Brown and White Vol. 113 No. 10

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 friday october 7 2005 vol 113 no 10 all the lehigh news first alcohol-related arrests decrease in past weeks by sarah mcclutchy news writer there has been a drastic decline in the number of lehigh students who have been arrested or cited for alcohol-related inci dents in the last several week ends compared with the number of arrests that were made during the first two weeks of the semes ter police said the number of arrests has definitely gone way down bethlehem police department lieutenant joe kimock said at the beginning we were making 15 to 20 alcohol-related arrests a night kimock said in the past several weeks it's been about four or five a night and continues to decline at an almost predictable rate kimock said he attributes the drastic decline in off-campus inci dents to the possibility students are calming down and settling with the routine of school i think the effort we put in at the beginning made kids aware and showed them that underage drinking and unlawful behavior could not be tolerated kimock said the number of arrests has also declined on campus lehigh police chief edward shupp said since sept 16 university police have issued 16 alcohol related citations the numbers have gone way down shupp said but most crimes on campus remain alco hol-related like kimock shupp said he also believes students have real ized they need to be more responsible and more aware of their behavior follow-ups we've done and information we've given out have shown kids that they cannot run amuck shupp said things like recklessness drinking under the age of 21 and public urination are not to be tolerated and i think kids have realized now that there are laws they have to abide by lambda chi alpha fraternity member dave langsam 07 said he agreed that the behavior and attitude of students has changed but not to the point that would result in such a drastic decline in arrests probably the most important part was the opening of the hill langsam said i think the droves of freshmen are what made the police so concerned off campus and made them much more strict on everybody now that the hill's open they're less worried maggie barr 08 said she attributes the high number of ini tial arrests to a change in univer sity goals i think lehigh wants to be more selective and more rigid academically which ultimately means suppressing the social scene barr said other students said they feel the decline in violations is due to a change in the bethlehem police's policy off-campus resident chris sasada 06 said he thinks the sharp fall in arrests is because students are scared of the police presence and the harsh penalties of getting caught i think that the grant they received for cracking down on alcohol use among students sasada said could have been put to much better use than impeding on the normal college experience there has been a dramatic decline in the number of alcohol-related arrests off campus since the beginning of the semester men's soccer team ranked 18th in nation bawphoto by doug moquet sophomore forward joseph clemente heads the ball against george washington university the men's soccer team is ranked no 18 in the country going into tomorrow's game see story page 16 senate demands checkpoint's return by nikki lubarsky news writer online student senate met with lehigh police chief edward shupp last week to encourage the reinstatement of the police checkpoint located at the entrance of the hill the police department determined the value of the checkpoint did not outweigh the cost of having those officers on patrol around campus senate president kip wallen 06 said contrary to popular belief the checkpoint was not a dui checkpoint lehigh police do not have the authority to hold dui checkpoints the purpose of the old checkpoint was to allow police to check that cars going on the hill had the appropriate parking permits still wallen said the senate feels that a checkpoint hinders students from driving while intoxicated and reduces the amount of vehicular traffic on campus the dean of students office shupp and vice provost john smeaton are considering instat ing a dui checkpoint executed by the bethlehem police department local police departments can set up dui checkpoints but they must be advertised and designed so driv ers have the option to avoid them shupp said there will be ran dom police checkpoints estab lished throughout the year par ticularly for major events like lehigh-lafayette weekend shupp said he does not see a need for additional police moni toring including checkpoints by local police departments if we see a need for added enforcement in any area whether it be theft drunk driv ing or other crime we will increase patrols in the affected areas shupp said the senate discussed stu dents concerns about the safety of students walking or driving on the hill at night especially on weekends even though there is a low incidence of dui cases the high traffic on the hill is dangerous to pedestrians senate campus safety chair brian wishart 06 said he has ideas to further control and edu cate students driving on the hill wishart said he hopes to make pamphlets available to stu dents outlining the dangers and consequences of drunk driving which will be handed out at a mock checkpoint at the entrance of the hill this will hopefully deter drunk driving through the fear of being arrested wishart said as well as through the educa tion of the dangers sports 15-16 news 1-4 men's soccer 16 knitting project 2 football 16 def poet 3