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Students at East Carolina University and Pitt Community College are gearing up for another school year. Each year, students may have a brush with the law while pursuing their studies. In Wilmington, North Carolina, law enforcement is doing something that they reportedly have not tried before in an effort to stave-off potential complaints around the UNCW campus.

Law enforcement spent a Friday night at the beginning of the school year conducting what authorities are calling “knock and talks.” Police officers went door-to-door near the campus and talked to students about the law in North Carolina. Noise complaints and underage drinking are reportedly of major concern for the officers around the campus, and officials say that they hope the effort may reduce the number of complaints concerning alleged student offenses.

Police say that for those students over the age of 21, they would speak to the college kids about potential liability that the students could face if people under the age of 21 were to be found on the property. This blog has reported a variety of stories in the past regarding such potential criminal liability, ranging from providing alcohol to an underage person and aiding and abetting charges, and more.

Greenville criminal defense lawyers know that a criminal charge, including an alcohol-related offense, can make a mark on a student’s permanent criminal record. It is important for students, and other people, in North Carolina who are facing an alcohol or other criminal offense to consider speaking with legal counsel about what criminal defenses may be available in a specific situation.

Source: WECT-TV, “Police going door-to-door to cut down on crime in neighborhoods near UNCW,” Ashlea Kosikowski, Updated Aug. 28, 2012

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We’ve dedicated several posts in the last month to the tragic death of Yeardley Love and the subsequent trial of George Huguely, and we certainly don’t want to repeat ourselves.

However, a recent Washington Post article entitled “Huguely trial highlights alcohol abuse at colleges, universities” could not go unposted. The article notes that binge drinking is more prevalent on college campuses than ever.

An NIAAA report released in 2009 shows that alcohol-related deaths of people ages 18 to 24 were up 14 percent to 1,825 in 2005, compared with roughly 1,605 in 1998.

Based on this statistic, Huguely’s behavior was extreme, but his drinking was not extraordinary. His conviction sheds light on today’s college  culture and proves that dangerous drinking cannot be ignored any longer.

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An op-ed from the Cornell Sun, Cornell’s student newspaper, reflects on the school’s social culture and on the importance of creating safe spaces where alcohol is consumed.

The article, mentioning the Amethyst Initiative, speaks specifically about binge drinking as a result of the restriction of alcohol at student social events.

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