[Diana in Wisconsin]

"You can't have somebody looking out for you your whole life."

Even if your life ends during your college years? And the MAYOR is throwing up his hands saying, "I'm not sure anything we do can prevent a future tragedy..."

Friggin' liberals. Anything goes.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I know you and I seem to be the only ones that care about this...

[GSlob]

"Friggin' liberals. Anything goes."
Well, they couldn't prevent the change of seasons either, or abolish the law of gravity. Actually, it is refreshing to see such humility in the elected officials. The "frigging liberals" would be busily doing something atrociously useless and meddling in other people's lives and business in the process. Meddling is the part they like and do best. As for the dead drinkers - consider it a natural process. In that age cohort every year something like 0.01% of them would end up dead, if not from this, then from that reason.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

La Crosse officials have debated for years how to keep drunken students safe

If they are so stupid that they get drunk then go swimming you can't keep them "safe." Next it will be how to keep the drunk students safe as they play on the freeway. Then as they play superman on high rise buildings. Then...