Drug and alcohol violations increase at UH Manoa

By Dan Nakaso

POSTED: 05:36 p.m. HST, Oct 04, 2012
LAST UPDATED: 05:38 p.m. HST, Oct 04, 2012

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Students walk down East-West Center Road on their first day of classes at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in August.

Drug and liquor violations inside dorms and other campus residences at the University of Hawaii’s flagship Manoa campus soared last year, while campus-related burglaries and aggravated assaults also increased.

The number of liquor violations inside UH-Manoa dorms and other campus housing jumped from 524 in 2010 to 719 last year, according to an annual safety report released today.

Drug-related violations inside dorms and other campus housing also shot up — from 238 in 2010 to 390 last year.

During the same period, UH-Manoa saw 12 “forcible” sex offenses on campus, including six in dorms or other campus housing. The number of forcible sex offenses remained the same as 2010, when most — 10 — occurred in campus housing.

The report also showed that on-campus burglaries increased from 48 in 2010 to 64 last year.

But the number of on-campus vehicle thefts dropped at the same time — from 39 in 2010 to 16 last year.

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ejkorvette wrote:

Hmmmmm! Not good News, our Students are pursuing an Education in crime and corruption. Taking a big time Cue from the Leadership at UH and in the State of Hawaii!!!!! YIPPPEEEE, YAHOOO, WOOOO HOOOOO, OH HOW DA CUTE, YAH? YAH? LUCKY THEY LIVE HAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!

on October 4,2012 | 06:30PM

DA_HANDSOME_CHINAMAN wrote:

Hey don't talk that way about our future leaders. Why? Obama use to smoke weeeeeeeed in school.

on October 4,2012 | 06:34PM

Kaimiloa wrote:

Lousy reporting. The jump in alcohol and drug incidents are up, in part, because of a change in reporting offenses. They used to record a alcohol or drug use at a party as a single offense. They now record each offending person. At least the TV news took the time to explain this out.

on October 4,2012 | 06:59PM

ThinkOutLoud wrote:

Raise the admission requirements! (SAT & ACT) More smart people on campus should turn things around for the better....maybe. Set up several HPD satellite offices on campus to ticket and arrest the rift raft.

on October 4,2012 | 09:26PM