Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University is a dry campus which is fine especially if you are looking for a school as such. The problem with the university is that if they do catch you with alcohol underage or not you are put on disiplinary probation and made to do community service work. If you are underage the CNU police inform the Newport News Police and you are sent to jail and then have to go to court. Even this would not be so bad if it wasnt for the fact that CNU police and RA's are constantly looking for these things. Police circle building waiting for a trip honestly the school crosses the line between a safe environment and harrassment to point. The fire marshall was sent to a frat house for the safety check snooping around he found a case a beer in the fridge everyone who lived in the frat house was kicked out of school. My boyfriend was 21 years old when the RA found a bottle of liqour in the room and he now has to perform 50 hours of community service with supervisors who treat him as if he were actually a criminal. The university has now built a bar on campus....which is puzzling to me as well....it turns out that CNU police will be stationed at the door and that if anyone tries to leave intoxicated they will be charged. O yea and the president of CNU Paul TRibble has a mini bar in his office.....sort of hypocritical. And have fun getting into graduate school with any kind of charge on your record from newport news. Even off campus is not safe from harrassment a group of people from CNU were having a party off campus the CNU police came and held everyone there while they called the newport news police granted the kids should have known that the CNU police had no jurisdiction but i mean really. Kids are stopped maybe for speeding or normal traffic violation and then the CNU police proceed to find any reason to search their car. It's unreasonable if you are of age not to be able to have a beer while watching a football game, its ok for the city of newport news but apparently not for paul tribble. o yea and here's his reasoning....his dropout son was in northern va at college and he said when he went to visit him he had to step over beer cans and bottles...so i guess his own son ruined it for everyone. If you're looking for a fun atmosphere at college do not come to CNU unless your looking for lots of ice cream socials and harrassment this isnt the place for you.

1st Year Female -- Class 2006

Perceived Campus Safety: A, Education Quality: F

CNU is an ok school if you dont get good grades in high school, but it would be idiotic to go to CNU over schools such as UVA or Virginia Tech. CNU Is on the rise, but so are most schools in Virginia.

1st Year Male -- Class 2008

Perceived Campus Safety: A+, Individual Value: F