Opening Activity 9/9/11

The University of Wisconsin Madison is now requiring students to take a course on alcohol abuse if they get an alcohol related citation. They will be referred to counseling and possibly kicked out of the dorms if they violate the school policy. The students would have to pay $78 for two group sessions or $200 one on one sessions with a substance abuse counselor. Which is in addition the the ticket of $263.50 for drinking citation in the first offense. The program that Madison will be using is called Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for the College Student, or BASICS.