From listening to the words of the students and seeing the rush to buy what was left of the shot glasses downtown it can be said that this decision really won’t help much of anything. A common reaction to the ban can be seen in a letter to the editor written after an article was posted in the Daily Collegian on the subject. In his letter Blaze Linette said “God knows the student body doesn’t need shot glasses with logos to consume 1.5 fl oz of liquor — plastic cups, drinking straight out of the bottle, or slurping it off the kitchen counter all work fine.” With this being the main consensus of the students it can be seen that this ban really isn’t doing anything to stop excessive student drinking. As Blaze also says in his letter, Penn State should address the actual issue of excessive drinking instead of trying to run away and separate themselves from it. However, Penn State has taken into consideration the amount their students drink and will continue to drink regardless of any bans set in place. With that consideration Penn State took some steps into improving the safety of their students by mandating an online education course. Those some students say the course was a waste of time it did force some other students who weren’t aware of some of the risks of alcohol to learn some new safety tips and facts. Though the online education course didn’t make a huge impact it at least forced student’s to know some of the general rules of alcohol safety. If Penn State truly wants to curve their image they should continue with perhaps a more interactive or improved online alcohol course. Also a since all students are required to take a first year seminar it would be helpful to offer an alcohol and general safety course. Though students may disagree with some of the things they hear they will be forced to learn about alcohol and how to drink responsibly, at least to some extent, to pass the course. Though this may be annoying for some they will have no real reason to lash out against it.
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Students from Penn State had a very negative response to this ban. An example of this can be seen in a letter to the editor written after an article was posted in the Daily Collegian;
“God knows the student body doesn’t need shot glasses with logos to consume 1.5 fl oz of liquor — plastic cups, drinking straight out of the bottle, or slurping it off the kitchen counter all work fine” (Blaze Linette).
Many students feel the same way as Blaze. As Blaze also says in his letter, Penn State should address the actual issue of excessive drinking instead of running away and separating themselves from the problem. However, Penn State has taken into consideration the amount their students drink, and will continue to drink, regardless of any bans set in place. Because of that Penn State took some steps into improving the safety of their students by mandating an online education course. Some students say the course is a waste of time, but there were no real complaints made. The online education course may not have made a huge impact but it at least forced students to know some of the general rules of alcohol safety. If Penn State truly wants to change their image they should approach the issue through education.
This can be accomplished by Penn State having a more effective online alcohol course. Also since all students are required to take a first year seminar it would be helpful to offer an alcohol and general safety course. Though students may disagree with some of the things they hear they will be forced to learn about alcohol and how to drink responsibly, at least to some extent, to pass the course. Though this may be annoying for some they will have no real reason to lash out against it.
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