The first person I interview was freshman Jessie Pollares, who is currently an RA in training. In regards to the enforcement of the policy he argued, "in my opinion the policy should be enforced harsher. Us RAs are told to give students freedom because …show more content…
In regards to the regulation of drinking in the dorms on his floor he stated, "we were told on the first week of spring semester from our RA that being caught in the dorms would lead to us receiving a strike. That statement alone deterred most of us (not sure about all) from even thinking about drinking in the dorms for awhile. But as time passed it became clear that we could get away with it since there were never any random room checks to hold us in check". Kurt's testimony seems to be a reoccurring theme from most freshman students I've spoken too.
The rhetor of the strike policy is the OU administration because it's not clear who exactly wrote the policy. The audience is students who go to school at OU, seniors in high school, and fans who come to the sporting events or other events on campus. Constraints of the OU alcohol policy would be if students cannot read english, people who do not have online access, people who have online access but cannot find the policy on the OU.edu page. The motivation or exigence of the policy is to stop students from drinking on campus. The rhetorical situation pertains to underaged