Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Drugs Pot and booze at the UA CORRECTION
Posted by Max Brantley on Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Interesting report from KFSM-TV. Penalties for misdemeanor possession of marijuana and alcohol have been equalized at the University of Arkansas. The UA was said, in this KFSM report, to be the first university to take this step. (Alcohol is a legal substance, of course, but there are a range of offenses possible — minor in possession, providing alcohol to a minor, public intoxication and others.)
UPDATE AND CORRECTION: You can apparently put this story down to a student's over-exuberance. Whatever discussions may have been held about an equivalent policy on pot and alcohol, it was not approved by the final authorities. The dissemination of the story prompted an official statement of denial from the UA:
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The media have reported that certain changes to the guidelines for marijuana and alcohol sanctions on campus have been equalized. This information is not accurate. No changes have been made to university policies having to do with alcohol or drug violations. While certain revisions to existing policy have been considered by various campus organizations and groups, none of them were ever approved by the university administration.The university is constantly looking at ways to address student alcohol and drug violations in a comprehensive manner. The sanctioning guidelines for violations are in place to educate students and help them understand that all actions have consequences.
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Good for UofA; I hope many others follow. Now, if we can get the Leg and/or voters to show the same intelligence.
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Not a chance Bubba. Too many Arkies listen to Jerry Cox. UA students are working on a college degree, supervised by others with advanced college degrees while most of Arkansas is uneducated.
Ignorance is not bliss but it provides Jerry with a paycheck.
...and when Louie and I were there "hunkering" got all the attention. How times have changed.
I came about 12 yrs later Cato and we hunkered. We hunkered around a hooka and sometimes hunkered to pass a joint.
I was thinking about writing a country & western song: "I'm a'hankering for hunkering."
Whatta ya think, Cato?
When I was 16 I had figured this issue would have been long ago dispensed with.
I am currently 51.
I was wrong about a lot of things I had thought when I was 16.
It would be ok, Louie, if you could get Hank Williams, Jr. to do the tune, "I'm a'hankering for hungering."
Still trying to figure out why the university needs to tack on additional penalties to state and local laws. What happens if I get a speeding ticket? What if I'm convicted of assault? What if I just light a cigarette at a football game?
"Hunkering." Boy I haven't heard that term in years. It was the late 50s, wasn't it, when that craze started, several years before streaking? I guess it shows how youthful indiscretions have gotten much more dangerous over the years. As for the U of A judicial system. It doesn't matter how the U of A handles things. Violators still have to deal with the criminal charges, and the Fayetteville police are going to get their satisfaction..
Yep. Late '50s and early '60s, plainjim. LIFE MAGAZINE even featured it one time....photos and all. Back in those days, as Louie has often lamented, co-eds had to wear coats over their gym shorts as they walked across campus.
When I arrived on the campus Cato, hot pants were the rage! Damn life was good! Streakin was either '74 or '75 plainjim.
Actually, the University's statement that the policy was never changed is not true.
The University posted signs in each of the dorms explaining the policy change and updated the policy on its website. For one reason or another, the University has reversed its decision and is now claiming that it never made the change in the first place.
If you contact the Students for Sensible Drug Policy on campus, they can provide you with documentation showing that the policy had been changed, and now reverted.
MPETTY,
I asked UA about this. What you say is true. But it is also not the whole story. The response I received from UA:
That information is correct. The people responsible for the postings and website change misunderstood the process for changing policies and thought that the changes had been approved. It was basically a miscommunication. The policy change was never reviewed by the administration executive committee, or by legal counsel. The policy was also never changed in the online Student Handbook. Procedures are now in place to make sure this sort of error does not happen again.
Steve Voorhies
Manager of media relations
University Relations
University of Arkansas
Thank you for investigating the confusion, Max.
I'm glad the university admits their error. It's clear from Mr. Voorhies' answer that the fault with this miscommunication does not lie with any of the students involved, and in fact, can be chocked up to the over-exuberance of University employees.
Actually, the university has in fact posted this to their official online student rules of conduct, as well as in all of the dorms.
If high level administrators approved this AND it was posted online, something tells me the normal route of rule-making doesn't apply when it comes to marijuana policy.
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