Why allow students to make their own decisions regarding alcohol during the summer months?
One of the main reasons for the prohibition of alcohol for CAS students is that we are trying to create an educationally powerful campus climate that is primarily residential in nature. During the summer, the majority of students leave the Bethel campus and are under the care and guidance of their families or their place of residence, or they are in a position where they are learning to live on their own as adults. During this time, the special campus environment that we seek to create as part of our educational climate is no longer in place. The majority of students are not 21 years of age and cannot legally consume alcohol. Students who are 21 years of age should prayerfully consider the choices before them pertaining to alcohol and should seek the guidance and wisdom of other adults in their lives as they make choices about alcohol use.
