He says drinking is just going to get pushed underground at universities like UC Davis where students are kicked off-campus the third time they're caught with alcohol. But even Stanford has started to crack down over past years, in step with mounting national concern over binge drinking. Several fraternities have been kicked out of campus housing, and drinking rules are tightening in dorms with freshman residents. Stanford student Tom thinks this will make students shut themselves in their rooms and drink alone, but there's nothing else Stanford could have done. The administration's hands are tied.
College students drink.
It's most people's first chance for experimentation after being under their parents' rules. School offers a schedule and lifestyle conducive to staying out late, partying and meeting people. But this unpracticed independence means students often don't know their limits and go overboard, and universities have to deal with the lawsuits and bad press that comes from alcohol-related problems on campus. My school is cool with things. As long as your not being a jackass or destroying property, it goes unnoticed.