Opinion ID: 2074
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Heading: The Relationship Between the College and the Lake

Text: Paul Smith is a college located on the northern shore of Lower St. Regis Lake (the lake) in Adirondack Park. The College owns over 14,000 acres of property, much of it forest. The campus itself is on the edge of the lake, 12 miles from the nearest town; several of the College's buildings, including some of its dormitories, are steps from the lake. Although the College owns much of the land around the lake, it does not own the lake itself, which is state property. The College's promotional materials cite the lake and the surrounding, College-owned forest as one of the College's principal attractions. Paul Smith students occasionally built bonfires and consumed alcohol on the lake once it froze over, viewing it as a place where Paul Smith[']s College had no jurisdiction. Pl.'s App. 98. College safety officers sometimes intervened on the lake, breaking up parties and stopping dangerous behavior. On some occasions, they called the State Police; on others, they did not.