Alcohol-Related Offenses Up 37% for Iowa State University Students

A greater number of Iowa State University students were charged with an alcohol related offense in all quarters of 2012 when compared to the university's two other state universities, according to a report prepared for Wednesday's State Board of Regents meeting.

And more Iowa State students have been charged with alcohol related offenses in the first three quarters of 2012 compared to 2011.

In 2012, a total of 432 Iowa State students were charged with an alcohol related offense and 433 students have been charged with an alcohol related offense in 2012, but the fourth quarter of 2012 hasn't been tallied yet.

“Alcohol offenses include – public intoxication, operating while intoxicated, possession of alcohol under the legal age, open container, consuming in public, bootlegging, providing liquor to minor, attempt to purchase alcohol by minor, and serving/selling alcohol after hours,” the report said.

The report includes information from 2011 through the quarter ending Sept. 30. The increase at Iowa State University is a 37 percent jump from 2011 when comparing the numbers of students charged for the first three quarters of 2012 and 2011.

The number of offenses is actually greater because students might have been charged with more than one offense each and some of those charged were not students.

While 433 Iowa State students have been charged with an alcohol related offense in 2012, 334 University of Iowa students have received alcohol related charges in 2012 and at the University of Northern Iowa just 25 students were charged with an alcohol related offense in 2012.