Record Number of Alcohol ER Visits in past two weeks! One Freshman Death!

[collegeDAD2017]

What exactly do you expect a university administration to do - escort the kids everywhere like a helicopter parent? No college will provide that level of oversight. These are young adults, and reasonably intelligent ones at that. This event is tied to the greek community (representative of only 35% of the student body), and has resulted in campus-wide discussion along with university administration meetings with the leadership of the greek community - which hopefully will result in some changes. Bad PR for Miami University for sure, but the way collegeDAD2017 implies that this level of binge drinking is uncommon at most other universities is woefully naive.

21 students taken to ER. 21 students should be expelled for violating drinking rule. No one is asking them to escort them like a “helicopter parent!” What better proof do you need than alcohol poisoning and an ER visit?

Listen, trying to jump on my back like I think my daughter is not going to drink as if I am some naive parent is ridiculous. To ignore a problem when you have this number of students taken to the ER at one time is complete lack of failure on the administration. But once again, this is the problem with society in general today. No consequences for your behavior. If you have a law or a rule broken, punish the student. Simple solution. The “oh well, they do it at every other campus” excuse is pathetic on your part and parenting expectations like that are most likely the reason 21 students ended up in the ER in the first place.