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Emmanuel Shebbs
About 96 percent of University of Wisconsin students who voted in an online referendum
April 15-16 showed strong support for a Responsible Action Policy,
validating the administration’s view that such a policy would be a positive
step for the students and the university, notes Larry Ringgenberg, director of
University Centers.
The new policy would protect
students from being charged for under-age drinking if they call campus police
for help when they or another student are dangerously intoxicated. A total of
2,831 students voted in favour of the policy and 119 voted against it. Campus
police will be working with the chancellor to implement the policy.
UW student Devin
Remiker, director of local affairs with the Student
Association, was pleased that the vast majority of
students supported the policy.
“If students ever end up
in a bad situation, I don’t want them to have to make the decision about
whether they should call or not,” says Remiker. “Saving a life is more
important than any number of citations. If this ever saves just one person, I
will be very happy.”
The policy idea has come
up a number of times over the years, but the challenge was finding a way to
implement it without undercutting university police ability to enforce laws,
says UW-L Chancellor Joe Gow.
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