Ithaca College Administration Is Urged to Adopt a Good Samaritan Policy That Doesn't Leave Room for Abuse Ithaca College's Students for a Sensible Drug Policy chapter is taking steps to pass a Good Samaritan policy at the college - a measure that could protect lives and encourage students to speak up in potentially life-threatening situations. This would allow intoxicated students who need medical attention to get help without facing judicial repercussions. It would also grant amnesty to anyone else involved in the situation, such as the person who made the emergency call. [continues 236 words]
Students who are intoxicated and need medical aid will be able to receive help without getting in trouble with the law if the Good Samaritan policy is passed. Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, a group which allows students to share their opinions and ideas regarding drugs in the United States, will meet with Public Safety, Judicial Affairs, Health Services and the Student Government Association at 11 a.m. today in Campus Center to present their draft of the Good Samaritan policy. [continues 719 words]
When Ithaca College Senior Jon* Met Mollie, It Was Love At First Sight. "I'm used to taking Ecstasy a lot, so when my buddy whipped out Mollie for the first time, I just popped it without thinking," he said. "Once I got jacked up on it, I was set for the night." Jon said the drug has become a staple in his social life, given its effects, availability and affordability. "The first time I took Mollie I was at a Cornell frat party freshman year, and I just danced like crazy," he said. "But as I've taken it more and more, I just like sitting around and zoning out with friends." [continues 834 words]
When he joined the Office of Public Safety in 1993, Master Patrol Officer Dirk Hightchew said he knew part of his job would be to confiscate beer kegs. He never expected to confiscate a human skull stolen from a crypt. Hightchew said he entered a room on a routine marijuana complaint when he saw a human skull sitting in plain view on the student's shelf. He confiscated it and sent it to the coroner's lab for testing. Hightchew said the results determined because of its age, the skull was stolen from a crypt. [continues 686 words]
Problems With The Higher Education Act Four years ago, Congress passed a bill that has complicated the relationship between students convicted of a non-violent drug crime and their financial aid. In 1998 Congress added a provision to the Higher Education Act. The provision, written by Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., is designed to refuse federal financial aid to students found guilty of drug convictions. Sounder's office declined to comment on the provision. However, in a 1998 Washington Post article, the congressman said he approved of the Higher Education Act because it was designed to give lower-income students loans and aid to attend college. [continues 709 words]
While many students count down the days until traditional holidays like Christmas, Yom Kippur or Thanksgiving, others anticipate very different celebrations -- holidays like April 20. Better known as 4-20, the date unofficially celebrates national drug day. Thirty joints, six blunts and a seven-foot-long tobacco pipe were just part of what junior AZ and his friends had prepared for their celebration. "We started smoking at 4:20 a.m. on the 20th and didn't finish until 4:20 a.m. the next day," he said. [continues 1212 words]
