At the beginning of every new school year, Skidmore College students relish in the last of Saratoga’s summer warmth. Returning students reunite with friends and spend their Saturday nights at well-loved local venues. Many first-years attend college parties for the first time. This fall, however, those blissful weekends were interrupted on September 25, when Skidmore students awoke — many of them after a night out — to an alarming message in their inbox. The email, sent by the College’s Office of Campus Safety, reported a suspected drink drugging at a downtown establishment.
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So why aren’t there more of them?
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Students have, by choice or by force, spent more time on campus or downtown at bars on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Despite more students staying on campus, the number of events has declined.
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