{"id":157330,"date":"2023-07-11T12:23:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T10:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=157330"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:58:27","slug":"jfr-members-walk-across-campus-blind-drunk-faculty-association-is-given-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/07\/11\/jfr-members-walk-across-campus-blind-drunk-faculty-association-is-given-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"JFR members walk across campus \u2018blind drunk\u2019; faculty association is given warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Judicial Faculty association Rotterdam (JFR) has been taken to task by the university following complaints about two prospective board members who, according to bystanders, were walking around campus Woudestein drunk. At one point, one of the two fell to the ground crying.<\/p>\n

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Two prospective board members of the JFR were walking along the path between the university library and the G-building, according to bystanders, dead drunk.<\/span><\/p>

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On Monday 5 June, around lunchtime, eyewitnesses saw two JFR members who appeared to be \u2018blind drunk\u2019 walking along the path between the G building and the library. After walking unsteadily for a few metres, one of them fell over, whereupon bystanders rushed over to offer water and support. The student was lying on the ground crying, and according to eyewitnesses she said she couldn\u2019t handle drinking so much and that she was one of five members who were told to drink for seven people\u2019s worth of alcohol because two members in her group did not drink at all. Two other JFR members then showed up and told bystanders that everything was under control. Following the incident, the university received three complaints.<\/p>\n

\u2018This has no place on campus\u2019<\/h2>

Enquiries with JFR revealed that the pair were part of JFR\u2019s prospective board for 2023-2024 and had been in the process of taking the traditional \u2018campus tour\u2019. This involves new board members visiting other associations on campus to get acquainted. These visits usually come with an assignment. According to JFR, this is usually \u2018something related to the discipline of that association\u2019, such as a quiz.<\/p>\n

JFR stated that it was not aware that those assignments also require consuming alcohol and it agrees that this \u2018has no place on campus\u2019. The chair said that he therefore intends to change the activity. He also denied that alcohol was the sole cause of the condition of the student who fell over. According to him, medical circumstances and the warm weather that day also played a role.<\/p>\n

Following the complaints, the university\u2019s student life liaison officer discussed the situation with the chair of JFR. The liaison officer chose not to answer any of EM\u2019s questions, but a university press officer has stated that the conversation was necessary \u2018because JFR appeared to be in violation of the code of conduct and campus regulations\u2019. During the conversation, JFR was given a warning. \u201cIn the conversation, reflection took place and it was recognised how serious the situation was. It has been agreed that in future the campus tour will take place without any violations of the code of conduct for student associations or campus regulations\u201d, the press officer added. \u201cA tradition of drinking alcohol on campus does not fit with this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unclear rules<\/h2>

The press officer did not clarify exactly which rules had been violated by JFR; with regard to alcohol, the code of conduct only states that the associations must comply with the Alcohol Act. There is nothing in the campus regulations about alcohol consumption. The code of conduct does state that members of associations must not engage in undesirable behaviour, citing aggression, violence, sexual or other transgressive behaviour, bullying, discrimination and unequal treatment as examples.<\/p>\n

It is unknown which association ordered the prospective board members to \u2018drink seven people\u2019s worth of alcohol\u2019 and whether this association has also been called to account. However, the university says that it will \u2018explicitly\u2019 re-emphasise to KORF, the umbrella association of Rotterdam faculty associations, that rituals or traditions involving alcohol cannot take place at any association. \u201cStudents should never be coerced or put under any duress when it comes to drinking alcohol or consuming other narcotics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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