Alcohol and Other Drugs Policy
Common Responses
Besides potential criminal penalties and civil liabilities, violators of this policy will be subject to the full range of institutional responses. The organizers of events/functions involving alcohol (including the sponsoring group, the social hosts, and other individual group members) will be held accountable if their event/function is not in compliance with this policy. Individuals or groups who violate the UR Alcohol and Other Drug Policy will be subject to the following University‐specific consequences, based on the severity and/or frequency of violation.
Typical individual responses range from a written warning, disciplinary probation, completion of an alcohol and/or drug education program (Any costs associated with such programs are the responsibility of the student), educational assignment, risk assessment conducted by a qualified substance abuse professional, suspension from University housing or the University, and/or expulsion from the University.
Typical group responses range from immediate termination of the event/function, submission of guest lists for all future formally registered events/functions, restriction of guests to only those of age or only those belonging to the specific organization, continuous on‐site monitoring (at the organization’s expense) of all events, mandatory Social Host training or other alcohol education program (at the organization’s expense), community restitution hours, mandated third‐party catering of future events involving alcohol, loss of University funding and/or recognition, and/or suspension of event/function hosting privileges.