<p>Any thoughts on the new university-imposed restrictions on alcohol and rushing?</p>
<p>University</a> Cracks Down on Drinking in Greek System | The Cornell Daily Sun</p>
<p>Ridiculous. All this will achieve is more drinking in Ctown/apartments and behind closed doors. Obviously kids are just going to pregame before any “dry” events…even more dangerous since it’ll increase hard liquor consumption, whereas open parties are just beer. I don’t see how this won’t backfire.</p>
<p>the one thing i do not understand is why fraternity pledges are not allowed to attend mixers with sororities. thats the whole point -> for new members of each chapter to meet each other</p>
<p>I agree with Beeb.</p>
<p>Freshmen drinking isn’t caused by open parties existing, open parties exist because freshmen drink. </p>
<p>Not allowing them into open parties will just push their drinking underground, where there aren’t sober monitors or paid security or any regulations at all, and where there will be more prevalent hard liqueur.</p>
<p>Furthermore if they have to go all the way to ctown to drink they are more likely to drive drunk and also use fake ids.</p>
<p>By making the restrictions overly restrictive the university essentially loses all control over the freshmen drinking scene, where as under the old system they had a lot more control than at most other colleges.</p>
<p>Sad it has to come down to this. I remember when I set foot as a freshman and alcohol flowed freely. I noticed some changes with the system each year that went by, but didn’t realize that they were gonna take drastic measures like this.</p>
<p>So someone isn’t allowed to drink at Cornell Greek events? Say wahhH, considering there are a ton of ways to prove that drinking ON CAMPUS is much safer than banning it altogether. You’re saying that there are judicial problems associated with drinking such as rape etc etc… we get it. Pat yourself on the back. Masturbate to Portman tonight. Meanwhile those of us who are in the Greek system just have to deal with this minor setback by engineering ways not to get caught drinking , or taking it off campus. Travis Apgar, your personal crusade against the Greeks shines. But no worries, Greeks are just going to have to “adjust,” and do everything behind closed doors….yea… MUCH safer now….
I think there needs to be petitions written up and a much needed campaign from the student’s to fight this. It seems that Apgar has a personal vendetta to ban a system that did not treat him well. This system is for the students, not the administration. There is a good argument and reason to counter this mandate. All the Greeks, as well as other students should fight it and take this to the higher administration asap.
I think drinking is probably what keeps most people sane on campus. There are some bad experiences that get out of hand, but banning drinking without any type of debate with the students is a recipe for disaster. </p>
<p>Travis Apgar… You fat piece of SH**, just because you had a bad experience in your college life doesnt mean its good to shove your ideology down the throat of other students. Did he even attend an Ivy league School? </p>
<p>Just look at how pathetic this guys life is. he gets his Ass kicked in college, so he makes it a personal endeavor to bash every single fraternity/sorority in the whole nation!!</p>
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<p>This guy is just going to ruin Cornell’s party scene, and if no one stands to it, theres going to be huge issues. I know there are going to be some nay sayers out there, but just becuase some kids have a bad experience doesnt mean the rest of the crowd has to suffer for it. Its like saying that because the suicides of a relative few engineers this past year, engineering classes are going to be much easier now. WRONG. Some people can handle the Greek scene, some people cant, banning it all together wont help anyone its up to the individual students to decide for themselves what their limits and values are, not the administration.</p>