HAMILTON, NY—The campus community erupted with outrage on Thursday night when Abby Karr ’20 was caught in the act, drinking a glass of white wine in her Curtis double. Her roommate called 911 at 8:31 P.M. and responders arrived at the scene at 8:34 P.M. The police reported that she viciously resisted arrest, going so far as to ask them questions and even cry as they handcuffed her. A crowd had amassed in Curtis hallways as rumors of the criminal were quickly flying around campus; students booed and threw rotten vegetables at Karr as police dragged her from the building.
While the administration attempted to keep the scandal under wraps, major media outlets soon caught wind and descended upon campus. Fox News has been streaming live footage from a helicopter for the past week. In CNN’s exclusive interview with Karr’s roommate, Beth Sawyer broke down into tears, sobbing “I didn’t really know her, but I remember she said once she didn’t think drinking was that big of a deal. Good God, how was I supposed to know she wasn’t joking?” Protests have broken out across campus as students beg the administration to expel Karr from Colgate. A junior student told Rag reporters his personal experience dealing with the scandal saying, “Alright, so there are some bad things about Colgate. You get your bigot here and there, an almost worthless EGP process, and maybe a few casual drug scandals. But underage drinking? That’s crossing the goddamn fucking line, and we won’t tolerate it.”
The administration has been taking a lot of heat as investigators work to figure out where Karr could have gotten her hands on alcohol, and worst, if there is a chance that underage drinking has happened before on campus. Colgate’s administration issued a formal apology in the New York Times, promising to crack down on this behavior by hiring 113 new Campus Safety officers. Karr is currently being held in a maximum security prison awaiting her court date, scheduled for 6 A.M. on Christmas Eve.
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