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Students Overwhelmingly Adopt New Trunk Proposal: Council Members Vow Stricter Enforcement The student body voted and changed the constitution to allow for alcohol storage in the trunks of cars. The cars would not be searched, and the rule was aimed to discourage keeping alcohol in dorms or fraternity houses.
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State ABC Board Approves Permit: Town Goes Wet
After 131 Years The ABC board approved the Davidson grocer's permit request, allowing beer and wine to be legally bought and consumed in the town for the first time in its history.
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State ABC Board Nixes Beer And Wine Permit: Grocery Owner Plans To Appeal In 1968, alcohol was still illegal in the town of Davidson. The ABC board of North Carolina denied a Davidson Grocery permit request; the owner decided to appeal.
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Olson: Drink Abuse? This "to the editor" student opinion piece believes that due to the new drinking rule, other students are abusing their rights with high alcohol consumption.
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Trustees Vote Code's Approval, Reopen Library Site Discussion: Board Sets Code Review, Freshman Alcohol Course The Board of Trustees adopted the new code about drinking, allowing drinking on campus within state law limits. They also voted to require a freshman alcohol seminar.
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Faculty Sketches Drinking Picture: Trustee Query Spurs Statement The faculty released a statement that said students 18+ are officially allowed to have beer and wine on campus, and 21+ can drink liquor.
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CRAP Report Permits Drinking, Opens Dorms On Limited Basis: Committee Emphasizes New Rules Philosophy The Committee on Rules and Punishments drafted a rule to allow drinking on campus in private spaces or others spaces designated by the college.
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Report Proposes Changes In Athletics, Social Life In this report from the student life subcommittee, one of the proposed changes was to allow drinking on Davidson's campus.
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Punishment Lightened for Drinking Violations: Strict Enforcement Implied in Latitude Previously, suspension was the traditional punishment for breaches of the drinking policy. This Davidsonian article reports a new deliberation of the punishment, with suspension as the max sentence.
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Student Body Drops Regulation On Drinking By One-Vote Edge: Rule Against Gambling Kept By Close Margin The student body voted to repeal the drinking regulation and the vote passed. Even though the student body repealed it, the administration would still uphold the rule.
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Faculty Again Alters Regulation To Limit Off-Campus Drinking: Fraternity Functions Excluded From Change Initially, the faculty voted to allow all drinking off-campus for students. However, this Davidsonian article describes how faculty altered the policy to forbid alcohol at any school-sponsored, off-campus event (excluding fraternity functions).
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Faculty Modifies Drinking Rule; Trustees May Review Action: 'Gentlemanly Conduct' Will Apply Off Campus Davidsonian article describing change in alcohol policy that allows students to drink off-campus
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Classic College Humor
Collection of student publications that discussed alcohol through humor.