Policies

Alcoholic Beverages

The University's Policy on Student Possession and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages in Facilities of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sets forth the conditions under which alcoholic beverage use, consistent with federal, state, and local laws and ordinances, is permitted in University facilities and on University property.

According to North Carolina law:

Generally persons twenty-one or older may purchase or consume alcoholic beverages and may possess alcoholic beverages at their homes or temporary residences.

It is against the law for any person under twenty-one to purchase or possess any alcoholic beverage.

It is against the law for anyone to sell or give any alcoholic beverage to a person under twenty-one or to aid or abet such a person in selling, purchasing, or possessing any alcoholic beverage.

No alcoholic beverages may be sold by any person, organization, or corporation on a college campus except by a hotel or nonprofit alumni organization with a mixed beverages or special occasion permit. Both direct and indirect sales are unlawful.

According to Chapel Hill ordinance, it is against the law for anyone to possess any open alcoholic beverage on streets, sidewalks, alleys, or any other property owned or controlled by the town of Chapel Hill.

In addition to following the law, the University's Policy on Student Possession and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages in Facilities of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sets out special rules about alcohol for students and student organizations. The office of the Dean of Students will provide copies of the policy and assistance in understanding its full implications. The text of the policy can also be found in the Campus Security Policies notebook on reserve at the Undergraduate, Law, and Health Sciences libraries, and can be accessed on the World Wide Web at the following address: http://www.unc.edu/student/policies/alcohol.html.

Under the policy: Alcohol may not be served or consumed in any University building or open space except as provided in the University's Guidelines for Serving Alcohol at University-Sponsored Events.

Alcohol may not be possessed or consumed at any campus athletic event or at any performance on campus, and alcohol may not be consumed at any outdoor campus location.

Common source containers of alcohol (e.g., kegs) are not permitted on campus.

Students and their guests aged twenty-one and older may possess and consume alcoholic beverages in individual campus residence hall rooms or apartments on campus, but not in the common areas of a campus residence hall.

No Student Activity Fees or other University-collected fees may be used to purchase alcohol.

No other funds of an officially recognized student group deposited or administered through the Student Activities Fund Office may be used to purchase alcohol.

Student groups are not prohibited from having events off campus at which individual group members aged twenty-one or older bring or buy their own alcoholic beverages.

Students who violate the policy face mandatory alcohol education, housing sanctions (for violations arising in University Housing), and sanctions including written reprimand, restitution, counseling/referral, and/or educational/community service activities. Student groups who violate the policy face sanctions of written reprimand, restitution, mandatory educational programs or community service, and/or loss of University recognition. Behavior that violates the Code of Student Conduct, state or federal laws may also be referred to the Student Judicial System, the Committee on Problem Admissions and Extraordinary Disciplinary Emergencies, and/or state and federal authorities.

Last modified: 06/17/2002 at 03:31:57