Hotline will allow Blacksburg residents to report Tech students' drunken behavior

By Tonia Moxley

"Neighbors of off-campus Virginia Tech students unhappy with chronic drunken behaviors will have a new way to lodge complaints."

"On Friday, Tech's Campus Alcohol Abuse Prevention Center plans to open a complaint hotline residents and students may use to report ongoing alcohol-related problems, center director Steve Clarke said. Call 231-4813 to reach the Blacksburg Alcohol Hotline."

"'We believe that is the basic right of every member of the Blacksburg community (students and full-time residents) to live in an environment that is free of abusive drinking and its negative side-effects, such as noise, litter, vandalism, and public intoxication,' Clarke wrote in an e-mail. ..."

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