Mankato University On-Campus Penalties for Students Involved in Off-Campus Activities

Location

CSU 201

Start Date

27-4-2009 1:00 PM

End Date

27-4-2009 3:00 PM

Student's Major

Management

Student's College

Business

Mentor's Name

Vicki Luoma

Mentor's Department

Accounting and Business Law

Mentor's College

Business

Description

Recently, the administration at Minnesota State University - Mankato expanded their on-campus alcohol policy to include students who are involved in alcohol-related incidents that occur off campus. This action was partly in response to several alcohol related deaths of university students, and partly in an effort to uphold the reputation of the university. The policy has been met with opposition by students, who claim that the University has no legal right to enforce campus rules in an off-campus setting. Administrators claim that students are representatives of the university regardless if they are on campus or off, and therefore are prohibited from partaking in actions which may tarnish the public's view of the university. The goals of the university are wholly positive, but questions have been raised about whether the university is stepping outside the law to achieve their goals. Through our research, we have attempted to analyze the legalities of the administration's policy to determine if the policy should continue to be enforced.

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Mankato University On-Campus Penalties for Students Involved in Off-Campus Activities

CSU 201

Recently, the administration at Minnesota State University - Mankato expanded their on-campus alcohol policy to include students who are involved in alcohol-related incidents that occur off campus. This action was partly in response to several alcohol related deaths of university students, and partly in an effort to uphold the reputation of the university. The policy has been met with opposition by students, who claim that the University has no legal right to enforce campus rules in an off-campus setting. Administrators claim that students are representatives of the university regardless if they are on campus or off, and therefore are prohibited from partaking in actions which may tarnish the public's view of the university. The goals of the university are wholly positive, but questions have been raised about whether the university is stepping outside the law to achieve their goals. Through our research, we have attempted to analyze the legalities of the administration's policy to determine if the policy should continue to be enforced.

Recommended Citation

Trnka, Scott; Ray Betts; Mark Robinson; Nate Day; Tadd Tepfer; and Wade Skogstad. "Mankato University On-Campus Penalties for Students Involved in Off-Campus Activities." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 27, 2009.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2009/oral-session-07/7