<p>Hi, I'm a first year at UVa and from what I've heard there is a big frat scene, which is all cool and all but I know that they break the law sometimes.</p>
<p>I heard about a frat party soon and I know a lot of first years who will get involved heavily in the frat scene, which involves underage drinking and is against the law.</p>
<p>If I hear about a frat party in advance, should I report it to the campus police? Or is there a better place to report it?</p>
<p>While people have different views on drinking under the age of 21, I value the law and feel that it's my duty as a citizen to protect it, so don't harangue me about wanting to report this :/</p>
<p>I wish there was an “unlike” button on here. If there is something I dislike more than kids drinking too much is kids who rat on others.</p>
<p>Well I don’t know about you, but a citizen’s duty is to report stuff like this. Maybe if people were more proactive about preventing people from breaking the drinking law all the time there wouldn’t be sorority girls raped left and right in universities across the country. </p>
<p>Nobody is above the law.</p>
<p>When you arrive in Charlottesville, stop by the police station and ask how they want you to handle it. I am being tongue in cheek, but hey, go to the source and ask. When I attended, the drinking age was 18.</p>
<p>OP, what’s your goal? If you’re trying to punish those who engage in activities that you disagree with, then call the police while the illicit activity is ongoing. If you have the more altruistic concern of protecting people from themselves, your efforts will be misguided inasmuch as they are futile. </p>
<p>If, however, your true goal is – as you say – merely to fulfill your “duty” to “protect the law,” I’m curious to know where you gained this blind allegiance to active endorsement of the government’s regulations and, not quite seriously, note that entering law enforcement as a profession would be in order if you wish to act toward that goal in a meaningful way.</p>
<p>This has to be a ■■■■■ post. If not…</p>
<p>silverturtle, I don’t know what you’re asking. I do not need to be in law enforcement to simply do my duty as a citizen and report underage drinking. I feel like people need to take a more active role in preventing underage drinking and by calling the city police or campus police or whoever, maybe people will realize how serious underage drinking is.</p>
<p>There are not enough city police / campus patrol in charlottesvilley to stop the drinking. And it is like that at most colleges.</p>
<p>Sheltered OP is sheltered</p>
<p>As long as it doesn’t hurt you personally, take a chill pill. Are you going to call the UN every time war breaks out? That affects a lot more people in a much more detrimental way than teenagers experimenting.</p>
<p>UVAorBust, they should at least try. Maybe if a few dozen people got busted for underage drinking, it would send the message that breaking the law because you want to is NOT okay. Then maybe underage drinking at parties in universities would happen less often.</p>
<p>It would set an example to other UVA students.</p>
<p>UVA’s stance on drinking is better than most schools I’ve seen in that their main aim is to protect the students. Calling the police on a party is not always a good idea. Students will undoubtedly flee the scene intoxicated and will endanger themselves and those around them. You’re basically asking people to drive drunk. A more appropriate response is to make sure that the students are safe. If you choose to blindly follow the law instead of looking out for the well-being of the students then I must inform you that you are not in the right.</p>
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<p>Well if experimenting was okay, then maybe we wouldn’t have drinking laws. But the fact is - there is a LAW for a reason and at a school as prestigious (especially in law and political science) as UVa is I would think that everyone would realize this.</p>
<p>Obvious ■■■■■ is obvious.</p>
<p>Alright silverturtle well you can pull out your fancy logic terms all you want. All I know is that as a first year student of UVa, I actually CARE about the people around me and they should not be getting involved in dangerous activities like underage drinking. If the police were more involved, maybe people would avoid these activities and realize that it’s serious.</p>
<p>There is an organization on campus that you might want to look into. It’s called ADAPT. I believe it stands for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team. If you join, you will get extensive training on how to help others who have had too much to drink, knowing the warning signs of alcohol poisoning and when you should call 911, helping others to be aware about the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse through educational seminars and pamphlets, etc. As far as I know, calling the police to let them know about a party is not on the list of things to do to help out fellow students.</p>
<p>Thanks curiousmother!</p>
<p>It’s just ridiculous that drinking is so prevalent at a top university like UVa. I guess I second guess myself about attending, but then again it probably happens in a lot of places. Our duty must be to help others and also let them see the consequences of breaking the law.</p>
<p>I don’t think the OP is interested in helping people once they’re drunk. He is interested in making each single person pay for their disobedience of the law. This is coming from someone who does not drink FYI.</p>