Junior year is an important year for students. Most of us are 20 or 21, we are living in our own townhouses and are one step closer to going out into the real world. You would think the school administrators would start treating us like adults. Not likely, but if FUSA still claims to represent the students, anything is possible.
So last Friday, residents living up at the townhouses decided to throw an all-day, student-run party out on their quad. There was a moon bounce, a make-shift water slide, a grill and some boozing. And total surprise … absolutely nothing went wrong.
Yeah that’s right, there was no fighting, no confrontations, no injuries, no noise complaints. Nothing.
Thanks to a group of girls living on the five block, townhouse residents were given a chance to relax after the long week and meet some of the other students who will be their neighbors for the next few months.
Oddly enough, Public Safety didn’t show up once. Weird, but who’s complaining? Everyone had a great time, no thanks to FUSA.
Maybe this event should be an eye-opener to our buddies over there to start organizing something besides “bowling night” or yahtzee in the BCC. Everyone who showed up had a great time, and all it cost them was a measly buck toward donations for the moonwalk rental.
Why should we have to wait until the end of April to have a fun campus event? That just seems like a long time to me. And no, I didn’t forget about the FUSA concerts. Bring a band that people actually still care about, and then we’ll talk. Other juniors who attended the event shared similar feelings.
“This was the perfect example about how, if we are given the freedom, nothing will go wrong,” said Sean Cribbin ’09.
And he is right. I bet 95 percent of the times Public Safety gets involved in student affairs they deal with drinking or alcohol possession. The event pulled off on Friday just goes to show them that we can control ourselves, so give us a chance for once.
So, why doesn’t the administration trust us at all? They seem to take things way out of proportion from time to time and don’t give our self-control enough credit. Nine times out of 10, whenever Public Safety is called upon to resolve a situation, it ends up being blown completely out of proportion.
For example, if some freshman girl is seen walking back to her room in Campion with the smell of beer lingering on her breath, there is no need to send her to the Health Center. Send her to bed. Not only are you making that girl look like a complete alcoholic, but you are also giving your own school a terrible reputation.
We are more responsible than you think. For future reference, let’s see more trust, less Public Safety and more moonwalk.
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