<p>Not many people that live on campus are over 21 so they they don’t really barhop much. Yeah, a few people have fake IDs but I think if you’ve gone that far there isn’t much anybody is going to do to stop you. The point I’m trying to make is that these parties are not illegal, and you’ve never said what you want to be done other than “clamping down.” Sobriety checkpoints are probably the best answer, and the apartment complexes can’t do that.</p>
<p>I don’t see how someone choosing to attend a (perfectly legal) party that they can walk or ride a bus to contributes to drunken driving. They’re conciously making a decision to avoid being in a car that an intoxicated person, themselves or someone else, is driving. So what is the problem with that? If you want to stop drunk people from going and buying more beer then the aforementioned sobriety checkpoints are the only real way to do that, since it is perfectly legal for a sober person to get in a car at midnight and make a kroger run. Most places I’ve been have someone stay sober until they get an idea of how many people are going to be there so they can make a beer run later in the night and not come up short or have a lot left over.</p>
<p>Explain to me how someone living within walking distance of the parties that they are attending anyway increases the odds that they’ll drive drunk.</p>
<p>edit: I’d have 0 problem with sobriety checkpoints, by the way.</p>