Virginia Tech - Campus Strictness

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Police officers visit campus often during the day and evening, but if you’re not doing anything illegal or wrong, they’re usually friendly. During the day, the police pull over people driving too fast around the Drillfield, direct jaywalkers to crosswalks, and catch bicyclists going the wrong way on the roads. In the evenings, the police make their way downtown either on bikes, on foot, or in patrol cars in order to make sure students aren’t drunk in public or driving under the influence. A DUI is a serious offence, and the police set up DUI checkpoints quite often.

The police are sometimes called when parties get too loud off campus. Most of the time, officers issue warnings to loud partiers, tell them to turn their music down, and send their partying friends home. The police in Blacksburg realize that this is a college town, but they don’t have much patience for drunken students. On-campus drinking is regulated by RAs in the dorms, and they watch for underage drinking. The campus isn’t a dry campus, so if students are caught drinking, usually the consequences are softer for the first offense and get stricter if you’re caught again. The campus and the police aren’t too strict, and most of the time they just leave Tech students feeling safe. Most rules and laws that get enforced have to do with alcohol and traffic violations. Less serious things, like having a guy or a girl over too late in you dorm, isn’t going to get you into very much trouble.

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Students Speak Out

VTCG says: Virginia Tech 2012 Engineering

There is a zero-tolerance drug... There is a zero-tolerance drug policy, so that can be a really big deal. I have found that the police aren't really out to bust students and can be fairly lax at times, at least compared to other schools like Radford University, where the police are just looking for people to bust for alcohol violations. 12345 Campus Strictness: March 27, 2009 Report

VTPF says: Virginia Tech 2011 Natural Resources and Conservation

The police are pretty strict on... The police are pretty strict on drinking in the dorms. If you are discrete about it, you will probably be fine, but if you decide to have a large party in your room, you will most likely get caught. The thing to remember is that your roommate gets punished for it, too, even if they are not involved. So don't forget to consider others if you are going to try and get away with something. 12345 Campus Strictness: February 25, 2009 Report

lesliew7 says: Virginia Tech 2013 Engineering

Little Tolerance for Alcohol B There is little tolerance to drug and alcohol. First time drug use you are usually suspeded or expeled. Unless you are 21 having parties in your room is not always safe. There are some RAs that will allow it to happen by just "turning the other cheek" and pretend they dont know. really depends. 12345 Campus Strictness: March 09, 2010 Report

asinesi says: Virginia Tech 2013 Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Not That Strict B+ Tech is not an extremely strict campus 12345 Campus Strictness: February 10, 2010 Report

kberry91 says: Virginia Tech 1991 Business

Strict But Fair A- The university can be strict, but it's always fair. The faculty understand that we're college students and like to have fun, but they do punish if we get too silly. 12345 Campus Strictness: February 08, 2010 Report

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