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Courtesy of WLEA AM 1480 - www.wlea.net

Village Of Alfred Comes Up With Stricter Drinking Law

March 14, 2012 12:32:00

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And Village May Allow More Fraternity and Sorority Houses In Downtown District

March 14, 2012

ALFRED, NY - The Village of Alfred has passed a new law that affects those who get caught having underage drinking parties. The new rule is known as the social hosting law, and it is Alfred's way of discouraging serving alcohol to those who are under the age of 21. "If the police department is called to a property, based on a complaint from a member of the community, that there is noise or disorderly conduct," Alfred Village Deputy Mayor Virginia Rasmussen told WLEA/WCKR News, "And they find that it is a party that has alcohol consumption going on, and they (party goers) are serving to minors, they can hold responsible and issue a summons to anyone who is hosting that party."

Also in Alfred, the village board is going to vote on a zoning law which could allow fraternities and sororities to own or rent houses in more sections of downtown Alfred. One Alfred resident who attended Wednesday night's public hearing on the new zoning law, Sharon Bouck-Smith, was very opposed to the measure. "Do you want to be walking in to a funeral on Saturday afternoon, with a big party going on across the street?" Mrs. Bouck-Smith asked those present at the public hearing.

Another resident who attended the meeting was former Alfred Mayor Gary Ostrower, a university history professor, who has mixed feelings about the proposed law. "I was on the board here for 24 years, and we wrestled with issues having to do with the physical appearance of fraternities and sororities and other group houses. We've wrestled with behavioral problems related to all of that," said Ostrower. "I think to a certain extent, by centralizing the location of these kinds of houses, we may in some ways concentrate the problems. That may be both good, and that may be bad, but I don't think that's going to come without consequences."

The frat house zoning vote could come as soon as the next regular monthly meeting in April.

To see excerpts from the public hearing, click below:

http://youtu.be/iURpezwu_vE

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Comments ( 2 posted )

none none March 21, 2012 02:17:05

I too am a resident of a Greek house in Alfred, and I must say....

....whoever published this article has bad grammar skills

Greek Guy March 19, 2012 02:45:49

I currently live in a Greek house in Alfred and this matter may seem very conflicting for many people who are not aware of the tight ropes that we are kept on by the school. Yes, there needs to be limits of where certain groupings of students live but, in the same aspect all Greek Houses have faculty/staff advisers and are at constant risk of being told to move back on campus if we are not complying with the schools policies. However, non-Greek students, including sports teams from both colleges can live together in apartments and not have as tight of supervision over their actions. There is an underlying stereotype of Greeks to be the party animals of a college town. As a whole we complete thousands of hours in community service, and also have higher GPAs on average than non-Greek students of Alfred State College. Please do not be fooled and think that if a group of students is drinking on a Saturday morning and being disruptive that it is a fraternity or sorority.