Kirk Peters, associate dean of student affairs at Eastern Conneticut State University, created a policy that sends students to an opera or symphony, rather than slap them with citations or fines.
Initially the faculty and staff of the university questioned the Alternative Restitution Program when he began it in the fall.
"Now they are sold on it," Peters said, "It's something the (students) don't want to do, so I feel it is a penalty. But I feel they are getting something out of it."
50 students, so far, have been ordered to attend classical music performances because of minor offences.
Next month, Peters plans to bring the next batch of troublemakers to see "Tosca" Puccini's tragic opera about love and betrayal.
Instead of death by elecution - I guess some of these future offenders may experience death by opera!
:-)
Rob