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i find it hard to believe that alums who were smart enough to get into duke, would take (what i consider a temper tantrum) "their balls home" bc the university is enforcing the laws. i think the thing that scares me the most is that people were injured (the hospitalized pledge and the member who fell) and all of the chapter decided to leave rather than face the consequences. i wonder what kind of group of people cares more about the inability to "get wasted" rather than the fact that their "brothers" were inconvienced by that silly trip to the hospital to get his stomach pumped or who got hurt bc he had fallen out the window!
when i was a sophomore in college, there was a big crackdown on campus parties. everyone was all upset bc the college started busting fraternity parties (which was the main way those of us who were under 21 got our alcohol all weekend). so a group of people (a large group) decided to stage a protest in our main plaza to protect our "freedom" to drink underage. i couldn't stop laughing that people really thought the school was going to ignore the fact that we were drinking alcohol and were not 21.
sadly, you can't look the other way bc someone will get hurt and you will get sued. end of story. anybody remember how much they drank before they were 21? and then a few months after you were 21? 18 might be a better age for the legal drinking age, but as ivy pointed out, a university can not change the law....only the nc govt can!
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