Police officers in Winston-Salem, N.C., issued 81 citations for underage drinking early Sunday morning at a party in an off-campus fraternity house. Eighty of those cited were students, the Winston-Salem Journal reported. The officers went to the Psi Delta chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity to investigate a report of assault, which turned out to be thrown beer. They found at least 200 people in the house as well as fire detectors that had been covered with plastic cups and duct tape. The university issued a statement saying that the students and the fraternity would be referred to the dean of student services.
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11 Responses to Police Bust 80 Wake Forest Students for Underage Drinking at Off-Campus Party
stmartins - November 16, 2010 at 3:58 pm
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jffoster - November 16, 2010 at 4:09 pm
What a sobering development that must have been.
civilprof - November 16, 2010 at 4:20 pm
I gotta read more carefully. First reading: they found 200 people and fire detectors covered with plastic cups and duct tape. … Why were all those people covered with plastic cups? Now THATs a wild party.
dereklambert - November 16, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Students drinking – I never would have thought. My entire worldview is changed.
hijole - November 16, 2010 at 6:52 pm
ALACK and ALAS — I’m shocked that anyone from DKE would be charged with drinking or assault! This is another example of how scurrilous these times are — o GRAUS!
22228715 - November 17, 2010 at 10:01 am
How did we come to a place where legal adults in one of the finest universities in the land make active decisions that it would be better to burn to death in a fiery inferno with 200 people than to risk getting caught outside smoking?
tptrekker - November 17, 2010 at 6:21 pm
OMG, those deacs are real demons!
skaking - March 25, 2011 at 12:01 pm
is that much different than the idea (not the actuality of, but the idea) of doing unpaid internships? in the sense that you make yourself more “marketable”. i too despise this idea; it rubbed my young marxist self the wrong way; paid labor is already exploited and now you want completely free labor? but, like in many third-world countries, if you want a particular job you have to pay a bribe. in this case not cash, but free labor. sigh.
adjunctcarol - March 25, 2011 at 1:02 pm
To Isaac : Thank you. I also thank your wife for her understanding.
Thank you for being authentic and outlining situations that academia would rather ignore and most don’t have a clue about: the proverbial elephants in the classroom. The elephants need to trumpet, to gather in herds, or they will be invisible. I have been upfront – polite – on my campus. For 8 or so years I have been attempting to prove to other adjuncts on my campus that one can professionally address adjunct issues and keep their jobs. I may yet find myself in your position, but I certainly hope not. I forward your writings to those who need reminded and your words of open wisdom help me continue on.
I hope this situation (of not being rehired) results in MANY SCHOOLS IN YOUR LOCATION CALLING TO INTERVIEW YOU AND HOPEFULLY RESULT IN OFFERS FOR A NEW TEACHING ASSIGNMENT! Hello out there: CONSIDER THIS A CHALLENGE OR OPPORTUNITY.
It is excellent advice “I advised her that she would be more likely to be hired full time in the future if she took it upon herself to become as valuable to the department as possible — attending department meetings, participating in departmental tasks like exit-exam grading, and even serving on a committee or two.” I did all this and more for 8 years, became valuable and knew I needed to compete with other candidates who had all this experience as well. I came in second for the FT job. If I hadn’t tossed myself whole heartedly into the school, I wouldn’t have had a chance. Besides and most importantly the participation and contributions I made made me a better teacher and knowledgeable advisor for students.
Unfortunately there are no rewards for first runner up. It makes returning the next Fall harder, heartbreaking and confusing. Where to set my boundaries? Still serving my students as excellently as possible but not get taken advantage of? This co-dependent relationship between adjuncts and academia needs help.
If I accept teaching as a forever (now 13 years) yet temporary adjunct, I can only work to slowly improve the respect for the adjunct and the situation. We have it pretty good where I work compared to the rest of the country thanks to a strong union and certain compassionate administrators and FT [health benefits, sick leave, retirement, desks, phones, computers, decent enough workspace space, respect from FT and admin in general, I finally got adjuncts to be allowed on committees -pay comes next: Baby steps and legal power and tenacity ].
Slavery, while certainly a different situation, wasn’t addressed and abolished overnight either. Protests, laws … Some slaves got beaten or killed. Thanks for what appears to be taking one for the cause.
pakalolo - March 31, 2011 at 11:21 am
Been there, done that. Yet, even after 10 years it hasn’t worked. I’ve volunteered, been part of committees, etc, etc, etc, and even then… Nothing has worked. I know I’m a good faculty member, based on performance reviews, student surveys and informal feedback. However, nothing has been offered to me, even recently when some adjuncts were promoted to core faculty. Maybe they don’t like the colour of my eyes.
duppy_conqueror - March 31, 2011 at 2:53 pm
Isaac – you are The Man! I wanted to say this on your last posting, but there were too many responses. If I drank or could assume you did, I’d offer to take you out for a beer. Cheers!
Adjuncting can be frustrating beyond words, but ultimately the job becomes its own reward (or not). If that’s not enough, it needs to be changed. Life is too short. Try another field – publishing or ??
Adjuncts applying to FT work at their own schools already carry The Stigma; they’ve already established their price. I agree that Rob’s unliked advice is valid, though probably only effective in rare instances. However, if you don’t do (or aren’t even allowed at some places) to work for free on committees, your chances for a FT contract are next to zero.
Ironic that even K-12 substitute teachers have organizations, but not the workforce that does 70% of the teaching at colleges or universities.