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Managing Authority
Before Authority Manages You |
Recently, a
student who did not identify himself to Security officers at
Trinity was handcuffed and taken to the office for proper
identification. Another student received additional penalties
from the Student Conduct Board for not complying with a request
of an officer related to parking. Other off campus students have
been barred from the residence halls for their lack of
cooperation with student Residential Life staff.
Those
facing off against authority may or may not have legitimate issues.
But in most situations our students are learning that in the long
run cooperation is far better than antagonism. Our
violations of the “Respect for Community” policy have increased
dramatically this semester and students are suffering consequences for not
immediately complying to reasonable requests of University officials.
Follow these suggestions below.
For elaboration and the full story
click here
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Identify yourself
quickly and correctly
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Stay on the scene
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Don’t hide
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Tell the truth
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Be polite,
courteous, and cooperative
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Do what you are
asked
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Avoid negotiating
or arguing
The Responsible Friend
policy keeps working…
So far this academic year, four students have missed a chance
to go to Conduct Board by being so drunk that someone worried enough
about them to call an RA, an RM, an ambulance, or Security. By our
alcohol policy, no one involved in an alcohol violation is referred
to Conduct Board when students do the right thing, which is look out
for others. Friends of the intoxicated student avoid University
action as well. It works!
DUI: A Powerful Lesson
The Coalition prefers that no one binge drinks to the point
of sickness to begin with. In addition, under the theme of health
and safety, drinking and driving continues to be a problem among
college students. Come to Laurie Auditorium on Tuesday, February 12,
at 8:00 p.m. to hear about how to drink in moderation and to hear
the Mark Sterner story. He will be on hand to discuss his own
lessons from drinking and driving.
If you would like to read
more about Mark's story please go to the
CAMPUSPEAK website.
Safe
Rides
Finally, the Tiger Rides program has been a huge success. Thank
you for using this ASR initiated program. To date, students have
used their Tiger Cards for $7,000 worth of cab rides over the
last calendar year ($5,000 this fall). Vouchers are available at
residence hall entrances at these locations: Witt Center, Heidi
Lounge, Thomas Hall (Shook side), South Hall (Shook side),
Prassel Hall (Shook and Ledge entrance), and McLean Hall.
While we continue students to use the Tiger Rides cab vouchers,
a new program is being offered that allows students to have a
taxi-only debit card on hand for whenever a safe and sober ride
is needed. Refer to the Safe Car program at this site,
http://www.safecarservices.com/. Students may sign up for
cards without a fee by clicking on the “Order Now” button and
entering this promotional code: NTWD1001.
Rules
can be cumbersome and often just plain silly. Remember, ours are
intended to be memorable, easy to follow, and values based. You
won’t find a campus anywhere with fewer: Respect yourself, others,
the community and property. Take responsibility for your actions –
all of them.
Treat yourself and others with
civility and respect.
The “thou-shall-not’s” all
have legal roots to them: Don’t sexually assault someone. Don’t
haze. Don’t do drugs. Follow the alcohol policy.
There is one other “thou-shall-not.” The recent discovery
of weapons in a campus residence hall room – whether they were for a
hobby or not, alarmed many in the University and San Antonio
community. The reaction was predictable in that everyone seems to
understand schools are no places for weapons. Not only are they
dangerous, whether there is one bullet or 400, but the opportunity
for others (maybe sober, maybe not) to make a critical error in
judgment in horse-play is enough to make people queasy.
The
message from Trinity students, parents, faculty, and staff was
clear: Reinforce with students to keep their weapons off campus.
Keep Trinity safe.
Fall 2007
statistics (compared with Fall 2006)
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Fall 2006 |
Fall 2007 |
| Type of Violation |
Total # of Charges |
Responsible |
Not Responsible |
Total # of Charges |
Responsible |
Not Responsible |
| Respect for Self |
8 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Respect for Others |
12 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
| Respect Community |
18 |
10 |
8 |
76 |
48 |
28 |
| Respect for Property |
17 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
| Personal Responsibility |
28 |
12 |
16 |
14 |
5 |
9 |
| Alcohol |
113 |
67 |
46 |
155 |
110 |
45 |
| Drugs |
15 |
8 |
7 |
12 |
7 |
5 |
| Sexual Misconduct/Assualt |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Balconies |
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Hazing |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Excessive Noise |
27 |
13 |
14 |
24 |
12 |
12 |
| Misc. Safety Regs |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Weapons |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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| Totals |
254 |
134 |
120 |
297 |
191 |
106 |
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