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E-PrinceSeveral years ago, I spent one harrowing morning in the intensive care unit of the University Medical Center at Princeton, sitting with the parents of a student who had lapsed into a deep alcohol-induced coma. He had arrived at the ...(back to the article)
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I think it would be hilarious if we filmed drunk people and made them watch their videos. What a sick idea.
I worry that the intensity of high-risk drinking has increased in recent years and that we are at much greater risk of losing a student today than we were in the past. “Work hard, play hard” — the Princeton student anthem — comes with a very high price tag where alcohol is concerned.
Maybe if there wasn't grade deflation, we wouldn't be so extreme, in both working or playing.
Way to go, chief, you hit the nail on the head. It's grade deflation's fault. That's...whoo, that's, yep. There it is. Let's not blame the idiots who do this to themselves, let's blame everybody else...the friends, the eating clubs, the "system," ESPECIALLY grade deflation.
I know it's reductive, and I know there are plenty of cases where the drinker is victimized...but when are we going to stop giving heavy drinkers a free pass to put themselves in potentially fatal situations? When are we going to start holding people responsible for their own actions?
"I have often thought that the single most effective thing we could do to discourage high-risk drinking is to film students while they are drunk and then force them to watch the videos when they are cold sober the next day"
-I love you Tilghman, but I disagree with this. I record drunken videos with friends and we laugh about them.
how would we old binge drinkers accountable? punitive measures might like.. ensure one of them dies in hiding his/her drinking
Here is the solution: eliminate (state and federal) restrictions on ALL substance abuse. This will eliminate all the black markets and expose the kiddies (depending on the parents) at a younger age so that they are less inclined to do it when they are "free" in college.
Good article
Easy way to do this if you actually cared, Shirl
1) Ban Fraternities and Sororities (demand that eating clubs revoke their membership--the universities could easily get the grad boards who hate them already to sign on)
2) Stop giving voluntary donations to the borough when the BoPo charge an eating club officer for a student who happened to give $ to that club. No one has ever been convicted of this.
If you are serious, you will at least consider #2.
I meant "university" not "universities." Sorry, there's Dean's Date in the real world too, and yes, you get tired.
President Tilghman: I join you in fearing for the lives of our children due to alcohol abuse. My child was being treated at McCosh for a medical problem but we saw several students who were in various stages of treatment for alcohol abuse. It was a sight that I will never forget. In addition, the Forbes headmaster has talked frankly with parents about the problem of alcohol abuse. We have tried to teach our child about responsible drinking, but the fear remains. Thank you for caring.