Academy alcohol use seen unabated

GreatAmerican
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:59:31 +0000

Infractions continue despite new monitoring effort, midshipman says in memo to students

Published in the BS:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-md.ar.academy15feb15,0,7677138.story?coll=bal-local-headlines



The Naval Academy has recently seen what a high-ranking midshipman called an “unacceptable” increase in alcohol rules infractions, despite the launch last fall of a strict policy that put the school at the forefront of efforts at colleges nationwide to curb binge drinking.

In a memo sent yesterday to all 4,400 midshipmen and obtained by The Sun, senior Rachel Barton, the drug and alcohol education student officer, said that in the past six weeks, midshipmen had violated the new rules as much as they did in the previous six months…