Too much alcohol at Rice?

torrestowers
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:08:46 +0000

I don’t think the alcohol policy is too lax. I am a non-drinker finishing up my second year at rice and I even agree with our alcohol policy. I think it is much wiser to allow students to drink on campus than to have them going off campus and drive around drunk. I think Beer Bike falling on the same week as Owl weekend made it seem like there was an overabundance of alcohol.

I certainly don’t think that Rice students drink any more than other students. One thing that I notice at Rice is that people are more mature about their drinking too. I rarely have to deal with stories at breakfast that start out with “I was so drunk last night…” Like people will talk about a party and some might occasionally say “I probably had too much to drink last weekend” but they don’t seem to make it a point of pride when they talk about being drunk.