2008 Woodie Awards
Party policies not all the same
Erin Kelly
Issue date: 4/10/08 Section: News
When students from other schools get in trouble while visiting Northeastern's campus, the Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) reports the violation to campus police at the college where the student attends, said Jim Ferrier, associate director of public safety.
However, NUPD does not receive many complaints from other universities about Northeastern students, Ferrier said.
"We encounter students here from other colleges acting inappropriately far, far more often than we are informed by other universities that Northeastern students are found acting inappropriately there," Ferrier said.
Ferrier said he recalls one incident in recent months involving a Northeastern student sanctioned for a violation at another campus.
Valerie Randall-Lee, director of the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR), said the expectations at Northeastern differ from other colleges and universities. Therefore the way each university deals with an individual who commits a violation varies, she said.
"It depends on what the school wants to do. If [a Northeastern student] is visiting the University of Virginia and [gets in trouble at] a party, the University of Virginia may not want to do anything, they may choose to tell NUPD about it or choose to contact my office directly," Randall-Lee said. "There is no written rule on how that would occur."
Anyone can submit a report alleging the Code of Student Conduct violations involving a Northeastern student, but the most common parties that submit reports are NUPD, Boston Police Department (BPD), Residential Life and the Office of Government Relations and Community Affairs, Randall-Lee said.
Consequences for students who get in trouble off-campus or at other universities is handled the same as those who get in trouble on campus, Ferrier said.
However, some students seemed unfazed by Northeastern protocol.
Rafael Corbala, a sophomore international business major, seemed unconcerned.
However, NUPD does not receive many complaints from other universities about Northeastern students, Ferrier said.
"We encounter students here from other colleges acting inappropriately far, far more often than we are informed by other universities that Northeastern students are found acting inappropriately there," Ferrier said.
Ferrier said he recalls one incident in recent months involving a Northeastern student sanctioned for a violation at another campus.
Valerie Randall-Lee, director of the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR), said the expectations at Northeastern differ from other colleges and universities. Therefore the way each university deals with an individual who commits a violation varies, she said.
"It depends on what the school wants to do. If [a Northeastern student] is visiting the University of Virginia and [gets in trouble at] a party, the University of Virginia may not want to do anything, they may choose to tell NUPD about it or choose to contact my office directly," Randall-Lee said. "There is no written rule on how that would occur."
Anyone can submit a report alleging the Code of Student Conduct violations involving a Northeastern student, but the most common parties that submit reports are NUPD, Boston Police Department (BPD), Residential Life and the Office of Government Relations and Community Affairs, Randall-Lee said.
Consequences for students who get in trouble off-campus or at other universities is handled the same as those who get in trouble on campus, Ferrier said.
However, some students seemed unfazed by Northeastern protocol.
Rafael Corbala, a sophomore international business major, seemed unconcerned.
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Marissa Kapfhammer
posted 7/15/08 @ 9:27 PM EST
To whom in may concern,
Excuse me, but I do not remember being interviewed for this article. You'll forgive me, I would never use the word cops, I would say police. (Continued…)
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