State of the Technician

The Technician is much better this year as compared to last year. Thanks for all your hard work!

Sara PerrinJunior, Chemical Engineering

University alcohol polices

The University’s failure to establish a realistic and rational policy regarding alcohol consumption on campus has

made campus less attractive to prospective students, and it has made our currents students less safe.

Chief Younce wrote in a column written in the Technician that the reason the Brent Road block party was shut

down was because it was out of hand with too many non-students fueled by alcohol. The absolute best way to solve all

of the Chief’s concerns is to bring the block party on campus where you can provide alcohol to people 21 and over,

mark the hands of those underage and have security present to make sure people don’t get out of hand.

Students who are not allowed to drink on campus will not make the decision not to drink. They will leave campus to

drink, and some will drive back drunk. Additionally, discrete drinking usually means liquor instead of beer;

students get drunk quicker and become far more reckless.

The Design School Bash has never had any violent incidents and is proof that alcohol, when dispensed in a controlled

environment, is conducive to a fun, unifying party.

The failure of the University to allow alcohol at its functions — but not at alumni dinners and faculty receptions

— is hypocritical and insulting. Telling us on one hand that we are adults capable of taking care of ourselves, yet

we are not as responsible as they are?

It also kills the students’ spirits. It isn’t simply the lack of alcohol that is keeping students from wanting to

congregate on campus, it’s the impression of alcohol being Campus Police’s top priority that makes students

uncomfortable and makes them feel as if their every move is being watched in the hopes that they screw up one time.

Matt PotterSenior, Political Science