Lee 3 punished, now sub-free
Less than two weeks after a Lee 3 RA discovered human feces in her dorm room, Residential Life responded to “ongoing concerns regarding the alcohol and drug policy” by making the floor substance-free.
During a floor meeting Monday night, students received a ResLife document informing them that the floor would now be sub-free as a “community consequence” for substance-related disciplinary problems. The floor will be substance free for the rest of the semester.
Traditionally, students are not assigned to live on a substance-free floor unless they request one. While on these floors, students cannot use or possess tobacco, alcohol or other drugs.
Floor residents have come under fire several times this year for unruly behavior. Most recently, on March 18, someone unlawfully entered the Lee 3 RAs’ rooms, vandalizing both rooms and defecating in one. WUPD is continuing to investigate these break-ins and is still sifting through the evidence.
“We have some leads, and we’re continuing to make progress,” said Police Chief Don Strom.
Last November police also investigated the aftermath of a “large, unauthorized” party thrown by some residents of Lee 3 during Thanksgiving Break. Strom would not answer questions about past disciplinary problems on the floor, instead referring inquiries to ResLife.
Associate Director of ResLife Rob Wild could not be interviewed by phone yesterday.
In addition to their activities on the floor, some Lee 3 residents have taken the party online to thefacebook.com. Students started a group called AbsolutLee 3, and 42 residents are now members. In place of a group photo is a lewd chalk sketch of a bear performing a sex act on itself.
On the site, residents keep a tally of their drinking exploits. They count all calls from their floor to the Emergency Support Team (EST)-five in one semester-as well as the number of “pukes” (33) and “DRs” (disciplinary reports-numbering 19).
The group’s description dubs Lee 3 “The Penthouse” and reminds residents to “Keep it Classy.”
One Lee 3 resident said that ResLife was “reasonable” to punish the floor. But he did not agree with the decision to go sub-free, saying ResLife “could have gone about [punishing the floor] differently.”
The student said none of the residents’ pranks had caused substantial harm-other than to the RA’s floor-and that the students are all “really chill” and get along well together.
“No one on my floor is out to get anyone,” he said.
When asked if students would follow the restrictions, this resident said he couldn’t speak for anyone else on the floor.
“I know I will,” he said.
Students with “documented violations” of the University Drug and Alcohol Policy will be subject to removal from Lee and referral to the Judicial Administrator.
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