Residence Life at Notre Dame

Apparently this is a long standing tradition at the university.

I am curious about who controls what as to students, faculty, etc?

Article in todays Tribune about Michael Floyd.

http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100113/SPORTS13/100119717/1021/Sports

 

I really don't know. I looked at their home page on the web and I see that they do a lot of stuff that is not discipline related as well. They do appear to have a full time professional staff running it as you would expect for a dept that does all the things that are on their webpage.

Exactly who evaluates disciplinary situations, whether or not it's a combination of Students/staff, staff only, etc I don't know.

I do know that they can be heavy handed compared to other universities.

Res Life

 

Charlie's remarks were certainly not very kind.

 

I'm old school like most of the guys here, so I don't get concerned when a ND student-athlete faces the consequences of his/her irresponsible conduct. I understand the "boys will be boys" argument, but the biggest part of personal development in college, IMO, is learning responsibility. That includes responsibility for one's own conduct and the consequences thereof.

Having said that, I understand that the ResLife situation may be open to criticism for being overly heavy handed. I'm only reacting to what I've read from responsible sources. It may be more a function of individual agendas and attitudes, or it may not. In any case, I don't take Weis' words lightly. He didn't win enough games, but team behavior-wise he operated a tight ship.

 

Notice in the article how celebrated athletes are treated differently from other students. As the article says, if it had happened to a non star athlete it never would have been reported or known back at campus. That's the way it should be. Res life should have responsibility for students when they're at school but when their home, act like they have parents.

 

I always wonder how any university finds out about student transgressions when they are home for a visit. Texas WR D. J. Monroe was given a DUI (that was later plead down to lesser charge) and he was way off campus and yet it was in the news the next AM and he was suspended for the rest of the season, when his case was finally settled he was allowed back on the team. He ended up missing 3 games including the B12 Championship. But if he had not been an athlete would the University even known? I don't know the answer to that.

At the time we were debating the Carlos Dunlap situation, I read that UF has a very strict policy regarding alcohol violations, again unless it occurs on campus and campus cops are the arresting entity how do they know?

I do know that at Texas A&M they have a dry campus, and even if you are 21 you can not have alcohol in your dorm room. They call the police if you are found in possession of alcohol. At ND I believe you can have alcohol in your room if you are 21.

 

Most small town papers have reporters who regularly follow the police blotter. If the police don't call the reporter when they get a "big" name it will still eventually come out.
I believe your understanding of ND rules is correct.

 

Scrolling through the letters I see one is from a former California Insurance Commissioner who is an ND alumnus. I don't believe that's a fake screen name.