We are writing to you today as concerned members of our community. This letter is in response to a general recurring trend of potentially dangerous behavior. Recently and historically, students have been making poor personal decisions before they head out to and once they are out at the clubs. As a group that tries to provide a safe social environment, we want to emphatically state that this behavior is unacceptable and potentially dangerous not only to individuals and the people around them, but also to the club system as a whole.
All too often, students drink large amounts of hard alcohol in their rooms or at pre-gaming parties on campus and then head out to the Street. Often, these students do not begin to show the effects of this drinking until they have already gained entry into one of the clubs. What happens on campus before the street is not the direct responsibility of the clubs. When a student decides to drink in excess prior to entering a club, however, they become that club's responsibility and liability. Needless to say, eating club officers will continue to make the correct decisions and seek help for such a student; however, the fact remains that this situation is the direct result of the individual's irresponsible decisions. The officers of clubs will always look out for the safety of the individual first, but these situations put the specific clubs themselves in a great deal of risk.
We recognize that binge drinking is a university-wide problem, and we are asking for a greater degree of personal responsibility from students both on campus and on the Street. Certain behaviors that are unacceptable as members of the university community — violence against other students or bouncers, destruction of club, the public, or University property, sexual harassment or assault and dangerous drinking levels — will not be tolerated within the clubs.
We will continue to do everything in our power to control such negative behavior. These activities occur away from the eating clubs, however, and as such we recognize that we have no control over a student's actions outside of the clubs or their access to alcohol on campus. Thus, we are asking our fellow students to take a greater level of responsibility in their personal decisions.
This is not an attempt to blame anybody for any actions, but rather an effort to get people to be a little more conscious about the effects of their actions — both for themselves and the club system as a whole. Clubs work to provide a warm, welcoming environment for students, and it is unfortunate that a small number of individuals continue to threaten this environment. Such students need to take more responsibility for their actions and consider not only the personal effects, but also those that the community suffers. Jamal Motlagh '06 is president of the Interclub Council and president of Quadrangle Club. He can be reached at jmotlagh@princeton.edu. He writes on behalf of and with support from Rebecca Gidel, President: Terrace F. Club; Scott Grzenczyk, President: Tower Club; Cody Sontag, President Elect: Quadrangle Club; Conor Stransky, President: Cottage Club; Matt Klitus, President: Cap and Gown Club; Andrew Muir, President: Cloister Inn; Dave Kaplan, President: Charter Club; Katie Daviau, President: Colonial Club; Dean Scott, President Elect: Charter Club; Clancey Hilkene, President: Ivy Club; Tim Prugar, President: Tiger Inn.
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