Alcohol charges remain at average level 
By the time students' first week back on campus had passed, eight had already been cited by the USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety for drug violations. By Monday, that number reached 12; an additional three had been cited for alcohol violations, three for drug paraphernalia, and one for driving under the influence.
Due to changes in the ways that the Division of Law Enforcement and Safety report crime, these numbers are difficult to contextualize. The Division of Law Enforcement and Safety has begun logging crime reports on raidsonline.com, which maps criminal activity. While all violent crimes from the past semester have been logged onto the website, data on drug- and alcohol-related violations is only available from Feb. 28 to the present. Reports from January and February were unavailable at press time Wednesday evening.
However, with the data available, one can conclude that the first 2 1/2 weeks of the fall semester have been slightly more eventful than a normal week. While the average number of drug violations each week between Feb. 28 and May 7 was 2.1, over the past 2 1/2 weeks, weekly drug violations have more than doubled, reaching an average of 4.8 per week.
Drug paraphernalia and alcohol violations, however, have remained at a similar level to the 10-week spring semester average. Average weekly drug paraphernalia violations rose by 0.2 and alcohol violations stayed constant at a weekly average of 1.2 incidents.
While 2 1/2 weeks of data is not a strong indicator of an entire semester's worth of crime, Division of Law Enforcement and Safety Capt. Eric Grabski is doubtful as to whether the slightly higher crime rates will last.
"Crime is an interesting thing in that it will come in spurts," Grabski said. "We generally have them as the school year begins, but I think that we and other forces around campus — like resident mentors — will help get rates down during the semester."