It's a dry campus, so no alcohol is permitted unless it is permitted by the school (student org parties, etc). It's not a part school, and most students are pretty good about following the rules.

Jan 11, 2012

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