| Is there drinking that goes on during student orientation?
absolutely. While, as ethicka mentioned, it is a 'dry' weekend, that simply means nothing official can happen. You'd better believe that unofficial stuff can and DOES happen. However, for prefrosh to actually find that, they have to be rather outgoing - it takes a certain amount of self confidence to try and crash upper-class parties.
I remember my first day of orientation, when my 20 year old roommate (I was 18) came in, we said hi, and his friend, a 21 year old freshman came in the door with a case of corona. Even then, however, it would have been very possible to choose not to drink at all, and people did hang out in our room that night, and not drink. I can think of one student I know who doesn't drink for religious reasons, but who is very active socially, in a heavy drinking crowd. |