Student Handbook - Tougaloo College

2. Persons on campus, after midnight, should be going or coming from campus facilities and
not loitering on campus or sitting in automobiles.
3. Proper identification must be presented to security officers upon request by students,
staff, administrators and faculty.
4. All faculty, staff, administrators are to be logged into buildings after midnight and on
holidays.
This handbook in plain and simple terms, outlines the steps that a student should take with
respect to reporting crimes and complaints to Public Safety, so that the students will be aware of
the same.
Persons who wish to register a complaint, may do so by filing a written (formal) report in the
Office of Student Affairs in Jamerson Hall.
TOUGALOO COLLEGE ALCOHOL AND DRUG POLICY
The College is committed to maintaining a drug-free environment and will not tolerate the
possession, manufacture, use or distribution of illegal drugs by its students, staff, faculty or
administrators. The College provides counseling, referrals, educational programs and other
assistance to students, faculty, and staff who seek help with alcohol and other substance related
problems.
Students who violate the alcohol and drug policy may be subject to various sanctions, conditions
and/or restrictions as deemed appropriate.
The Mississippi State Statutes provide the following as furnishing of alcoholic beverages to
minors, etc.:
It is a violation for any permittee, or any other person, to sell, furnish, dispose of, or give any
alcoholic beverage to any person under the age of 21 or they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Additionally, any person under the age of 21 who purchases, receives, or has in his or her
possession in any public place, any alcoholic beverage, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be charged a fine of not more than $200.
It is also unlawful under Mississippi Statutes
1. To sell, give or furnish any beer or wine to any person visibly or noticeably intoxicated,
to any insane person, to any habitual drunkard, or to any person under the age of twenty
one (21) years;
2. For any person under the age of twenty one (21) years to purchase or posses any light
wine or beer. Any such violators will be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25), not more than five
hundred dollars ($500) and/or a sentence to not more than thirty (30) days of community
service;
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