It is without an arrest, they notify the parents that their kids are going before the judicial review board (basically an internal student court). The review board can vote to suspend, expell, or put the student on probation depending on the activity.

Usually only the most serious offences are sent to the real cops (such as drug dealing, manufacturing fake IDs, etc). But if you were caught with beer in your fridge during a room inspection, then you were written up, sent to Judicial review, and Mommy and Daddy recieved a letter stating that Johnny or Suzy had been very very bad.

or as i like to call it: "The NYU Story: A day in the life of an NYU RA"

It's also how a lot of Law & Order episodes start out. Except in all of those, the victims always go to Hudson University, not NYU.

Had I been the kid who got in trouble (not me I was a saint) the first thing I would have done would be to change the mailing address listed under my contact information. Most of the time these days you can do it online anyway.

Somehow, I don't think those kind of kids think like you do.;)

i would be the one to say "mr & mrs smith, karen is sooo alright. she's dating this sk8r boi from a fraternity, and i think he took her today on the back of his harley to get matching tattoos. they are soo cute since they got their hair dyed that matching pink!! hello? hello?"