Barillari misunderstands the Prospect Initiative
Regarding 'This one's doomed from the start' (March 23):
The key component of the Prospect Initiative isn't the money given by the University, or just having more alcohol free events, as the 'Prince' editorial on March 10 claimed. Instead, the actual eating club involvement really gives the Initiative its teeth. The new initiative gives people who don't want the typical party Joseph Barillari seems to detest so much a different club to go each week. Because of Princeton's social scene depending on the eating clubs, alcohol-free parties in eating clubs are necessarily better attended than those in residential colleges. More importantly, the plan shows all the clubs agree on the principle that drinking is fine, but is not a requirement to have fun. Bringing the clubs to this obvious but unprecedented stance was my primary goal. The combined effort between the clubs and university chips away at the social feeling that having fun requires alcohol, a feeling most students learn by the time they reach senior year. Starting freshmen year with this feeling could dramatically affect the way a person drinks.
If it had been in place three years ago, the initiative might have reduced my drinking freshman year, which was certainly unhealthy (it caused a lasting and painful acid reflux). I agree with Barillari that the Initiative will not completely overhaul Prospect Avenue. This makes it a failure in his eyes, but to me it is the marginal change that already makes the Prospect Initiative a success. I love almost all aspects of the Street and don't want to change it too much. For right now, the Prospect Initiative changes it just enough. Corey Sanders '04 Former chair, Inter-Club Council
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