Campus Crime articles from December 2005

Campus Crime archives from December 2005

Parental purview.(Slants & Trends)
December 1, 2005... PARENTAL PURVIEW. While most news college students enjoy being legally adults, they still have close ties to their parents. In recent years, campuses have downplayed parental roles and focused more on students as they headed into adulthood....

Examples from across the sea.(Slants & Trends)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... EXAMPLES FROM ACROSS THE SEA. Campuses in the U.S. may be able to learn a thing or two from our neighbors on the other side of the ocean. Great Britain is cracking down on the crime associated with heavy alcohol use and has implemented new...

Congress and college sports?(Slants & Trends)
December 1, 2005... CONGRESS AND COLLEGE SPORTS? Major league baseball officials have been gritting their teeth and bearing it as they've been called before Congress to testify as the legislative body investigates steroid use in the sport. Could college...

Revelers trying to topple goal post sought by University of Ariz. police.(Around the States)
December 1, 2005... In a show of enforcement of anti-rioting policies, the University of Arizona police are asking the public to help identify five people it contends instigated post-game mayhem. Through its Web site and local media, the university is posting...

Penn. school creates task force to help reduce high-risk drinking.(Around the States)
December 1, 2005... Indiana University of Pennsylvania has created a task force to suggest ways to reduce high-risk drinking, on campus. Composed of students, alumni and university officials, the Commission on Substance Abuse is looking to identify best...

Maine creates alcohol PSAs.
December 1, 2005... Maine Creates Alcohol PSAs--Maine's attorney general has introduced a new series of public service announcements aimed at combating underage drinking in the state. Airing throughout this month, the ads are aimed at letting people know it is...

Series of rapes at William and Mary.
December 1, 2005... Series of Rapes at William and Mary--Since October, four College of William and Mary (Va.) students have told campus officials that they have been raped, reported the Daily Press. The reported rapes include an acquaintance rape in a dormitory...

Colby students draw local police.
December 1, 2005... Colby Students Draw Local Police--Colby College (Maine), which last year boasted about its program to host wine tastings for 21 and older students, is about to be infiltrated by undercover police. The Waterville Police Department told the...

NCAA, campuses must do more to combat violence by athletes.(Athlete Violence)
December 1, 2005... College campuses and the NCAA need to do more to reduce the incidences of violence by athletes, safety advocacy groups urge. The National Coalition Against Violent Athletes has asked the NCAA to adopt a policy that would forbid athletes...

Spread the word: text messages prove useful in notifying community.(Innovations)
December 1, 2005... Universities may want to consider text messaging as a way to alert the campus community about crimes, suggests a company that piloted such a system with Dutch police. In Tilburg, a city in the Netherlands, police used Emexus' text...

CCHS, AAA offer $5,000 in funding for drunk driving prevention efforts.(Grants & Funding)
December 1, 2005... The Center for College Health and Safety and AAA Clubs are offering $5,000 to help fund college and university programs using innovative approaches to reducing drunk driving. The grants are open to campuses in seven states: California,...

Advance planning key for avian flu outbreak.
December 1, 2005... Advance Planning Key for Avian Flu Outbreak --Advanced planning will be the key to best managing an avian flu outbreak, says a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor. Donald Moynihan explains his ideas on how to improve operations in an...

Student wins SOC Award.
December 1, 2005... Student Wins SOC Award--Security on Campus has awarded former Ohio State University student Stacy Bogart its Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award. The award recognizes schools and individuals who have done extraordinary things to make campuses...

U. Minn. parents offered online course in hopes of reducing student drinking.(Alcohol)
December 1, 2005... The University of Minnesota is trying a novel new approach to reduce high-risk drinking on campus--going through parents. Recent research indicates that parents are an important factor in teen alcohol use, but generally, campuses have not...

Cal State Chico students take course on alcohol as part of first year.
December 1, 2005... Incoming students at California State University-Chico were required to take an online alcohol education course this semester as a part of their attendance. Students who have not completed the class will not be allowed to register for the...

Designated driver programs need to be 're-thought,' researcher says.
December 1, 2005... Campuses need to do more than suggest students pick a designated driver to have effective programs to reduce drunk driving, indicates new research from Canada. "The idea of having a designated driver is a great one, but it's problematic...

Party on: UC-Berkeley drops ban on alcohol at Greek events.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... The University of California-Berkeley announced Dec. 1 it has partially lifted a ban on alcohol use by campus Greek organizations. The ban had been instituted in August in response to several incidences of high-risk drinking, including an...

Rutgers uses Hopeline grant to teach students impact of sexual violence.(Sexual Assault)
December 1, 2005... Professors at Rutgers University (N.J.) will be able to provide students information about sexual assault and dating violence with the aid of a $10,000 grant the university's foundation received from Verizon's Hopeline program. Under the...

Police need to be more compassionate with sexual violence victims, prof says.
December 1, 2005... Police departments that do not work closely with rape crisis centers tend to still "pervasively mistreat" rape victims, contends a Florida State University professor. Patricia Yancey Martin, author of the new book Rape Work: Victims,...

Grant will help train officers.
December 1, 2005... Grant Will Help Train Officers--The University of Minnesota College of Human Ecology and the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse received a $450,000 grant to help improve resources and training for law enforcement. The grant will allow...

Fun, non-alcoholic drinks.
December 1, 2005... Fun, Non-Alcoholic Drinks--Campuses can promote fun drinking without alcohol with a little help from AAA. The motor club recently published its free guide of fun and fruity non-alcoholic beverages. The 17-page booklet contains recipes for a...

More alcohol advertising.
December 1, 2005... More Alcohol Advertising--Alcohol companies raised the amount of spending they are doing on cable television, nearly doubling the number of ads underage youth were likely to see on cable, finds a new study from Georgetown University's (D.C.)...

Calendar.(Calendar)
December 1, 2005... December: President Bush has declared December National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. Aimed at reducing the incidences of people driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, campuses are encouraged to institute prevention...