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HOW A DIVISION II RUNNING BACK WENT PRO:
Alcohol violations go down the drain New administration seeks
more diversity on campus
GRACE WALLIN
gmwal/in 7 l@ole.augie.edu
From 2014 to 2016 campus li­quor
law violations have decreased
by a margin of almost 90 incidents,
according to Augustana's annual
Clery report. With this signifi­cant
reduction of alcohol-related
violations comes the question of
what this trend says about the
student body and the possible
change in attitude among
younger generations towards
alcohol.
Augustana University
a criminal citation for possession of
alcohol on campus, the students can
still be subject to judicial action.
One possible explanation for
the decrease in violations is the
continued presence of alco­hol
awareness education on
campus.
"Our approach is a com­prehensive
one that does not
lean on one factor;' Dean of
Students Jim Bies said. "I do
not believe there is one 'silver
bullet' that is, by itself, a solu­tion:'
Augustana's alcohol
"Our current policies and proce­dures
are certainly effective in miti­gating
the effects of alcohol-related
decision making that our students
are involved in;' Bies said. "How­ever,
we are seeing an increase in
the number of students who do not
use alcohol at all or choose to use
very little:' -
A change in the younger genera­tions'
attitude towards alcohol con­sumption
could also explain not
only the decrease in alcohol viola­tions
on campus, but also statistics
showing a decrease in drinking on
campuses nationwide.
operates under a 'dry
, 1. Graphic by Wyatt campus po ICy, mean-awareness
and education
program includes an em-
"It would not surprise me that
less students are drinking because I
think more students are seeing that
they can hang out without having
to drink alcohol;' freshman Teague
Schultz said. "It is definitely true
ing that anyone who
possesses alcohol on campus is in
violation of the student code of con­duct.
While campus safety may not
write up students older than 21 for
Swimming braces
for mid-season -
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phasis on student safety,
late night programming, bystander
training and the Step Up program,
Alcohol Edu, consistent policy en­forcement
and TIPS training. See ALCOHOL, page 3
Exclusive Q&A with
lawyer and sexual assault
survivor Stacey Lannert
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BEAU BORDEWYK
bjbordewyk 7 6@ole.augie.edu
Augustana
University aims
to increase the
diverse student
population,
counting do­mestic
students
of color and
internatio nal
students, to 20 percent of
enrollment, according to Au­gustana
University President
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.
Diverse students curren~ly
constitute just over 16 percent
of the student population.
In 2014, when the goal of 20
percent of enrollment being
made up of diverse
students was adopted, the
percentage was at 14.6 per­cent.
Herseth
Sandlin says
diversity is an
important fac­tor
of Augus­tana's
VISIOn
for the future.
"Diversity
factors into
our 'vision because we believe
that by helping more students
learn about each other and the
world, we're also preparing
more individuals to make to­morrow's
communities even
better than today's;' Herseth
Sandlin said. "That's why we
work so hard to provide our
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