Dry Campus Research Paper
Malique Tiari Daniels
EH 101-107
Linda Payne
802 Words
3/24/14
Is a dry campus the right choice? College is about making memories, both good and bad. The University of South Alabama is a dry campus, which means that there are no alcoholic beverages allowed in your dorm room or at any event on campus. Even though the legal age for consuming alcohol is twenty-one students still participate in underage drinking. The legal age to smoke tobacco products in the state of Alabama is nineteen and at least fifty percent of the students at the University of South Alabama smoke tobacco products under age. So why should we continue to be a dry campus? The University of South Alabama is a Division One school and sooner than later we will be getting a stadium for our football team on campus. That in tells tailgating and that will mean consumption of alcohol on campus. Now the university could go through people getting permits for their tailgating tents but that is a lot of work. People are generally lazy and that will cause less revenue for football games and less participation from our Alumni. I know Sororities and Fraternities have a permit that allows them to have alcoholic beverages in their houses for their parties, which are on campus. At these parties you have to have your driver’s license and you receive marking on your hands if you are allowed to drink …show more content…
How would we as the students, here at the University of South Alabama change that? We would have to start a petition most likely. Also we would have to speak with our SGA because they are supposed to be the voice for the students. Once we have stated our case then the SGA can take our suggestions and propose this idea to the president of the University of South Alabama. That would be one of the steps to changing our campus from a dry campus to a wet campus. Also if enough students suggest interest in this we could email the President
EH 101-107
Linda Payne
802 Words
3/24/14
Is a dry campus the right choice? College is about making memories, both good and bad. The University of South Alabama is a dry campus, which means that there are no alcoholic beverages allowed in your dorm room or at any event on campus. Even though the legal age for consuming alcohol is twenty-one students still participate in underage drinking. The legal age to smoke tobacco products in the state of Alabama is nineteen and at least fifty percent of the students at the University of South Alabama smoke tobacco products under age. So why should we continue to be a dry campus? The University of South Alabama is a Division One school and sooner than later we will be getting a stadium for our football team on campus. That in tells tailgating and that will mean consumption of alcohol on campus. Now the university could go through people getting permits for their tailgating tents but that is a lot of work. People are generally lazy and that will cause less revenue for football games and less participation from our Alumni. I know Sororities and Fraternities have a permit that allows them to have alcoholic beverages in their houses for their parties, which are on campus. At these parties you have to have your driver’s license and you receive marking on your hands if you are allowed to drink …show more content…
How would we as the students, here at the University of South Alabama change that? We would have to start a petition most likely. Also we would have to speak with our SGA because they are supposed to be the voice for the students. Once we have stated our case then the SGA can take our suggestions and propose this idea to the president of the University of South Alabama. That would be one of the steps to changing our campus from a dry campus to a wet campus. Also if enough students suggest interest in this we could email the President