"Major offenses...first possession of marijuana or underage drinking..."
That's what qualifies as major? I don't give a damn if my classmates drink and blaze; I do care if they cheat and implicitly lower the value of my degree in the process.
Then again, nobody at my school cares about liquor or pot, so I guess it's hard to compare it to schools that view either as an actual issue.
I'm just saying from an objective, legal perspective. Some of these universities are public so you would think they would more strongly enforce the law. When you're really young, you get a lot of lenience based on your age. In college, I'm not really sure why you would get an excuse?
If it's about finding yourself, then it's just temporary and artificial. Whatever you thought you knew no longer applies once the "rules" change. /rant
Where I am (BC, Canada), the drinking age is 19 and nobody, police included, cares about weed. So I guess for colleges, underage drinking would only be a problem for freshmen. Even then, there are dorm parties all the time and no one on campus cares about liquor.
I've never heard of campus security hassling anyone over substances. Hell, we even have a "420 club" that meets on wednesdays at 4:20 on the field in the center of campus and smokes piles of weed. I guess attitudes towards substances are just much more relaxed here than most places in the US.
That's what qualifies as major? I don't give a damn if my classmates drink and blaze; I do care if they cheat and implicitly lower the value of my degree in the process.
Then again, nobody at my school cares about liquor or pot, so I guess it's hard to compare it to schools that view either as an actual issue.