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AirForceBuck said:
Do you not understand:

age 21+ = lawfully allowed to drink

age >21 = not lawfully allowed to drink. Therefore, one beer is over the legal limit since it is alcohol.
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First of all, I was responding to your " For him, the legal limit is .00," which is totally, 100% incorrect.
So dont give me your " Do you not understand" BS.
Second, did you not read what I cited for you?
The limit is .02 for underage drivers.
That means, if he had 1 beer or one bottle of nyquil, he still could have drove.
Is that really that hard to understand?
I never once stated that it was legal for him to have drank alcohol that night, I simply stated the motor vehicle law for you.


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per a web site run by the U. of Washington, for someone Boone's weight, he would have had to consume 20 - 1 oz shots of 50% alcohol to blow a .159 4 hours after he started drinking. Any way you look at it, it was not a "mistake" but a willfull reckless act to take in likely over a dozen bears or 5-6 mixed drinks or 20 shots....
 
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Morning Journal

4/19

 OSU's Boone may face suspension
JASON LLOYD, Morning Journal Writer




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Based on recent precedents, offensive lineman Alex Boone could be facing a substantial suspension from Ohio State -- the university, not simply the football team.


Boone, 18, was charged with drunken driving in the early hours of April 2 when he was traveling about 25 mph and struck the back of a car that had stopped to park, according to the police report. His blood-alcohol level was 0.159, nearly double the legal limit of 0.08.

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</td></tr></tbody></table>Since Andrea Goldblum arrived in September as Ohio State's director of the Office of Student Judicial Affairs, she has substantially strengthened the sanctions for drunken driving. Now the most common result is suspension from the university for one quarter.

''DUI would be considered a danger to the university community and would tend to get sanctions that fall toward the more severe end of the spectrum,'' said Ruth Gerstner, director of communications for the Office of Student Affairs. ''But in each case, all of the circumstances are taken into consideration. One of the circumstances that would not be taken into consideration is whether or not the person is a student-athlete.''

Boone, a freshman, was the biggest name in the Buckeyes' 2005 recruiting class. Before he was charged, he was expected to be the starting left tackle this fall. Now he is one of 15 Ohio State students to be charged with drunken driving since the start of the current school year, according to Gerstner. Of those 15, nine have been suspended for one quarter, two have received probation and four cases are still pending. Boone's case is one of those still pending.

''(Goldblum) has taken a look at the code and decided that in some cases, we were not treating DUI seriously enough in the past when you compare it to other violations that would create a similar danger to both the student involved and other members of the community,'' Gerstner said. ''This year I think it's fair to say that more attention has been given to DUI and the sanctions have been somewhat more severe.''

Goldblum did not return a call to her office and referred the matter to Gerstner.

Gerstner would not talk about specific students and said she wasn't familiar with the details of Boone's case.

''Each case is heard independently,'' she said. ''At the same time, we do try to treat things fairly and consistently, so if the circumstances are identical, the sanctions will be about the same.''

As for the two students who received probation instead of a suspension, Gerstner said each case is handled individually and there is no set sanction for drunken driving or any other violation.

''There must have been some kind of mitigating factors,'' she said. ''These two students (who received probation) may have said ÔI made a big mistake. I'm taking alcohol counseling, I'm doing this, that and the other to show I understand the severity of the offense.'''

The athletic department's substance-abuse policy requires Boone to attend alcohol counseling classes. Neither coach Jim Tressel nor athletic director Gene Smith could be reached for comment last night.

Should Boone be suspended, it wouldn't necessarily happen in the fall. The suspension could be for summer quarter, Gerstner said. But that could still hinder his eligibility next year. Most football players take a light academic load in the fall and count on the summer quarter to catch up.

Student academic records are confidential.

Ohio State's code of student conduct is similar to the legal system. A violation of the law is also a violation of the code of student conduct. But the legal system and the school's judicial affairs office work independently of each other, Gerstner said.

Upon being charged with a violation, students are brought before the judicial affairs office, where the process is explained, Gerstner said. The student then has the choice of an administrative hearing in front of Goldblum or one of her associates, or a panel hearing where the panel is comprised of students and faculty. Gerstner wasn't sure of Boone's hearing date.

''There's really two purposes to the student judicial system,'' Gerstner said. ''One is to protect the health and safety of the university community and the other is to be educational. Punishment is really not one of its purposes.''

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DDN

4/20

DUI policy may cost OSU offensive lineman

Alex Boone in court Friday; he may be suspended, which could cause eligibility issues.

