<p>I posted on the general thread about this. </p>
<p>This is another case of students KNOWING a classmate was drinking too much (and underage for it too) and letting her go ALONE out in the night in that condition. Yes, someone offered to accompany her, and she turned down the offer, from what I have read.</p>
<p>These students like to think of themselves as adults and want to be so treated, but the fact of the matter is that most of us adults would be in SO much trouble if we had a dinner/party function at our homes and served alcohol to under aged folks, let them walk out “highly intoxicated” (exact words used to describe Hannah’s condition when she left the place) and someone disappeared, got hurt, got killed, drove a car and caused harm. I hope UVA is on top of those kids HARD, as well as their parents, any student organizations involved. LE has hands full dealing with finding Hannah and the suspect in the case, and I don’t expect charges to be filed against these students. BUt instead of these feel good rallies UVA is doing and the searches, there should be some serious talk about safety.</p>
<p>I went to a college in the Dark Ages, and yes there were drugs and drink. Lived in the area about 10 years after school, and NOT ONE student was killed, or abducted walking alone after dark on drugs or otherwise confused. Never heard of such a thing though all kinds of issues happened. I don’t think the worst of us would have let someone drunk or otherwise walk out alone at night. </p>
<p>I know personally of a half dozen cases now–know a parent or the kid who died or disappeared in such scenarios. Lauren Spierer, injured, doped up, drunk, no cell phone, bare foot allowed to walk home at 4AM to her apt, never made it. Kid at Kenyon, walking home drunk from frat party, Dad is a CMU prof, kid is an only child, found dead from hypothermia and alcohol poisoning. Left the party drunk, no one cared. Two of my friends lost their kids on sofas at bashes when they just didn’t wake up. Both were dirinking, drugging it up, one hit his head and lay down, the other just lay down, and they never woke up. A visiting student from BC leaves a party alone drunk, gets lost and is found dead. Seems to me these young people do not look out for each other. Charlotte Spierer sadly noted other disoriented young women in the wee hours of the night walking around alone, even within the year of her daughter’s disappearance in the same area. </p>
<p>I suspect Hannah was texting friends that she was lost, people knew she was drunk, alone, lost, and nothing. THey didn’t even notice her missing for a day and half, and it was her apt mates who did. </p>
<p>I’m not one who supports locking up kids, I think 18 is fine as the legal drinking age, but I also think these students serving alcohol should be made responsible for their guests. This case angers me on a lot of levels. </p>
