The bill that would have allowed the U to sell alcohol in selected seats has essentially died, since it was not taken up by the Senate higher-education committee. But I thought of it and the whole University of Minnesota’s stadium-alcohol-sales flap when I read this Chicago Sun-Times piece on the prevalence of problem drunks — Read more →
Connecticut College President Leo I. Higdon Jr. explains why meeting with students who have had drinking-related medical emergencies might help curb the campus drinking problem: To their credit, the handful of students I’ve met with to date all seemed uncomfortable during these meetings, embarrassed by the attention from their college president and by the reason Read more →
This from the Associated Press, and the proposed legislation comes after that. (MPR’s Tim Post will be following up on the story, though, so tune in for more. I’ll put up any updates that I get from him.) Lawmaker serves up new Mpls. stadium booze bill Minnesota lawmakers are coping with their three-year hangover: Whether Read more →
St. Cloud State University is considering joining some other higher-ed institutions in the nation by establishing a residence for students who have gone through drug or alcohol treatment, the St. Cloud Times reports. The program it’s looking at is Augsburg College’s 75-student StepUp program, which historically has been able to keep 87 percent of its Read more →
Tuesday I posted a Gustavian Weekly piece about “limited immunity,” the school policy that gives some protection to students who are on alcohol or drugs when they call for help in an emergency and need help from safety or health staff either for themselves or someone else. (In other words, they won’t face campus judicial Read more →
With state funding in jeopardy, it sounds like University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks may take another run at getting alcohol served at TCF Bank Stadium — but only in the premium seats and suites. (Last year he turned down compromise legislation allowing alcohol sales as long as a third of the stadium’s general seating Read more →
If students can go out and drink three to four nights a week, maybe some faculty members are not working them hard enough in the classroom. — Bar-behavior scholar James C. Roberts, associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Scranton, on a possible factor in the student drinking problem.
Nate Brennan, editor-in-chief of the Minnesota State University Mankato Reporter, cries out against the government battle against Four Loko, the alcoholic caffeine drink involved in the hospitalization or death of a number of student drinkers: Well I’m more than happy to inform you sanctimonious worriers of idiotic college students that we don’t need saving. Just Read more →
In two recent articles, the St. Cloud Times says some progress has been made, thanks to several things: A social host ordinance: The new ordinance seems to be having an impact. In September 2009, there were 99 loud parties reported to St. Cloud police. In September 2010, there were 52, meaning there was a nearly Read more →
So much for Four Loko, the caffeine-and-alcohol bomb that has been on the radar of authorities. Now the latest rage is alcoholic whipped cream called “Whipped Lightning,” according to WGN-TV in Chicago: …College campus leaders are concerned that the new whipped cream product poses a serious threat to college students because many students use the Read more →
Alex Friedrich