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I would be upset with my mother as well. She had to know he was building a beer pong table in the basement...you can't hide something like that. Its a pretty big piece of wood...especially if you get into it, building cup holders and such. It is also a bit strange that she estimated his BAC at .29...doesn't death occur at .30 or something like that?? If I was his mother, and this kid was so frank with me about his drinking, I would give him a little lecture about not drinking THAT much and about the dangers of over doing it, but I certianly would not turn around and write a letter to the university.
And I have issues with the mother saying "Any young man put in a position like that is going to feel the need to prove himself, to impress the others," she continued in the letter. "Whether he did the deed agreeably or by force is not the issue. He should never have been put in that position."
People feel like they have to impress people in every situation, Greek related or not. It would have been the same difference if the guys on his floor were drinking, and he felt the need to impress his roommate. But because it was a fraternity.....we all know what happened.
Hes going to have to impress a lot more people, cause i'm sure now this kid looks like a HUUUGE tatletale and momma's boy.
Don't get me wrong, I'm certianly not blaming the mother for this happening But let's admit it, most people (unless you are a saint) look the other way when an underage person has alcohol. I'm guilty of it; I know half of my sisters aren't 21, but if I meet them at a party I'm not going to start chastising them on the evils of underage drinking; but at the same time, I'm not going to challenge them to a case rase, for the honor of Posiden.
If you're not on chapter property, and its not an event, and it is not at all chapter related...this is a pure case of underage drinking, not "My child's fraternity made him do it."
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