Greek Life

willmingtonwave
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:54:09 +0000

For those of you who say “This is college. You will find excessive drinking at most of them”, are you saying that it is ok to drink and get wasted, and break the rules (for those that are under 21). When I hear about these kind of issues at college campuses (the one at Wake, as an example), it tells me a lot about the character of students who attend there, and therefore the character of the school. If someone under 21 will break the rule on drinking, what other rules are they going to break: cheating on exams, plagiarism, etc…, you name it. If they can’t obey the rules in college, what about when they get out of college. And so forth. I guess I just can’t understand what is so great about making oneself so foolish and stupid (some kids make mistakes while drunk they regret their whole life).



I do not think that is really a fair assessment. There are always going to people everywhere that are going to push the envelope. It is just the nature of college–drinking will be common. I am not saying I condone it, but it is a fact. If drinking and whatnot bother a person to that level there are plenty of fine alternatives including military academies, BYU, and Wheaton Colleges where that will not be part of the culture.

I also see a huge difference between underage drinking and breaking the honor code–which I can assure you people take very seriously.