<p>I have read about such actions.......seems like that limits the total fun. Some schools run trolley cars back and forth.</p>
<p>I think the fact that they close the gyms and the libraries at like 10 o'clock on the weekends is a hint that the univeristy promotes underage drinking..</p>
<p>"think the fact that they close the gyms and the libraries at like 10 o'clock on the weekends is a hint that the univeristy promotes underage drinking.."</p>
<p>Right, because the only alternative to working out or studying is drinking....</p>
<p>................Four Miami students - at a private residence.................</p>
<p>all underage and it is illegal - hence the charges - contributed to the alcohol level</p>
<p>.............Another student, Maureen Grady, 20, of North Canton, was charged with furnishing alcohol to an underage person at a bar, also a misdemeanor. Grady gave Speidel a drink................</p>
<p>May have been a bartender - so would be illegal - hence the charge - OR - could have been a friend who obtained a drink for the deceased and gave it to her - in a bar - also illegal - hence the charges</p>
<p>Misdemeanor offences can be pretty serious - and the 6 months in jail is the maximum - will most likely depend on any history/record</p>
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**Train accident claims life of Miami sophomore</p>
<p>04/14/2007</p>
<p>Miami University is mourning the loss of one of its students, who police say was struck and killed by a train early Saturday morning (April 14).</p>
<p>The Oxford police department and the Butler County coroner's office identified the student as Beth A. Speidel, a 19-year-old sophomore from Strongsville, Ohio, who lived in Hahne Hall on campus. She was a speech pathology major who had transferred to Miami this year from Ashland University, university officials said.</p>
<p>Oxford police say the incident occurred about 3 a.m. Saturday, near the railroad crossing on South Locust Street in Oxford. Their investigation is continuing.
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**During the autopsy completed over the weekend, the coroner's office found ink markings on both of Speidel's hands similar to those issued at Oxford bars. The coroner's office said one hand contained a black "X" while the other had a stamp of a little blue hand.
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<p>This is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of.... how are these students responsible for the stupidity of the person walking into a train? How do you walk into a train?</p>
<p>How about...don't drink until you're 21?</p>
<p>I knew someone who got killed at the age of 16 because she was drunk and got hit by a car walking home.
If she wasn't drinking on that night, she'd be a college freshman right now instead of 6 feet under. :(</p>
<p>"all underage and it is illegal - hence the charges - contributed to the alcohol level"</p>
<p>The problem JeepMom is not the fact that they could be charged for underage drinking. That is fine, it is the law (no matter how screwed up it is). </p>
<p>The problem that people see with this article is the fact that these young teens are being charged for "assisting" the other girl get drunk...</p>
<p>You and you ALONE control what goes in your body. They had nothing to do with this girl and her poor mistakes. I have a problem when people are charged with a crime that says people have to be babysitters. </p>
<p>"How about...don't drink until you're 21?"</p>
<p>Fair enough. Tell me though, should I be able to be tried as an adult at 18 yet still not be allowed to drink alcohol (in now way related to the article, just a question out of curiosity)?</p>
<p>Ahhh...I see you're one of <em>those</em> people. lol</p>
<p>The drinking age isn't going to be lowered. Nice try. </p>
<p>I don't care if you drink underage, but if you're arrested for it...I'm not going to feel sorry for you. The devil didn't make you do it, it's all a matter of free will. Same with being tried as an adult for any crime while you're 18 and under.</p>
<p>Lol one of <em>those</em> people. haha.</p>
<p>I'm not for lowering the drinking age. It's not that important. I am more for banning alcohol all together than fighting to lower the age. I was only pointing out the stupidity supporting the law. Somehow I don't think you understand the whole being an adult, yet still not being an adult thing. </p>
<p>If I do not have full control over what I can do, I am not an adult (ex: the purchase of alcohol and gambling). So why can I be tried as an adult? CLEARLY I am not ready for the world and all it has to offer, so CLEARLY I am still a juvenile and by right I should be tried under that system, where it's more about correction and protection rather than punishment. But that is not the case...</p>
<p>MU student found near tracks</p>
<p>Oxford police find another intoxicated woman only a week after sophomore was killed.
By Joe Giordano</p>
<p>Staff Writer</p>
<p>Tuesday, April 24, 2007</p>
<p>OXFORD Six days after a freight train ended the life of a Miami University sophomore, Oxford police were again at the crash site confronting another incident that sounded frighteningly familiar.</p>
<p>Police received a call in reference to a female down near the South Locust Street rail crossing at 12:35 a.m. Friday. It was only a weekend prior that Miami sophomore Beth Speidel was killed by a 53-car freight train at the same location.</p>
<p>When police arrived Friday, the woman was nowhere to be found. A block from the crossing, officers spotted a 19-year-old female sprawled on a side yard near the corner of Locust and Church streets.</p>
<p>"The woman had an odor of alcohol and slurred speech," Oxford Police Sgt. Jim Squance said. "She had two large 'X' marks and stated she got (drunk) in a dorm."</p>
<p>In the wake of a tragedy that has reignited concern over underage binge drinking, students continue to ignore the pleas to stop, officials said. Over the weekend, police charged eight people for underage intoxication or alcohol possession.</p>
<p>In one case, an 18-year-old Miami student told police she felt obliged to down shots at an Uptown bar because a group of men continued to buy the drinks for her Friday. When officers arrived, police said 18-year-old Marisa R. Shepherd, of Elida, thought Bill Clinton was the current president of the United States.</p>
<p>As officers questioned the woman near the Locust Street rail crossing Friday morning, police said the woman identified as 19-year-old Elizabeth C. Cote, of Dayton said it's easy for underage people to obtain alcohol.</p>
<p>"Cote stated she was 19 years old, and at that age, anyone could get alcohol in this town," Squance said.</p>
<p>Both Cote and Shepherd were charged with underage intoxication.</p>
<p>On April 14, police found Speidel's body near the tracks with bar markings on her hands. The alcohol level in the Strongsville resident's body was more than twice the legal driving limit of .08, the Butler County Coroner's Office said.</p>
<p>On Friday, police brought alcohol-related charges against five underage Miami sophomores who allegedly furnished Speidel with alcohol on the last day of her life. Police continue to investigate Speidel's death.</p>
<p>Contact this reporter at (513) 523-4139 or <a href="mailto:jgiordano@coxohio.com">jgiordano@coxohio.com</a>.</p>
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That comment seems to imply she had been underage drinking for hmmm about 7 years? What a girl....what an advertisement for fun in Oxford and now wonder this school is soooo popular. Miami of Ohio....public but all the fun you can have near a rail crossing.</p>
<p>"When officers arrived, police said 18-year-old Marisa R. Shepherd, of Elida, thought Bill Clinton was the current president of the United States."</p>
<p>I doubt that was from the alcohol....she was probably just dumb as hell to start with.</p>
<p>Do 'ya think?</p>