[stupac2]

Yeah I don't think this is going to go so well. What's weird to me is this hardly affects the actual problems (you can still get ragingly drunk on beer and wine at some frat party) while banning things that were completely fine (like my friend's margarita parties). I think the administration was put in a tough spot where they felt like they had to do something, but all the options are bad, so they chose the one that's the most defensible though clearly useless. Do they actually think they're accomplishing this?

“We must create a campus community that allows for alcohol to be a part of the social lives of some of our students, but not to define the social and communal lives of all of our students,” Greg Boardman, vice provost for student affairs, wrote to all incoming students.

Laudable goal, but how does this policy do that? People will either break the rule (because it's stupid and probably impossible to enforce) or drink other equally intoxicating things. You can't change a culture by fiat.

[stupac2]

Yeah I don't think this is going to go so well. What's weird to me is this hardly affects the actual problems (you can still get ragingly drunk on beer and wine at some frat party) while banning things that were completely fine (like my friend's margarita parties). I think the administration was put in a tough spot where they felt like they had to do something, but all the options are bad, so they chose the one that's the most defensible though clearly useless. Do they actually think they're accomplishing this?

“We must create a campus community that allows for alcohol to be a part of the social lives of some of our students, but not to define the social and communal lives of all of our students,” Greg Boardman, vice provost for student affairs, wrote to all incoming students.

Laudable goal, but how does this policy do that? People will either break the rule (because it's stupid and probably impossible to enforce) or drink other equally intoxicating things. You can't change a culture by fiat.