Brother Suspended, Need Advice!

OpiefromMayberry
Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:35:33 +0000

“As for the disciplinary aspect of the story, I have no idea. All I know is that I saw the report and it seems that being hospitalized twice is very very serious at Syracuse. That obviously would make sense, but I don’t understand why the University didn’t at least put him on probation first. The first time he pays a fine, the next time he gets suspended. They should have put him on probation first. That’s my personal opinion, at least.”

How do you know they didn’t? How much time passed between the two events?

“I saw the report and it seems that being hospitalized twice is very very serious at Syracuse”

I would think it is very very serious anywhere. What about at home? How are your folks dealing with this?

“While being put in a hospital sounds extreme, that’s University policy for someone who can’t pass a sobriety test. It doesn’t mean he was dying, it just means he was drunk. His BAC was .146, which is definitely drunk, but not exactly a dangerous state to be in.”

A .146 is very messed up. Almost twice the legal limit. He has a problem. I am not a teatotaler or anti alcohol advocate, but that’s not a little overconsumption, that’s alot.

To blow those kind of numbers is excessive. While I don’t know the alcohol posioning levels ( I think above 20%) and someone here (mini?) will know. He’s pretty close. Your kind of phoo phooing his behavor as no big deal. It is a big deal at those levels. Could you be rationalizing a bit because it’s your brother?