In fact, I'd almost hate to see any kind of a party involving a dance held Veishea weekend if it goes dry. Most people I know wouldn't be caught dead on the dance floor without beer in hand and a good two or three in stomach. It would definitely be different, but it isn't impossible. It seems alcohol has been a big issue lately, and not just with Veishea. Diana's driver was suspected of it, a student at a Louisiana fraternity died from it and from the looks of the DPS log Monday morning, several of our friends and classmates have gotten arrested for it.
Alcohol can cause problems.
And while it's no secret, we choose to let the troubles continue rather than stop filling our glasses. Maybe it was seeing the obscene number of empty beer cans littering the ground and sidewalk near the stadium, or the guy who had so many beers during the game it was drooling out of his mouth when I spoke to him afterwards or the story of the young man who died in Louisiana. Together they made me have sobering thoughts. Joanne Roepke is a senior in journalism and mass communication from Aurora. Copyright 1997 by the Iowa State Daily Publications Board.