This is in response to Michael Lauterbach's staff column which ran last week in The (University) Chronicle (Jan. 28). While the opinion expressed is well-reasoned and understandable, there is a slight oversight in the writer's points.
He writes that in his home state of Wisconsin, most dorm rooms can have various classifications (wet, moist, dry) for combinations of dorm roommates who are under 21 and over 21.
This is a good idea in theory, but it overlooks the influence of peers on actions made by individuals. What is a university supposed to do in the case of a student who can legally drink offering a drink to her under 21 roommate?
It's likely to happen. Is there any legal recourse for a family who loses a child to alcohol poisoning in such a case?
The rules at St. Cloud State seem protective instead of infringing on a person's right to drink.
Banning drinking in dorms doesn't leave you high and dry, Mike � try a bar or a friend's place off-campus.
Beth V. Ringsmuth
Junior
English
