Posted on 10/11/2005 11:58:11 AM PDT by smartin
I hear your points, but I think changing the legal age of adulthood would cause the law to treat 18, 19, and 20-year-olds as minors and there would be more control. If they can't drink until then, then they might not be ready for voting, serving in the military, or signing contracts.
Good luck finding a college that lifts a finger to prevent 18-20 year olds from drinking, even though it's currently illegal.
I think these two things are critical. In the case I described, I'm sure these were the concerns of the college. If "privacy rights" trump every other concern (even concern over whether a student lives or dies), then the indifference of the colleges to the welfare of their students makes sense. But it's curious that for so many years (til the '60s, in fact), nobody would have imagined young adults living off their parents had such rights.
I don't have that worry, but believe parents should teach their children not to drink before they are of legal age.
If they need someone with enough guts to execute this moron, call me. Sharpening the needle!
ooh, I like how you think.
If the school is small, someone will notice that the student is gone.
So true. Even 25-30 years ago many colleges had gender-segegated dorms with visitation rules and curfews. From what I hear now, many roommates are fornicating in plain view of whoever else is in the room.
Inconsiderate as that is, Taylor Behl would be a lot better off if she'd chosen that route. Apart from heavy drug and alcohol use, there's little students can do on campus that will get them killed. Even heavy drug and alcohol use is safer on campus, where potentially fatal overdoses are more likely to be noticed and reported before it's too late. But the absolute lack of control over students' off campus wanderings is worrisome. So many students routinely don't come back to their dorms at night, or attend class regularly, that often nobody sees any reason to report them missing for several days.
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