College Prowler Take
Students generally feel that the campus strictness here is too strong for a party school. The enforcement at this school is heavily concentrated on breaking up parties and keeping students in line. Sometimes these policies are simply poorly designed. For example if you are in your dorm and your underage roommate is drinking, you will be cited, too. You will be forced to meet with the residence hall advisor, pay a hundred dollar fine, have a psychological evaluation, and attend a successful community living program. While not many people are cited, those that are become a product of an overly sensitive order of disciplinary action. Campus strictness needs to be more focused on protecting the students rather than reprimanding them.
If you’re smart about what you’re doing, you will not be caught or cited. Unfortunately, luck also plays a role, and you may attend a party that happens to get broken up by the cops only to be hauled away as a drunk who supposedly is a danger to himself as well as others. San Diego State needs to find a compromise between its reputation as a party school and its devotion to creating a strictly academic environment. The campus strictness policies need to be loosened so that students will be able to make a right decision on their own without a police baton waving in their face, or a hundred dollar fine breaking their bank account and forcing them to sell their books for food money.
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SDSTW says: San Diego State University 2014 Business  |
They are pretty strict about...
They are pretty strict about drugs, drinking, and campus regulations. Drinking is being cut down by the campus, and there is no skateboarding allowed.
Campus Strictness: March 09, 2009
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Anonymous says: |
I haven’t had any problems with...
I haven’t had any problems with authority here because I don’t act like an idiot. Be smart and you’ll be fine. |
Anonymous says: |
Authority is pretty strict here....
Authority is pretty strict here. We have our own department with the San Diego Police located on campus. |
Anonymous says: |
The police hang out in the parking...
The police hang out in the parking garages and watch people go to their cars on weekends. As long as you are not too drunk to drive and you’re not carrying anything, you’ll be fine. |
Anonymous says: |
Every fraternity party will...
Every fraternity party will eventually get busted up. Cops are always on it here. They don’t let anything get by. |
Facts
What Are You Most Likely to Get Caught Doing on Campus?
- Skateboarding across campus
- Sneaking illegal substances onto campus
- Underage drinking
- Parking illegally
- Making too much noise in your dorm
- Smoking marijuana
- Cheating
- Throwing objects into the street
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