University of Florida set to crack down on the partying

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<p>University of Florida policy could curb party school image
UF prohibits kegs of beer, drinking games</p>

<p>By Scott Travis | South Florida Sun-Sentinel </p>

<p>The nation's top party school could turn into a party pooper, some University of Florida students fear.</p>

<p>Just more than a week after the Princeton Review cited UF as the best place to party, the university revised its alcohol policy, specifically prohibiting some popular college-drinking activities.</p>

<p>No more quarters, beer pong or other drinking games. No more keg stands, where students guzzle beer from a keg while being held upside down. Or alcohol ice luges, where liquor is consumed through a giant block of ice.</p>

<p>"We are trying to encourage responsible behavior," said UF spokeswoman Janine Sikes. "Drinking games encourage those things we are trying to discourage, which is excessive drinking and underage drinking."</p>

<p>No kegs, mini kegs or beer balls would be allowed at all under the revised policy, which also reinforces existing policies that prohibit underage drinking and driving under the influence.</p>

<p>The policy applies to students on-campus or off-campus, although Sikes said off-campus enforcement would be only in extreme cases such as "if there's some kind of brutal rape and it's learned there's a keg or underage drinking."</p>

<p>The policy is part of a revised student code of conduct, which also deals with issues such as hazing, sexual harassment, drug use and cheating. Sikes said a committee of UF employees and students started developing the policy two years ago. She said it's just coincidental that it was released after the July 28 Princeton Review ranking. She said most of the alcohol policies aren't new, but the revisions clarify existing rules. Penalties can range from reprimand to suspension, depending on the frequency and severity of the offenses.</p>

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<p>So uh, how much drinking actually occurs on-campus? Most people are in the double dorms that would be more than a little cramped if a party were to be attempted, not to mention easily busted.</p>

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<p>Lots of freshmen get together and play ring of fire, beer pong, etc. in Beaty and maybe in some of the other larger dorms, as well. Small drinking get-togethers are relatively common on campus, but no, no one really throws actual parties in dorms - unless they’re completely ■■■■■■■■ (happens occasionally). please don’t be one of those people. </p>

<p>p.s. does anyone know if it’s true that next year you’ll have to be over 21 to enter clubs and bars that don’t serve food in g-ville?!? ugh that would really reallyyy suck…</p>

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<p>^ They are going to crack down on the fraternity house parties. Also no Beer-pong is allowed anywhere on campus.</p>

<p>I say: Too little, too late.</p>

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<p>The new rules of conduct doesn’t really change anything. Students will party at their friend’s apartments and do whatever they want.</p>

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<p>“The policy applies to students on-campus or off-campus, although Sikes said off-campus enforcement would be only in extreme cases such as ‘if there’s some kind of brutal rape and it’s learned there’s a keg or underage drinking.’”</p>

<p>What would disqualify a rape from being “brutal?”</p>

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<p>I hope they crack down on frat parties. God, I’m living like a block away from Frat Row [Simpson].</p>

<p>Though, it may make people-watching slightly less exciting.</p>

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<p>Drinking in the dorms happens but you are only caught if you are being stupid and loud. RAs are not actively trying to find people drinking. They just write people up who bring attention to themselves (loud music playing, loud noises coming from the room, etc.). If they really want to crack down on hard partying then they should just focus on frat parties on-campus. I think regulating off-campus parties is going to be hard.</p>

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<p>I’m living by the Fraternities too, but I think that’s a good thing. Some people enjoy drinking once in a while. The greek houses have been home to parties and other social events for a long time, so hopefully this move to ban kegs and drinking games is just a response to the recent Princeton Review ranking and it won’t be enforced strictly. It would be close to impossible to stop people from playing beer pong and other drinking games, because they’re so popular and competitive.</p>

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<p>Dangerous, unhealthy illegal activity isn’t what I’d describe as a “good thing”.</p>

<p>I agree with the problems of regulating off-campus drinking/partying. I don’t know what they plan on doing about that, really.</p>

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<p>IMO, this is just like any other “new policy” for businesses. The school will demonstrate its muscle for a while and then things will gradually get back to “normal” until the next dose of bad national publicity.</p>

<p>If I were the president of one of PR’s top-rated party schools, I would demand specific, quantifiable data confirming my “ranking” in relation to other schools. PR’s data are merely anecdotal opinions of students. They protect themselves with nifty caveats to keep from getting sued for libel.</p>

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<p>Dave Berry, a ranking like this is not something that you can sue for libel over. It cannot be proved 100% true or 100% false, so it is not a fact you can legitimately dispute over. PR’s does not claim to hold its rankings as fact and its rankings are legally classified as ‘opinion’ and you cannot sue somebody for libel over their opinion.</p>

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<p>Regardless of the recent ******** Princeton Review rankings, the University of Florida has always had a tradition of being a big party school. Every time I visit my brother in California and meet his friends I get asked, “What college are you attending?”. I respond, “UF”. They return, “The party school down south?”…<br>
I highly doubt more regulations are going to change ANYTHING at all. They want to stop fraternity parties? Every fraternity has an off campus house. Big fraternity parties haven’t been ON CAMPUS for almost a decade. They can try to limit partying all they want… However, it is my personal opinion that Americans will always be Americans… And rebel. It’s our culture. Our country has it’s panties tied in a knot about drinking for the past 30 years. Sadly, it’s only making the situation worse. Go to Europe, you will see less binge drinking. Why? There are less regulations.</p>

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<p>Do you have a source you can point to to corroborate that statement?</p>

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<p>Everyone I’ve heard of who has gone to Europe as a student [be it on a group summer trip or an exchange] has witnessed Americans making idiots of themselves by getting wasted while the Europeans in the group know how to control themselves.</p>

<p>[Underage</a> Drinking: European Parents May Know Best](<a href=“http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/May-June-08/Underage-Drinking--European-Parents-May-Know-Best.html]Underage”>http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/May-June-08/Underage-Drinking--European-Parents-May-Know-Best.html)</p>

<p>I think most everything regarding “who deals with it best” is subjective though.</p>

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<p>Correct me if I am wrong, but I am pretty sure they are considered on campus. The only house I wouldnt consider on campus is PIKE’s old house (now TKE) and Delta Tau Delta house on university ave.</p>