McDaniel students cited for alcohol by local police

McDaniel students cited for alcohol by local police

Kate Delenick, Co-Editor-in-Chief http://mcdanielfreepress.com/v2/

On Friday, September 25 Westminster Police broke up a party on Main Street in Westminster. Many McDaniel college students were cited during the incident including members of both the Phi Delta Fraternity and Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority.

Free Press asked city police for the incident reports but were denied them. Free Press then filed a Freedom of Information request, but the information was not available at press time.

The Monday morning after the party bust the rumor mill had taken its toll on the Hill, leaving many students begging for another juicy detail and members of the former brother/sister fraternity and sorority angry, upset, and confused.

“None of the girls were intoxicated, so they’re getting charged but they weren’t drinking?” Phi Sigma Sigma, President, senior Lindsay Anderson said.

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Faculty and Administration were made aware of the incident early by phone contact with Campus Safety according to Beth Gerl, Vice President of Student Affairs.

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Elizabeth Towle, Associate Dean of Student Affairs, said the urgency of news “depends on the nature of the incident.” In this case, campus safety members accompanied the Westminster Police and the students were identified by Monday morning.

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The fact that it was an off campus event, “totally separates it from the institution,” Gerl said. But that does not mean the event can be brushed aside. “We don’t want to see a repeat of this,” Gerl said.

According to Towle there are totally “different guidelines” when it comes to off-campus as opposed to on-campus events, and both deans agreed our college has worked hard to build positive relationships with surrounding streets and when something like this occurs “it doesn’t look good.”

“We typically have good, positive, relationships with the community, and I find this frustrating,” Towle said.

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