It’s a new school year, so of course new freshmen are
arriving on campus. On move-in day, students arrive by the masses on campus. My
school has a block party sponsored by the sororities and fraternities on
campus, welcoming the fresh blood and old beef back to campus. They reel you in
with free food and other goodies, but the guys especially seek out freshmen
girls to invite to the first parties of the semester aka the same night. For
most freshmen, this is their first time being away from home, their first
chance at freedom. This is the night that many fresh bloods go out and drink a
nice amount of alcohol for the first time in this type of setting (the frat
party). This is a night where many new students may feel the pressure to drink.
Unfortunately, because of this fact, many students do not really know their
limit, the extent of their tolerance.
Not
only are freshmen at risk of alcohol poisoning, they are also at risk of being
taken advantage of by upperclassmen. During my freshmen year, around 15 people
(mainly freshmen) were taken to the hospital the first night of parties due to
alcohol. Who knows how many people, mainly females, could have been assaulted
in some way that night as well. As much as we all would just like to believe
that all of the frat guys simply want to throw a party and serve free alcohol
to beautiful girls, we know that this is not the case for at least some of the
guys out there.
If you’re a freshman, and you
happen to come across the blog, please be careful on those first few nights of
college. Don’t let go of yourself to follow the crowd. Fight the pressure. It’s
easy to listen to everyone else when you barely know anyone on campus, but
sometimes you have to listen to your gut instinct. I’m not saying you shouldn’t
go out to frat parties (they can be fun at times), but I hope that you’ll all
be observant and look out for yourself and use the buddy system. There truly is
safety in numbers.
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