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If an official from the Department on Student Housing sees alcohol in a room in the residence halls next semester, everyone will be subject to disciplinary action.
The punishment will depend on the situation and could range from a meeting with housing officials to getting kicked out of the residence hall.
Stricter disciplinary action will be one of the changes to student housing’s alcohol policy, said Ken Stoner, student housing director. He said the changes were not because of any problems this semester but were to better clarify the current policy.
“If alcohol is in the room and there’s a question about ownership, we’re going to visit with everyone in the room,” Stoner said.
The new policy is an accountability issue, said Nick Tevebaugh, Overland Park freshman and Hashinger Hall resident.
“I think if they’re going to be in the room and willing to put themselves in that situation, they should be willing to hold themselves accountable,” Tevebaugh said. “They know there’s no drinking in the dorms. I’ll admit it would suck though.”
Tevebaugh said it was a common and moderately easy practice for students to sneak alcohol into the residence halls, where students walked into the hall with alcohol in a bag.
A second change to the policy involved prohibiting alcohol paraphernalia, more specifically beer bongs, in housing facilities.
Stoner said beer bongs were not a problem in residence halls but there was not a policy that clearly outlawed paraphernalia before the change.
Kayla Bennett, Lawrence sophomore and Hashinger resident, said she understood the policy changes but said it would not change alcohol consumption in the residence halls.
Bennett said many residents drank before they went out because they were not old enough to drink at bars and clubs.
“It happens every weekend,” she said. “I see it more than one time a weekend in many different rooms.”
It has been two to three years since student housing made a change to its alcohol policy, Stoner said. The last change permitted empty alcohol containers for decorative purposes in the residence halls with the consent of the complex director.
“We realize everyone doesn’t read the handbook when it comes out,” Stoner said. “If we see it though, we’ll ask about it.”
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