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From: gerber@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Andrew S. Gerber)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Re: RA's and drug use
Message-ID: <88@mit-amt.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 00:47:27 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 16 00:47:27 1986
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In article <1353@wucec2.UUCP> mas3619@wucec2.UUCP writes:
>Recently, office of Housing and Residential Life announce that it now 
>expects RA's to report ALL incidents of drug use. 

...

>My question to you people out in net-land is this:  Have other universities
>tried a policy like this?  Have they been successful, or have policies like
>this one fallen by the wayside?  Let's here your opinion.
>
>-- 
>Marc Sarrel

MIT does not ask hall tutors to report drug use.  The hall tutor
system at MIT is large, with about 50-60 hall tutors overseeing living
groups of about 30-45 people each.  The only thing the tutors are
expected to act upon is "people who are having problems with school
and how this relates to drug use".  So if you keep a good GPA
you're OK.

The issue has come up in the past, and the idea of hall tutors acting
as "policemen" has been shot down.

However, it really depends on the living group.  If someone complains
about drug use accross the hall from them/by their roomate/etc, the
hall tutor is likely to discuss this with the offending party.  Also,
any drug use in some living groups would be such a shock to everyone,
the tutor included.

Living groups which have a history of people who use recreational
pharacuticals/herbs tend to attract hall tutors which this does not
bother. Therefore the status quo remains the same from tutor to tutor.




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