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<p>This probably deserves it’s own thread…
There was a lot of discussion on the Naval Academy Forum last year in the wake a trial of a midshipman. You can probably find it by going back into the archives.</p>
<p>I will say this - I have read a great deal about these incidents and others that happen in other colleges as well. As a mom who has sent 3 daughters off to various collegiate settings I have a vested interest.</p>
<p>It appears to me that the majority are a fall out from excessive drinking. I am not going to preach who was right and who was wrong - but I believe that most cases would be prevented if the parties involved were sober.</p>
<p>The academies are also different that other colleges in that there are strict rules about fraternization and they are in a “fishbowl” atmosphere</p>
<p>While I have no qualms sending my own daughter there - If I was sending my son there I would take steps to educate him as well.</p>