<p>I don’t think it is an issue of letting kids do whatever they want on campus. I think that college students are going to do some drinking and that they should be able to do so in moderation. Of course, the problem is that there isn’t much of a way to enforce moderation. I also know that the legal drinking age is 21 now, which it wasn’t when I was in school. So I suppose I would advocate having RAs and cops look for extreme behavior and not search kids’ bags (if that is what happens, which it may not). As for notifying parents, this goes to another topic that I posted earlier on this board–I don’t think that the benefits of a university experience are realized by having mom and dad looking over a student’s shoulder and the kid being worried about what his or her parents think. Yes yes, we are paying for it I know, but this is supposed to be a national university and not a high school. I think that the notion of “telling” mom and dad is a little silly and I think that fining students, which means fining parents, is sillier. </p>
<p>Here’s a difference. Villanova tells students that they will be “sanctioned” if they don’t watch the Alcohol Edu program before a certain date. Other schools say “you will need to see the dean” or whatever. I like the latter better than the former, which has an overbearing tone. </p>
<p>Whatever, I hope it is not an issue for my kid or anyone else’s.</p>