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Originally Posted by berettafan

Snitches get stitches...yes i generally agree with that sentiment. However if your son would've been expelled otherwise and had no choice then that is on the offenders for putting him in that position.

This is the stance that makes sense to me if my understanding is correct that your son would have been expelled if/when the roommate got caught. In that situation, through no fault of his own, he now has a dog in the fight... "snitches" in my mind are a neutral party and sounds like that was not the case here.

But, if your son snitched which presumably led to the guilty party being caught, how is that kid still there to threaten your son? Perhaps your son's understanding of the penalties ("had this guy got caught, all the roommates would be held liable , and would lead to expulsion") were incorrect?

FWIW I went to a college with a strict honor code (which you signed etc) and a violation could (and often did) result in expulsion. I know this is not apples to apples but I just went back and reviewed the text, the standard for you to be in the clear if you witness a violation from someone else is to "take appropriate action" followed by five examples of appropriate action depending on the severity. The last one is to report them to faculty, the first one is to confront the person about it. It is easy for me to say this from the comfort of my armchair (and it is possible your son did this) but seems like step one would be confronting the roommate and plainly stating that they are putting your son at risk and demanding they stop, step two is looking to change rooms or roommates, and last step if other options are exhausted would be snitching.