By Doug Harris
Staff Writer
COLUMBUS | Ohio State starting left tackle Alex Boone may have put his eligibility for the 2006 season at risk because of a DUI offense April 2.
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<!-- inset --> <!--begintext--> OSU has toughened its stance on drunken driving for all students in the past couple of years. Even first-time offenders are often suspended from school for one quarter.
Ohio State spokesman Steve Snapp said Boone's case hasn't gone before the Student Judicial Panel yet. If he's suspended for the spring quarter, he may have trouble accumulating enough credit hours to meet NCAA eligibility standards when the season begins in September.
The 6-foot-8, 315-pound Boone, whose blood-alcohol level was 0.159 (about twice the legal limit), is scheduled to appear in Franklin County Municipal Court on Friday.
Athletic Director Gene Smith warned coaches at their monthly meeting April 4 that players charged with DUI could — and likely would — face suspensions from school.
Smith declined to be interviewed Wednesday, and coach Jim Tressel also refused comment.
"It's something we consider very serious," said Ruth Gerstner, director of communications for the office of student affairs. "Auto accidents are the leading cause of death among college-age people, and alcohol figures into 30 to 50 percent of those accidents. Driving while intoxicated puts people in very grave danger."
 
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Dispatch

4/20

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
OSU’s crackdown on drunken driving affects football player
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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Although Ohio State offensive tackle Alex Boone was found guilty of drunken driving yesterday and might be suspended for summer quarter, his attorney believes Boone will remain eligible to play football in the fall.
Boone, an 18-year-old freshman, pleaded no contest to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in Franklin County Municipal Court. He was sentenced to a $300 fine and 10 days in jail, with the jail time suspended provided he completes an alcohol-education program by July 4.
Boone was charged after he was involved in a two-car accident near campus April 2. According to police reports, his bloodalcohol level was tested at .159 percent, nearly twice the legal limit of .08.
"In this particular case, when you weigh out the pros and cons, if we had pleaded not guilty, the cons would have outweighed the pros," attorney Bradley Koffel said. "We decided it was better for Alex to put it behind him and move on."
But under a new get-tough enforcement of university policy, Boone can’t move on quite yet.
Since Andrea Goldblum took over last September as Ohio State’s director of the Office of Student Judicial Affairs, the school has toughened its sanctions for students charged with drunken driving.
"One area she felt we hadn’t been taking as seriously as we ought to was (drunken driving)," said Ruth Gerstner, communications director for the Office of Student Affairs. "We’ve had more students brought before (the judiciary committee for drunken driving) this past year than had been in the recent past."
Gerstner said 15 students have been charged with drunken driving this academic year. Of those, nine were suspended for a quarter, two were given probation, and four cases are pending.
Koffel is not involved in the university proceedings, but he said "my understanding" is that Boone will be suspended for summer quarter and will remain eligible for the fall.
Athletics director Gene Smith said he had not heard of any resolution in Boone’s case.
"I don’t know what the outcome will be," Smith said. "We’ll just wait."
Being suspended for summer quarter would not affect Boone’s fall eligibility provided he has at least a 1.8 grade-point average and has completed 36 credit hours after spring quarter.
"Alex has done everything he should do academically," Smith said. "He’s on track. It’s hard to speculate how a suspension would affect him. He is making satisfactory progress."
The university suspension is in addition to the athletics department policy, which mandates increased drug and alcohol testing and counseling for first-time offenders.
Boone already has entered that program, Smith said. Koffel said Boone must go through two counseling programs, as the court-mandated program is different than the university’s.
Koffel is upset with the OSU policy that starts judicial proceedings when a student is charged, rather than waiting for a conviction.
"They don’t care what happens in the courthouse," Koffel said. "They don’t wait, they move fast and hard."
Smith said he supported the university policy, in part because "they evaluate each case individually. Whatever the outcome is, we’ll support."
Gerstner said several factors can affect the university’s decision whether to suspend a student or place a student on probation, including their attitude and whether they already had entered counseling.
She said a student’s athletic status was not a factor.
Boone entered spring practice listed as the starting left tackle. He was playing with the second team in a recent scrimmage.
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CPD

