Willamette University
- Campus Strictness

Concerned for Your Saftey - So Be Safe!

The school takes drinking and drugs very seriously, their main concern is the students safety. As long as you drink responsibly you will be fine, if you are being irresponsible you will probably get caught and then go to the punishment bored. Punishments usually are not to bad unless it becomes a reoccurring issue. Once again, their main concern really is your safety.

If You Respect You'll Be Respected

Attendance depends completely on your professor. I've had profs who take attendance every day and will drop you letter grades if your attendance is poor but I've also had profs who have said they don't care if or when you show up.

As far as the drinking/drug scene, they're not so bad, if you aren't bothering anyone or being disruptive it's not likely you'll be noticed. If you are caught, they tend to give you a second chance. They'd rather you inform them of a problem and get help for it then not tell them out of fear of punishment.

As far as the sex scene goes, there is no curfew and men and women are able to room together in the dorms if they so choose, we also offer gender neutral housing.

Pretty Chill

If you aren't being stupid and openly drinking in front of an RA then you will be fine, even if you are underage. The campus is a wet campus so those who are over 21 can drink freely in the dorms and even minors can drink without too much fear of being caught. If you are caught, not very much will happen. You just get a slap on the wrist from the student judicial board and get told not to do it again basically. Repeat offenders incur more severe punishments but it rarely happens. The worst you'll get is some community service. They are a bit more strict about drug use, including marijuana, but if you aren't stupid about it, you're unlikely to get caught. Drinking in your room before going out to parties is popular because if you get busted drinking off campus the punishments are considerably worse since you have to deal with Salem PD. Overall, campus is pretty chill about this kinda stuff and if you are being obvious or stupid, you won't get in trouble.