3 UW-Madison students fined $86,000

[golfgal]

http://www.startribune.com/local/104406148.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUs

These fines are for serving alcohol to underage kids-stupid.

 

[redlight]

The students should be fined, and they should also face other punishment, but 86,000 dollars is excessive.

 

[DawnCt1]

The fine is excessive, but not only should the over 21 college kids be punished with an appropriate fine, but , particularly the underage drinkers.

 

[momrek06]

WOW, that is a HUGE fine.

My DH was an adjunct professor of engineering at UWM and quite often I would travel with him to Madison as he would teach classes. While UWM is a fabulous school it is also a HUGE school and allot of partying. (I suppose that could be said for about every college in this country.)
So I am guessing the HUGE fine is to set a precedent to all students that UWM will not tolerate this behavior.

 

[C.Ann]

Sometimes "excessive" is the only thing that drives the point home.. Certainly gives them something to think about - doesn't it?

 

[Art 1]

Good news.

 

[barkley]

the disciplinary action they would face at our local university would be expulsion-and the under 21'ers would face expulsion as well.

 

[JLitfin]

I have 3 college students and 2 of them party while at school, which I don't like. I talk to them till I'm blue in the face and it just doesn't seem to sink in. My one son is over 21 and I try to explain to him all the time what could happen if he got catch buying and providing for underage students, which I'm sure he does. I'm hoping he's listening to me but we all know "parents don't know anything" at this age.

My middle son is 20 and he has gotten in trouble a couple of times with his underage drinking habits. Once again we try to explain to him what could happen if he doesn't stop. His reasoning is everyone in college does it, once again I say no they don't. Again parents don't know anything. After his last cituation for underage drinking he decided to move out of his apartment and back home and started attending the community college. Said he needed to get away from that environment, where drinking takes places several times a week. He's at home now, which is a good thing for him, helps keep him out of trouble. He reports tomorrow to begin his service hours from his last cituation, when completed all charges will be dropped.

My youngest doesn't party at his school, he's to into his course work, he aims for that 4.0 each semester, so far so good.

I just wish kids/young adults will listen to their parents, we don't have all the answers but we do know right from wrong and have more experience, which the young people haven't completely figured that out yet.

$86,000 is alot, I guess they're trying to teach the students a lesson, that they're not going to put up with that kind of behavior on or around the college campus. Officers in college towns have alot to deal with, maybe they're trying to crack down on the partying and underage drinking.

 

[Rora]

Sometimes "excessive" is the only thing that drives the point home.. Certainly gives them something to think about - doesn't it?

I have to agree.

I hope the underage drinkers were punished as well.

 

[golfgal]

IT is 130 violations adding up to the $86K, which is about $660/violation. I don't think the individual fines are excessive at all, it is just that there are so MANY.

 

[agnes!]

See, the whole problem is that drunk people - and especially large groups of drunken people - do stupid things... they hurt themselves, they hurt others, they get into fights, they litter around wherever the party is, they get loud, they pull out a knife or a gun, they are hard to reason with, they drive when they shouldn't, they destroy others' property, they break things, they make lots of noise when those of us who work for a living are trying to get our sleep.

Hey, I have one for you...anybody here *want* to have a large, noisy underage drinking-party in the house next to them?

agnes!