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THRESHER News Friday, October 9,1987 5
Drinking age brings new concerns to social life
by Anu Bajaj
Because of the new alcohol pol-
icy and the change in the legal
drinking age, many students believe
the atmosphere of the campus has
changed.
Campus social coordinators are
now faced with new problems with
finances, enforcement responsibili-
ties, and entertainment options.
Many social coordinators at die col-
leges are striving to change the em-
phasis at parties from alcohol to
dancing, music, or themes.
Brown College social coordina-
tors Ned Hibberd and Kavita Mul-
chandani said party attendance has
stayed about the same, although
Brown junior Kim Miller disagrees.
"Parties aren't as well attended
anymore," she said. "People go to
parties to dance, not to drink now."
According to Martin, "We're
trying to shift the emphasis away
from drinking. We're buying a club-
quality sound system and hope that
more people will go to parties to
dance and not to drink."
Students are aware of the
change and now look for parties
with good music, which was not as
important in the past.
As a result of the change in em-
phasis and the drinking age, the
sored parties has decreased dramati-
cally.
"The consumption of alcoholic
beverages has gone down, whereas
the consumption of non-alcoholic
beverages has gone up," said Mul-
chandani.
Martin said, "Now we only use
two kegs instead of five kegs like
we used to. It's become difficult to
make money from just serving al-
cohol."
The new alcohol policy has had
a particular impact on college
nights. Recommendations by die
college presidents regarding College
Night alcohol policy have met
mixed reactions by the students.
The presidents had suggested
moving the time to 5:30 p.m. and
eliminating the receptions which
took place before the dinner, as well
as setting guidelines for controlling
alcohol.
Hanszen College will host the
year's first College Night and will
abide by the presidents' guidelines.
Hanszen College Social Coordi-
nator Lucy Martin said, "I know
that we have to comply with the al-
cohol policy otherwise there would
be no drinking on campus. We've
been told that there is to be no
drinking in the commons on college
amount of alcohol at college-spon- night though I'm sure that people
Safe Rides program
to kick off new year
by Michfele Wucker
Safe Rides, the Rice Program
Council's service that provides an
alternative to driving while intoxi-
cated, will begin operation Friday
and Saturday, October 16 and 17.
Safe Rides coordinators and college
representatives will run the service
from 10:30 until 2:30 each night.
Anyone who does not want to
drive because he has been drinking,
or who does not want to ride in a car
with a drunk driver, can call Safe
Rides at 527-6085. Safe Rides will
provide transportation confidentially.
The program operates out of the
RPC office, where organizers will
provide refreshments this weekend
for volunteers who want to see how
the program works.
Safe Rides will conduct a training
session from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thurs-
day, October 15, in room 205b in
Sewall Hall. Anyone interested in
volunteering must attend one of the
hour-long training sessions held
through the year.
Volunteers need not own a car to
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aren't going to go totally sober.
They'll probably get a little buzzed
beforehand."
Hibberd agrees that people will
continue to drink before the dinner.
"Underaged people don't get drunk
at dinner. They come drunk. There
are other solutions without clamping
down so much."
Most students believe that the
new alcohol policy will not change
College Night
Hanszen sophomore Nick Shan-
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nin said, "I like the idea that college
night itself should be more formal in
that getting trashed beforehand
shouldn't be necessary as long as
we can get trashed afterwards and
have a nice meal in between."
Hanszen junior Mike Fisher says
that he doesn't believe that the new
alcohol policy will affect college
night very much because last
spring's college night was also held
under the new drinking age.
Although many students dis-
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seem to understand the difficult po-
sition the university must take re-
garding the consumption of alcohol
on campus.
"I think that it's understandable
the the policy is implemented as it
is, although I don't agree with the
law," Fisher said. " The purpose of
the law is to clamp down on drunk
driving and that could be done just
with stricter penalties for drunk
drivers."
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Raphael, Michael J. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1987, newspaper, October 9, 1987; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245674/m1/5/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.