[Farm93]

I remember being in charge of the keg for an hour in the common area during a WestFlo party... as a frosh.  Yes, I was SLE.

Back in the day my all-Frosh dorm had a line item in the budget for alcohol.  It was one of the largest line items, as I recall.  The budget enabled us to have one all-campus party each quarter and have enough for other dorm parties too.  The joke was that only 2 of the RAs were old enough to buy alcohol, and they did not have cars.

As the Frosh in charge of food purchases for the "pantry" and with a reliable vehicle, I made more than a few runs to RWC with the dorm team for alcohol purchases.  By the time I graduated the standard had certainly shifted quite a bit.

The good thing about Stanford is that almost everyone lives on-campus, can get home without a motor vehicle, and can walk home on paths without many autos.

It seems at other places a lot of problems emerge when people want to go home, but have to wait for their ride.  Then they get in trouble because they are waiting and still drinking when they knew they should get out.  Or they get in trouble riding with people they do not know, or stumbling home down busy streets, etc.

ND\'s situation seems far from unique, I would guess BYU would soar to #1 in many sports if every school suspended underage drinkers.  A few party goers with alcohol just does not match up to possession theft or club violence IMHO.

[Farm93]

I remember being in charge of the keg for an hour in the common area during a WestFlo party... as a frosh.  Yes, I was SLE.

Back in the day my all-Frosh dorm had a line item in the budget for alcohol.  It was one of the largest line items, as I recall.  The budget enabled us to have one all-campus party each quarter and have enough for other dorm parties too.  The joke was that only 2 of the RAs were old enough to buy alcohol, and they did not have cars.

As the Frosh in charge of food purchases for the "pantry" and with a reliable vehicle, I made more than a few runs to RWC with the dorm team for alcohol purchases.  By the time I graduated the standard had certainly shifted quite a bit.

The good thing about Stanford is that almost everyone lives on-campus, can get home without a motor vehicle, and can walk home on paths without many autos.

It seems at other places a lot of problems emerge when people want to go home, but have to wait for their ride.  Then they get in trouble because they are waiting and still drinking when they knew they should get out.  Or they get in trouble riding with people they do not know, or stumbling home down busy streets, etc.

ND\'s situation seems far from unique, I would guess BYU would soar to #1 in many sports if every school suspended underage drinkers.  A few party goers with alcohol just does not match up to possession theft or club violence IMHO.