Recent articles about alcohol policies at NU

[Sam_Lee]

<p>helicoptermon,</p>

<p>Daily Northwestern is also the only daily newspaper for the city of Evanston. The comments there may not necessarily come from the NU community.</p>

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Since then, it has spread to 74 colleges and 30 high schools in 34 states…He said in order for the lawsuit to be successful, attorneys would have to prove that a university official, including a community assistant, knew the drinking was happening and did not stop it. Or, they’d have to prove that the university’s alcohol policy directly caused the death.

I suspect the legal ramification and consequence play a huge role on how schools decide on their policy. Will NU be more exposed to tort liability or negligence cases if they adopt amnesty program? Why only 74 colleges use it? I am not sure about this one but in general, sometime what seemingly “makes sense” may actually more likely put one in legal jeopardy.</p>