Though reports regarding student citations issued in the Jan. 24 raid of The Boat Club have been forwarded from the Office of Residence Life and Housing to the London Program and the Office of International Study Programs, officials from both departments said such a citation would not necessarily prevent a student from being admitted to or participating in an abroad program.

Students cited from the bar bust were sent letters Jan. 29 instructing them to appear for disciplinary conferences.

The Office of International Study Programs (ISP) said it was notified early this week about the citations, but declined to say exactly what type of information it received.

"We have received word," said Thomas Bogenschild, Notre Dame's director of international study programs. "We are in ongoing discussion with Student Affairs."

Bogenschild said it is typical for his office to maintain constant contact with Residence Life regarding students' disciplinary records before and after the application deadlines.

Meanwhile, officials from the London Program declined to comment on whether their office had been in contact with the Residence Life regarding The Boat Club citations.

"I don't think it's appropriate for me to say whether we have or not," said Anastasia Gutting, director of the London Program, over e-mail. "Such [disciplinary] matters are handled on a case-by-case basis."

Gutting did not say how a recent citation might affect a student on the London Program wait list.

She did not return phone calls seeking further comment on the matter.

Letters regarding initial acceptance and wait list decisions for the London Program were mailed to students on Jan. 29. Students contacted by The Observer who had been cited at The Boat Club and who had applied to study-abroad programs declined interview requests.

Because many students apply to London, Australia and Dublin, Bogenschild said his office makes decisions regarding the Dublin and Australia programs first so that students receive notification from the London Program and ISP around the same time. The director expected decisions for the remaining programs to be finalized shortly. "They should be complete in about two weeks," he said.

While Bogenschild said that his office can suspend an acceptance for a study abroad program, he stressed that ISP will consider such applications individually and pay attention to such problems, although Bogenschild said such problems would not necessarily prevent a student from studying abroad.

Regarding Boat Club citations specifically, Bogenschild said the same policy would apply.

"It in itself probably isn't going to prevent someone from going," he said. "It's part of a larger picture," he said.

Bogenschild also said that the only issue that automatically prevents a student from participating in ISP is disciplinary probation.

Gutting said disciplinary probation was not the only matter that automatically precluded a student from participating in the London Program, but did not say what those other issues were.

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