SMU implements reforms two years after three students died of overdoses

By Lori Stahl

"... a university task force spent six months soul-searching and concluded that the campus needed a widespread 'culture shift' to create a more intellectual atmosphere."

"This semester, SMU rolled out a massive 36-point reform plan aimed at making the shift..."

"Already, students appear to be embracing one of the major changes this semester. SMU now offers 'medical amnesty' and 'good Samaritan' protection to those students who call for emergency help when they or their friends are drunk or high. In the past, students who sought emergency help faced the prospect of discipline for substance abuse..."

"Meanwhile, there are signs that top administrators are waging more visible interrogations this year..."

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