In addition, a policy requiring notification of violators' parents only will prevent students from acting responsibly during emergency situations. College life certainly is not the real world, but it is a version of it. But our purpose at college remains very unique. In the midst of memorizing art history facts and solving calculus problems, society hopes that we also will learn something about who we are and what it takes to make it on our own. It is our time to mature without our parents' constant supervision and influence.
College is the time.
By letting them face the legal ramifications of their actions as any other adult would have to. The law's power of punishment will now be in the hands of angry parents. Children can not grow into adults if they are never given the chance to fend for themselves without the admonishment or support of their parents. Students in any educational institution should be held in high esteem. After all, they are representatives of the best of our generation.