smoking on college campus

[fightingcock777]

i am just wondering what a regular university would do if they caught u smoking on campus in ur room. i am debating on living on campus or getting my own apartment, which would be more expensive.i wana live on campus in a drom, but
i dont know what the penalty is for smoking. i definately dont wana be expelled from the school. if i did get a dorm, it would be one where i have my own room with just me so i dont have to worry about other ppl snitching on me.

[Kramerica]

Live off campus. It didnt work out too well for Derek Watson.

[ermitonto]

At my university, I had a neighbor who got caught smoking in the dorms. He was given community service, which meant working for the Anti-Rape Task Force (as opposed to the Pro-Rape Task Force? :rolleyes: ) who escort pedestrians around campus at night. Not the worst punishment, but not exactly fun either.

[ezjim]

i am just wondering what a regular university would do if they caught u smoking on campus in ur room. i am debating on living on campus or getting my own apartment, which would be more expensive.i wana live on campus in a drom, but
i dont know what the penalty is for smoking. i definately dont wana be expelled from the school. if i did get a dorm, it would be one where i have my own room with just me so i dont have to worry about other ppl snitching on me.
U.S. House Committee Scales Back Drug Law

Some Students Denied Financial Aid Could Regain Eligibility
But Tens of Thousands Will Still Be Left Behind

WASHINGTON, DC * A U.S. House committee voted today to scale back the
provision of the Higher Education Act that denies federal financial aid to
students with drug convictions. The change will allow students with past
convictions to receive aid, but students convicted while in college will
still be stripped of their aid eligibility. While the partial reform to the
HEA Drug Provision could help some of the more than 160,500 students
affected by the law, many will still be left behind without aid. The Drug
Provision was originally enacted in 1998.

An amendment to scrap the provision entirely, sponsored by Reps. Danny Davis
(D-IL), Rob Andrews (D-NJ), and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), failed by a
committee vote of 29-18.

³After seven years of political rhetoric and empty promises, Congress is
finally acting to help some students affected by this terrible policy,² said
Scarlett Swerdlow, executive director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy
(SSDP). ³But this partial reform is like slapping a band-aid on a gaping
wound. Tens of thousands of students will continue to be yanked out of
school every year. Students around the country are outraged and will
continue to work against this misguided policy as long as it remains on the
books.²

Language revising the HEA Drug Provision is included in H.R. 609, the
College Access and Opportunity Act of 2005, which the House Education &
Workforce Committee approved today. A bill to completely repeal the
provision and reinstate aid to all affected students, the Removing
Impediments to Students¹ Education (RISE) Act, H.R. 1184, currently has 70
co-sponsors.

In January, the congressionally-created Advisory Committee on Student
Financial Assistance recommended that the drug conviction question be
completely removed from the financial aid application, calling it
³irrelevant² to aid eligibility. The committee also stated that the drug
question¹s mere presence on the form deters some students from applying.
Under the change approved today, aid applicants will still have to answer a
drug question.

Students for Sensible Drug Policy, an organization with more than 115
college and high school chapters nationwide, is part of a coalition
supported by more than 240 education, addiction recovery, criminal justice,
civil rights, and religious organizations seeking the full repeal of the HEA
Drug Provision. For a full list, see
www.raiseyourvoice.com/supporters.shtml.

[haha]

It depends on the school. The University judicial committee decides on a case-by-case basis as to what punishment the student should receive. With marijuana, most likely the student will be on academic probation for a semester, or possibly even a year.

Is this Fall going to be your first year at college? If so, definitely live in the dorms. You want to get to know people, and dorms are the best place to live to make friends. If you've already lived on campus and have friends, then move off campus. If you've lived on campus and still don't have any friends, then I feel sorry for you.

[mono repin]

If you don't get caught while on probation you should be fine, unless of coarse you get busted for dealing. If you are smart, you won't get busted in the dorms. If your hallway reeks of weed, then the RA is going to have to do something, because he/she is gonna get heat from their boss. In general no one really cares about anything, saving face seems to be more important than actually having a drug free campus. Don't put authority figures in bad positions (ie, the smelly hallway) and you will be alright.

[ermitonto]

If you don't get caught while on probation you should be fine, unless of coarse you get busted for dealing. If you are smart, you won't get busted in the dorms. If your hallway reeks of weed, then the RA is going to have to do something, because he/she is gonna get heat from their boss. In general no one really cares about anything, saving face seems to be more important than actually having a drug free campus. Don't put authority figures in bad positions (ie, the smelly hallway) and you will be alright.

This is my experience as well. They know it's a college and kids are going to do drugs, but they can't look soft on drugs, so they'll bust you if you make it too obvious. However if you take precautions to make sure you don't make any smell and don't go around carrying bongs through the hall, you should be fine. The RA's (residential advisors) aren't stupid, they're students like you and me and they can probably pick out who the stoners are, but for the most part if they don't see it/smell it, they won't do anything.

[Sgt. Pepper]

I got caught at school and they had me call the Resident Hall Director of the building I was smoking near to schedule a consultation appointment regarding the ensuing school judicial hearing. I called him twice and he never returned my call. He eventually sent me a note saying that he was to busy and to call this other RA dude. But by that point I was already taking finals and was almost off for the summer, so I said "screw it". Haven't heard anything from them since. Got caught up in bureaucracy I guess. Must not have thought it was that important perhaps. At any rate, if I had finally been convicted at the judicial hearing I would have gotten a $100 fine ($50 for each additional offense) and a substance abuse class that is a few hours long. Not too bad, unless you're strapped for cash. I hope i was helpful!