Students need to understand consequences of drinking

i love drinking.. yah

Since you’re a freshman, I’m going to cut you some slack and fill you in on a little piece of information.

1. Students already understand the consequences.
2. They don’t care.

They would much rather drink and party until someone gets hurt or arrested, and then the bar, the cops, and everyone else but themselves. It’s the American way.

Whoops, that’s and then blame the bar, the cops, and everyone else but themselves.

Its all about quality vs quantity. You can reflect on your freshman year and say “remember that time we were drunk and ….” or you could recount your college career of staying in or going bowling every Fri at the Union. To me I would rather take the risks.

Also drinking in college prepares you for the real world where alcohol is everywhere. Ever been on a golf course or at a bar and notice all the business that goes on there? Having sad social skills but a high GPA will get you a job nowhere but a laboratory.

BTW, I graduated undergrad with a above a 3.9 and went to burger rama and ricks religiously.

Quoting Life Choices

“Its all about quality vs quantity. You can reflect on your freshman year and say “remember that time we were drunk and ….” or you could recount your college career of staying in or going bowling every Fri at the Union. To me I would rather take the risks.

Also drinking in college prepares you for the real world where alcohol is everywhere. Ever been on a golf course or at a bar and notice all the business that goes on there?

Why are you here?! In case you haven’t noticed, MSU is for rednecks, heavy partiers, and those who messed up earlier in their education. If you’re not a total loser and you care about your education, a transfer to U-M is in line.

I had a number of friends that transferred to UoM. They said the education is no different, but the people suck. And the girls are ugly. So **** off dbag, come to EL and say that.

Anupama:

“It seems the heaviest drinkers on college campuses are students who live in a fraternity, sorority or in a residence hall.”

What about those in apartments? Wouldn’t you say they are just as guilty, and maybe more so? Of course there are many “good” people in the apartments as well….. but you will still have to answer yes. So when you do, you’ll have to realize two things:

1.) That you have now included everyone but commuters, and
2.) You can’t say that the heaviest drinkers hail from particular living quarters, it’s just dumb.

Anupama, you sound a little stressed from classes. Have a drink, it will do you a world of wonder.

Consider me a case study for how naive this article is – binge drank four days a week at MSU for four years while living in dorms, apartments on-campus, apartments off-campus, and in a house, graduated with a 3.7 BSCE and landed a solid job. Now happily married with kids, living in a cozy house in suburbia, and still successful at work and active in the community. And guess what? My wife and I now take turns getting crocked on the weekends (somebody’s gotta watch the kid). The key is to know how to balance the partying and education. Don’t be such a stick in the mud.

Dear American: You blew your point with your rant about the guys possible origins. Is is possible Anupama was born in the US and just might actually be an “American” himself. Not everyone is named Dick or Bobby or Jane….Get a grip and find another moniker other then “American” cuz you ain’t much of a representative for the country bro.

@American, does that name really sound Middle Eastern to you? Not that it would make your idiotic comment any less repulsive, but I’m gonna go ahead and guess that the writer isn’t from the Middle East. You idiot.

That being said, this letter is absolutely ridiculous. Is the thinking behind that since prohibition always works so well we should try it on college campuses?

The whole point of the Amethyst Initiative is harm reduction.

American:
Most likely you got the religion wrong. Most Indians are Hindu. Quit while you are behind.

13.4% practice Islam

FYI-

Islam is the 2nd biggest religion in India at about 15-20%. I’m a gambling man; I like these odds. Maybe American is too.

This letter may demonstrate why this freshman chose engineering as opposed to anything to do with logic, reasoning and/or writing.

Most of us are here by choice, so why is it that you feel the University should have the “right” to interfere with students’ personal lives.

I am just going to resort to saying this is the most poorly written and elementary opinion I have read in my 3 years here.

Imagine, if you will, a question mark after the second sentence.

Justin: I agree that this is an ill-conceived opinion piece. Don’t knock on the engineers; everything we do is based on logic and reasoning!

Like ~80%>>>15%.

im saving my comment for tonight when im drunk

Bob Dylan said, “don’t criticize what you can’t understand,” and I think this applies to you, Anupama. Now I’m not advising you to become an alcoholic, but not once in this article did you list off an alternative viewpoint from the casual college drinker’s perspective; which, in itself, not only makes your argument faulty but ignorant as well… that is, unless you can think of a better term for suggesting borderline fascist sanctions against something you’ve (presumably) never tried.

Well, I’ve drank on a regular basis all through college (and most of them were binge drinking, gasp!), and guess what? I’m graduating, in 4 years, with honor, and have completed 3 majors. I’ve also been able to hold down two part time jobs this entire time. And guess what? I’ve been accepted to several grad schools, and received two very good financial offers from them. And I did all of this while drinking once or twice a week. I’m not saying that drinking does not have a negative effect on some people’s grades and lives, but these sweeping generalizations? Coming from a freshman? You have a lot to learn and experience before you can pass these judgments.

while it’s fine that everyone can get drunk regularly and get excellent grades, but do you have any idea how annoying it is to be studying at midnight and have drunk people screaming all around you? Imagine there’s no quiet place to study (other than the library, which i will not walk to at midnight).

maybe I am biased (in fact, I know I am) against anyone who drinks but I have my reasons…and alcohol smells so bad (never tried it).
peace! ^-^V

If you have to brag about your endeavors on an online message forum for a newspaper, you have other issues. No one cares about your GPA Lucy et al.

Noise pollution – WTF?

I really don’t know how you earned your degree (bribery perhaps?), however, noise pollution does exist.

“http://www.quiet.org/faq.htm”

Yeah, about this; I’m pre-law and have a 4 point gpa, am a member of the Greek System, and have had my fair share of drinks. Let’s not throw entire organizations under the bus, i.e. Fraternities, for doing what the rest of campus does (and with a higher average GPA than non-Greeks, nonetheless). Way to go State News, way to think your argument through.

Anybody up for LuHas tomorrow afternoon?

yeah brah, let’s get drunk on Natty Ice afterwards too.

“Universities can create a student-to-student program where nondrinkers can peer mediate student alcoholics through education on the severe consequences of drinking.”

I think this is the worst idea over. Though it makes me wonder whether or not you know the meaning of “alcoholics”. “Alcoholics” does not simply refer to people who drink, “alcoholics” are people who have an addiction to alcohol.

I think what you need to be focusing on is advocating for suicide prevention groups, for all your past, present, and future roommates and neighbors…
And please don’t talk about laws when you don’t understand them. Underage drinking will result in an M.I.P (with the crucial part of this being that one has to get CAUGHT). Thanks to the Holmes act, it does NOT stay on your permanent record.

I really hope I never have the displeasure of meeting you in person, ever.