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...ideal night is spent jaunting from the Cockpit to the Belltower sipping beer alongside signs saying, “You Must Be 21 To Drink.” For students who do not share this enthusiasm, however, upperclass parties funded by the Undergraduate Council (UC) have little allure. The UC??s decision to augment freshman party grants with an additional $150 per week is a step forward in improving social life for all students on campus that we hope will continue beyond the current three-week trial period...
Students who drink already reap the majority of the UC??s social generosity; however, the $75 opt-out student activities fee is charged to the termbills of drinkers and non-drinkers alike. According to the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services, 50 percent of incoming freshmen identified as abstainers. Funneling the majority of party funds to venues where the primary focus is alcohol cuts off social options for students who choose not to drink. By funding more freshman parties, the UC is wisely extending a hand to a traditionally ignored demographic...
...dissatisfied, recently doubled the value of its three weekly freshman party grants. While freshmen used to be allotted only $50 to plan a rager, they now have a cool $100. That’s a lot of chips and salsa. Unfortunately, it’s not much else. The UC??s actions are well intentioned, but will be ineffective, and the grant increase should live no longer than its approved three-week trial period. There’s just no getting around the fact that an alcohol-free party in a freshman dorm room will never be that...
Alexander N. “Zander” Li ’08 will steer the UC??s Financial Committee...
...Some students don’t seem to care about the UC elections or even the UC??s role in undergraduate life. What is your reaction to these apathetic youngsters...