MADISON, Wis. -- University of Wisconsin athletes who are arrested for incidents involving drugs, gambling or violence will be suspended from all competitions and practices under a new policy announced by the school Thursday. "The policy will guide us as a department when we are faced with student-athletes who find themselves in difficult situations,'' football coach and soon-to-be athletic director Barry Alvarez said. Until now, it has largely been left up to individual coaches to decide how their players were disciplined. Badgers have been involved in a number of run-ins with the law over the past year. Former Wisconsin hockey captain Brad Winchester pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery after a barroom brawl in which he punched a police officer. Top football receiver Lee Evans was sentenced to 12 months probation after pleading no contest to misdemeanor marijuana possession, and running back Anthony Davis pleaded guilty to battery after a fight with his girlfriend in which he was stabbed in the leg. "We have high expectations for our student-athletes for their athletic and academic abilities as well as for their good citizenship,'' Chancellor John Wiley said. "It's important to have consistency and to communicate clearly our institutional expectations.'' Suspended athletes will have to be cleared by the courts or reinstated by an appeals committee before becoming eligible to play again. But suspended athletes will still have access to the academic center, weight room and sports medicine facility. Those who break team rules on alcohol consumption but don't violate the law will be subject to penalties by each sport. Under the policy, athletes can appeal suspensions to a committee comprised of the athletics director, athletics board chairman, a senior athletics staff member, a head coach and a member of the student-athlete advisory committee. Wisconsin head coaches will maintain their own team disciplinary policies. Posted Thursday, August 21 Policy focuses on arrests for drugs, gambling, violence

University of Vermont Moves Toward Becoming a Dry Campus Burlington Free Press (VT) May 4, 2006 University of Vermont students old enough to drink alcohol will no longer be able to imbibe in any campus residence hall starting in the fall. Administrators informed students last month of the new policy that is meant to send a message that alcohol consumption is not tolerated on a campus where incidences of binge drinking and drinking-related offenses are on the increase, according to recent university police statistics. "The residence halls are not the place for alcohol," UVM Provost John Bramley said Wednesday. "We've been aggressive about enforcement issues and educational issues. In the final analysis, we have to do everything we can to discourage students from dangerous sets of behaviors and to encourage positive ones." About 5,000 students, mostly freshmen and sophomores, will live in UVM residence halls in the fall. About 7 percent of students living on campus are 21 or older and would be affected by the new policy, said Annie Stevens, UVM's assistant vice president for student and campus life. At UVM, students who are old enough to drink may do so inside most dorm rooms on campus, but three residence hall floors and a house on the Redstone Campus are UVM4B UVM to ban alcohol Drinking will be prohibited in all on-campus dorms this fall, regardless of students' age University of Vermont students old enough to drink alcohol will no longer be able to imbibe in any campus residence hall starting in the fall. Administrators informed students last month of the new policy that is meant to send a message that alcohol consumption is not tolerated on a campus where incidences of binge drinking and drinking-related offenses are on the increase, according to recent university police statistics. "The residence halls are not the place for alcohol," UVM Provost John Bramley said Wednesday. "We've been aggressive about enforcement issues and educational issues. In the final analysis, we have to do everything we can to discourage students from dangerous sets of behaviors and to encourage positive ones." About 5,000 students, mostly freshmen and sophomores, will live in UVM residence halls in the fall. About 7 percent of students living on campus are 21 or older and would be affected by the new policy, said Annie Stevens, UVM's assistant vice president for student and campus life. At UVM, students who are old enough to drink may do so inside most dorm rooms on campus, but three

Posted on Wed, Aug. 03 USC's revised drug policy gives athletes more chances Instead of '2 strikes' rule, players can test positive 4 times before dismissal USC first-year athletics director Eric Hyman says the revised policy is fairer than the “two strikes” clause. Arkansas coach Houston Nutt said coaches want to see a “level playing field.” “I can live with just about anything. I’d hate to see a ‘one strike, you’re out.’ I wouldn’t be for that, naturally,” Nutt said recently. “‘Three strikes, you’re out’ or the ‘fourth one, you’re out,’ that’s fine with me.” Under the revised policy, Hyman will be more involved in the process when an athlete tests positive. “I don’t want to delegate that to somebody else. I feel I’ve got to give it my best shot, too.” USC first-year athletics director Eric Hyman says the revised policy is fairer than the “two strikes” clause. “I’ve dealt with this for many years, and that’s pretty restrictive,” Hyman said Tuesday. “You can’t be carte blanche, either. There needs to be some punitive action that takes place. People make mistakes. The key is to learn from them.”