I just wouldn t want to be the one to tell. Another reason for the rise in reported cases, according to Ferrier, is police work. Some of the other increases are due to aggressive, skillful investigation by our detectives, he said. Martel agrees with the assertion that more drug use in high school can lead to more problems dealing with it on a college campus. That s always been the case, Martel said.
Students don t step foot on campus trying drugs or alcohol for the first time.
Beratta, who has been the director of judicial affairs for seven years and was assistant for three years before that, said she has seen a jump in reported cases since West Village A was built. According to Beratta, drug use knows no intellectual boundaries. Even a half-decade after Northeastern began tightening admissions with incoming students garnering higher SAT scores, drug use has crept upward. As our SATs go up, we re seeing more drug use, Beratta said, noting that a large increase of drug violations have been incurred by engineering students. Martel is optimistic that the additions of West Village B and C will continue the trend of more hall monitoring leading to more cases of students getting caught.