4/21

Boone also facing university discipline



Friday, April 21, 2006 Doug Lesmerises

Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus- The family of Ohio State offensive lineman Alex Boone, a former St. Edward High star, expects that he'll be able to play for the Buckeyes in the fall despite his arrest for drunken driving and new stiffer university penalties for students charged with that offense.
Right now, in many ways they feel lucky.
"He's been hurting bad for the last month," Boone's mother, Amy, said Thursday night. "He's so ashamed and so sorry, and really feeling like he let so many people down. Fortunately no one was injured, and he thanks God every day he didn't hurt someone. Hopefully he can make this into a learning experience, not just for him but for kids like him."
On Wednesday in Franklin County Municipal Court, Boone pleaded no contest to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and was given a $300 fine and alcohol counseling. According to police reports, the blood-alcohol level of the 6-8, 310-pound freshman tackle was .159, nearly twice the legal limit, following an accident near campus on April 2.
As a first-time offender, the OSU athletic department required Boone to enter an alcohol program, and he was demoted from first team to second team, at least for spring practice. But Boone could suffer separate consequences from the Office of Student Judicial Affairs.
Boone faces a hearing before a student and faculty panel. Ruth Gerstner, the communications director for the Office of Student Affairs, said 15 students have come before the office for drunken driving this academic year. Five of those cases are still pending. Of the 10 completed cases, four students were suspended from school for a quarter, four were given suspensions that take effect only if they commit another violation of the student code, and two were given probation.
DUI infractions were made a priority this year after the office realized many previous offenses were not being referred to Judicial Affairs.
"It was something we hadn't paid enough attention to," Gerstner said. "And it does constitute a serious danger to the university community."
If Boone is suspended for a quarter, it could be for the fall or could possibly be served during the summer, when football players often take classes. It's unclear whether Boone could join the team for practice in August if he is suspended for the summer.
"We don't have any reason to believe he won't be able to play," Amy Boone said. "I know Ohio State is dealing with this very seriously, and I appreciate that, because I'm a parent, too."
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
[email protected], 216-999-4479
 
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Canton Rep

4/21

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Friday, April 21, 2006 FROM OUR WIRE REPORTS

Ohio State offensive tackle Alex Boone has been fined $300 and sentenced to 10 days in jail in a drunken-driving case.
Boone pleaded no contest to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and was convicted Wednesday in Franklin County Municipal Court. A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but means the defendant will not fight charges.
The jail time will be suspended if the 18-year-old Boone completes an alcohol-education program by July 4.
The court-ordered program is separate from the Ohio State athletic department’s drug and alcohol counseling program Boone has entered as a first-time offender.
Boone entered the plea so he could put the case “behind him and move on,” attorney Bradley Koffel said.
Coach Jim Tressel declined to comment after Thursday’s practice.
Boone, a Lakewood St. Edward grad, was involved in a two-car accident near campus April 2. His blood-alcohol level tested at .159 percent, nearly twice Ohio’s legal limit of .08 percent, according to police reports.
The 6-foot-8, 315-pound Boone played in 11 games last season as a freshman and was chosen the Buckeyes’ most outstanding first-year offensive player.
 
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Dispatch

4/21/06


It’s still not clear whether offensive tackle Alex Boone will be eligible to play football for the Buckeyes this fall after a recent arrest for drunken driving. But Ohio State’s tightened enforcement of a policy involving students who face drunken-driving charges apparently has spawned a legal strategy along with it.

Nine of the 15 students charged with drunken driving this academic year have been suspended from school for the following quarter. One attorney said that if a student he represented were arrested in the spring, he would advise them to sign up for summer quarter, regardless of whether they had planned to attend school then. Presumably, the student would be suspended for summer quarter, and he could resume attending classes in the fall.
This could have had something to do with Boone’s decision to plead no contest to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in Franklin County Municipal Court this week. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and given a $300 fine, with the jail time suspended provided he completes an alcohol-education course by July 4. If he had pleaded not guilty and the case hadn’t been resolved by the beginning of summer quarter, presumably any suspension by the school would come during fall quarter, which would prohibited him from playing football in the 2006 season.
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jpfbuck62 said:
per a web site run by the U. of Washington, for someone Boone's weight, he would have had to consume 20 - 1 oz shots of 50% alcohol to blow a .159 4 hours after he started drinking. Any way you look at it, it was not a "mistake" but a willfull reckless act to take in likely over a dozen bears or 5-6 mixed drinks or 20 shots....
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Everything you say is accurate. That said.... Geesh man! This is an 18 year old KID who screwed up LIGHTEN UP. Im betting a lot of you with these hard line positions do not have children so you have no clue about what kids are really like. They screw up, some times royally. Someone who REALLY had it together onces said " Let him with out sin cast the first stone..."
 
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BuckeyeRob said:
Everything you say is accurate. That said.... Geesh man! This is an 18 year old KID who screwed up LIGHTEN UP. Im betting a lot of you with these hard line positions do not have children so you have no clue about what kids are really like. They screw up, some times royally. Someone who REALLY had it together onces said " Let him with out sin cast the first stone..."
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I sure don't have a kid that age. However, I still tend to accept the fact that kids do screw up royally. That being said, I don't suppose you have a close family member who lost both his wife and 3-1/2 year old daughter because of drunken driving.

Face it. As long as he screws up in a way that doesn't affect anybody, I will cut him some slack. However, his drunken driving was reckless endangerment. I am a fan of Ohio State football as much as the next person, but taking no action against Boone for this is the WRONG DECITION.
 
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