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temities any alcohol-related event at
a fraternity house.
The EPD also puts on preventa
tive talks to fraternities, sororities
and residence halls, and has a seg
ment during IntroDUCKtion in
which officers speak about the zero
tolerance policy, Gilliam said. In ad
dition, police talk about the rights of
students living on and off campus.
Tsui said that the EPD has also
been talking with Eugene municipal
judges about adjusting ordinances to
reduce fines for.MIPs and replace
them in part with educational ses
sions on alcohol abuse.
The Eugene Municipal Court next
week starts such a program, said
Court Supervisor Char Mauch.
Fora first-time MIP, unlawfully al
lowing alcohol consumption on a
private premises or furnishing liquor
to a minor, 18-to20-year-olds who
have not taken the UO course
“Drinking Decisions” have the op
tion of taking a one-unit course enti
tled BUSTED I (Beginning Underage
Successes Through Educational Di
version) and paying court costs of
$50 and a university fee of $35.
Fines and assessments would be
suspended as long as the program is
successfully completed, which re
quires that the individual pick up no
new alcohol-related charges for four
months and enter a guilty plea to the
original alcohol charge.
The course covers health risks of
alcohol abuse and goes into the vari
ous factors that contribute to prob
lem drinking, said Miki Mace, ad
ministrator for the UO Substance
Abuse Prevention Program.
“We’re really trying to get on an
educational platform as much as we
possibly can,” he said. “It doesn’t
help to have an adversarial type of re
lationship with students.”
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