Word: drunkenness
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Last Sunday as the city of Boston celebrated the recent World Series win for the Red Sox I was getting ready to poke fun at the drunken locals on the evening news shouting in that famed Boston (Bas-tahn) tone. As one guy attempted the Pabelbom jig while shouting incomprehensibly, I came perilously close to calling my roommate into the common room to mock this inebriated, unintelligible soul who apparently missed the “Sesame Street” episode brought to us by the letter...
...Series victory embellished by the Patriots Übermensch destruction of the Washington Redskins, many aging and rusty Bostonians would be getting lucky for possibly the first time since the Sox last won the Series (a paltry wait, in comparison to the 86-year drought that had preceded it). Drunken college students, and other young revelers, would gush into Copley and Kenmore squares, lubricated into a Dionysian frenzy by a victory in which they played no part, but for which they felt invincibly enjoined to turn over cars and set a lot of things on fire. Of course, the Boston...
...just shutting up and learning to live with it. But some people see study and exploration as a stronger way to approach the problem. The more we learn about ourselves and others, the more likely we are to feel happy and safe. And in a world of meaningless drunken hook-ups, perhaps it’s time we started getting more of what we wanted...
...Besides hazily conflicting with the College’s amnesty policy (whereby students who go to University Health Services have nothing to fear from the administration), the new rule endangers students by providing a disincentive to bring drunken kids to UHS from a fear of getting a friend (or, say the president of the final club you’re punching) into trouble. It’s a shame the Administration has chosen to favor pedantic bureaucracy over student safety...
...Supposedly a thoughtful and enlightened institution, the College is acting with all the wisdom and grace of a drunken freshman. But worst of all, the crackdown seems to be less about safe drinking than about College’s desire to cover its legal arse...