<p>Let’s combine some of the earlier posts. The OP should crash parties in a batman mask! You would be the life of the party once you stepped in the door!</p>
<p>Yes, the original post is just a ■■■■■ trying to get people to overreact. However, it does remind me of the first week in my first year dorm. One guy on our hall complained to the RA that everyone should have to be completely quiet so he could study in his room — at 10 pm on A SATURDAY NIGHT. Not the best way to make new friends. Everyone remembered it for a very long time.</p>
<p>Uvaclassof2015 obviously has major social issues if he’s going to rat on a frat party. </p>
<p>There’s no way you can stop drinking at school like UVA, you should probably transfer because you won’t make a single friend.</p>
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<p>I remember a kid like this. He would always tell people in the lounge to shut up at 9PM because he was trying to sleep, then he would go cry to the RA. No one really liked him much…including the RA.</p>
<p>midwest101, that’s really rude of you. Drinking is breaking the law, no matter how you try to get around it.</p>
<p>silverturtle, the role of law enforcement is to ENFORCE the LAW. Whether you disagree with it or not, you must obey it. And it is the duty of every citizen to ensure that the law is protected in this nation.</p>
<p>@OP; you say that the government is looking out for us with the drinking age, and as such this is different from MLK’s work. A racist would say that segregation was looking out for the wellbeing of citizens by “keeping whites safe from dangerous blacks.” You cannot say that the law must absolutely be followed…except for when YOU like the people breaking the law.</p>
<p>I think the OP had a few too many.</p>
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<p>Why are you asserting this thus far uncontested fact?</p>
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<p>This is untrue. Disobedience of the law is completely within one’s physical freedoms; punishment may result, however. </p>
<p>Your recent swing to supporting your stance not from a perspective of public health (a misguided one anyways) but from one espousing the undeniable, compliance-mandating wisdom of the government raises interesting questions: If alcohol were legalized for all college students, would you have any problem with its consumption by your peers at UVA? If you continued to object, despite the tacit governmental approval of the practice, how would this manifest? </p>
<p>Would you take enforcement upon yourself?</p>
<p>This thread is ridiculous. Almost every college has underage drinking except for a few super-religious ones. As you stated, OP, the drinking age is set at 21 to prevent IRRESPONSIBLE drinking, not to prevent drinking in general. Even though the drinking age is “technically” 21, if people drink responsibly, the police won’t find out and it’s not a problem.</p>
<p>At WashU, the faculty specifically said they won’t rat you out for underage drinking, you just can’t be “flagrantly” drunk. If you are, there are consequences mentally and lawfully, but if you’re not, there aren’t.</p>
<p>There’s nothing unhealthy about having a beer or two and then walking home. Freshmen usually can’t even have cars on campus and I would hope that by the time most people are sophomores or juniors they’ll have learned their limits (and they can probably walk home anyway or will be responsible enough to select a designated driver).</p>
<p>Is this a joke? I hope to god the OP is trolling.</p>
<p>This is hilarious.</p>
<p>UVA is so lax that even the VSOC (like a demerit/slap on the wrist) system was abolished during my time here, which was really the only semblance of authority over rule breaking.</p>
<p>You might find it interesting that according to VA law, you are in possession of alcohol (underage) even if it is inside of you. Or at least that was the case a few years ago. Seems it is still true: [Virginia</a> Beach Underage Drinking Defense Attorney | Norfolk Underage Possession Of Alcohol Lawyer | Chesapeake VA Minor In Possession](<a href=“Request Rejected”>Virginia Beach Minor in Possession of Alcohol | Hallauer Law Firm)</p>
<p>I would also like to know if you feel it your duty to report people who litter, speed, jaywalk, etc.</p>
<p>I say this as a sober UVA alumna. I went to a frat party once – to be the des. driver for some of my friends who would have had a precarious time getting home otherwise. They were all 21 though.</p>
<p>You might also be interested in the mailing list, Hoos Sober. It gives weekly emails of alcohol free events (movies, concerts, etc). Great resource whether you are sober or not.</p>
<p>My brother when he was under 21 tried to use his fake (hawaii… lol) license to buy beer at home (apparently it actually worked at college! in michigan). The store clerk told my brother he could call our mom or the cops. So maybe a better resource for you would be emailing the facebook party invite to the parent’s association or something… Haha.</p>
<p>Wow, fraternity life among the Wahoos- do I remember that or what?! I took my D on a tour and asked the guide if, uh, things were as much fun as I remembered. He fidgeted.<br>
I also tried to find out if they still had “Mud Bowl.” Since I am a mom, now he was really at a loss for words.
When the tour was done, I asked D what she wanted to see- “fraternity row.” Alas, though school was in session, it looked pretty tame.</p>
<p>Ok, OP has ZERO idea how tolerated underage drinking is on campuses across the country. Despite the parent-pleasant words about respecting laws, when D1 started (not UVA,) we all soon found out the college’s actual policy was “Keep it in the dorm.” </p>
<p>There is a movement afoot among some college presidents to reduce the drinking age, thinking that - oh, I dunno, they have lots of reasons. And, lots of opponents. </p>
<p>OP has to learn to make decisions that are right for him or her. OP will learn, though, that rigidity of thinking is a bad idea. After that, he can do as he pleases.</p>
<p>Gawd, OP is in for a surprise. Maybe he/she can do what my other D (also not UVA) does: when the parties are on, head for the library- with a surprising number of others. (Yes, I wished one of them had gone to UVA so I could visit- but they had other preferences.)</p>
<p>Oh, btw, do I endorse excessive drinking among college kids? No. Same for adults. And, I didn’t attend UVA, just spent many a weekend there- and worked at a student bar.</p>
<p>Amusing thread – I sure hope OP is a ■■■■■. Have to say my reaction to the brain scan info, etc., coming out lately is puzzlement. Let’s see, if those under 21 (actually 25) don’t have the maturity or judgment to to drink alcohol, how do they have the maturity/judgment to vote, fight in wars, etc., etc., etc.?</p>
<p>I know OP is a ■■■■■ but I enjoy his assertion that in a month when I turn 21 I will magically be able to control myself and know my limits better than I do now at 20.</p>
<p>I’m transfer student who is over 21 and will gladly buy alcohol for all underage girls :)</p>
<p>^TFM.</p>
<p>I am also a transfer (21), and while I won’t purchase alcohol for the youngins (not looking for a contributing to delinquency charge regardless of my opinions), I’m not going to take it from you either.</p>
<p>Yeh I won’t buy stuff for the unfortunately underaged but if they wanted to steal one or two from my fridge, I’d look the other way ;)</p>
<p>At most colleges, as long as you keep it relatively quiet and under control, they don’t care about drinking. However, if you buy alcohol for someone underage and they get hurt, its state prison time. And you thought the communal showers in the Old Dorms were bad…</p>
<p>In response to comments above, I believe you should have to be 21 years old before a President can send you off to a useless “preemptive” invasion and occupation of another country.</p>
<p>^ Amen to that.</p>
<p>TFM=total frat move? Oh god, I miss UVA. And haha, if you really want to tattle tale on your classmates, just take Econ 201, the honor code is violated on the final like crazy.</p>