SAE-UGa: Our public statement

macallan25 · #1 11-20-2006, 12:25 PM

Its a major college campus/town.....there are going to be significant numbers of MIPs/ MICs/ DUIs etc.

UGAalum94 · #2 11-20-2006, 12:51 PM

Yep, Athens had been a major college town for a pretty long time now, but while I can remember a handful of DUIs, which were taken pretty seriously, among people that I knew, I don't remember there being a ton of other alcohol related arrests. Maybe the folks I knew just didn't get caught.

I was wondering if the casual attitude was a reflection of unintended consequences in changing alcohol policies at UGA and in Athens. Rather than making people be more serious and more careful because they didn't want to get arrested, it's made them more likely to think being arrested is no big deal.

macallan25 · #3 11-20-2006, 01:46 PM

I think casual attitudes have alot to do with it.....as does pressure to conform to what other schools are doing. Ole Miss just got new alcohol policies, OU got new ones a couple of years ago, UGA, and they are starting to tighten up down here as well. I would expect to see changes at many places in the near future.