The number of students involved in incidents of intoxication illness during the first month of the school year increased to 17 this year — up from 11 students last year — according to Public Safety.
During a two-week period last month, police issued 30 citations to students on Prospect Ave. for alcohol-related violations, Borough Police Lt. Dennis McManimon said.
That number of citations, he added, was "very high" for just two weeks.
Borough Police cited students for possession of alcohol by a minor, littering and consumption of alcohol in public, McManimon said.
University disciplinary officials also handled 10 cases of alcohol violations in addition to the incidients of intoxication. Those cases fell under "Rights, Rules and Responsibilities" guidelines regarding alcohol in common spaces and possession of alcohol by a minor.
There was also one case of serving alcohol to a minor, Public Safety Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser said.
In September 2001, there were nine incidents of liquor law violations and two alcohol-related violations of "Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities."
Weiser said that while the number of intoxicated illness incidents increased, there were actually more total violations involving alcohol last September.
The numbers provoked some response from Borough officials.
Borough Council member Joe O'Neill, who is running for mayor, said the Borough still needs to look at the problems with alcohol on the Street.
"We will be revisiting this issue again," he said.
Last year, Borough Police cracked down on drinking on the Street with undercover operations.
O'Neill is a candidate for Borough mayor in the general election in November.
He said he opposes the proposed alcohol ordinance that might have allowed Borough Police to cite minors in possession of alcohol on private property.
Consideration of the alcohol ordinance was postponed indefinitely at a Borough Council meeting last spring.
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