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by rocket_surgeron 1178 days ago
>Is this normal!?! I feel sorry for this generation. Attempts to make their world risk free has turned it into "fuck up once and we'll destroy you".

If the students would simply stop raping people and dying of fentanyl overdoses which lead to their parents suing the school I'm sure Stanford would not have as many rules for what occurs on campus.

Or we can choose as a society to free Stanford of civil liability for the actions of people who aren't Stanford employees on its campus.

It is normal, typical, common, and expected for universities in the United States to completely prohibit alcohol consumption on campus.

These rules seem like an attempt to regulate on-campus activities to a degree much lower than in public institutions.
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alephnerd 1177 days ago
Why is this guy getting downvoted. I went to college in the mid-to-late 2010s and was in Greek life. We'd be inspected by our university all the time when we'd throw parties at our Frat's house and if photos of alcohol and stuff were seen by admin we'd def face disciplinary action.

You can agree or disagree with that all you want but at least that's how a lot of universities are handling alcohol and parties on campus. Blame overlitigious parents if you have to, it makes sense to be honest as no university wants to be on the hook liability wise. Look at what happened to Stanford after Brock Turner (which is also around the time Stanford became so overbearing about campus culture)

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ModernMech 1178 days ago
> It is normal, typical, common, and expected for universities in the United States to completely prohibit alcohol consumption on campus.

My question is: why does this article try so hard to make it seem like it’s not typical?

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alephnerd 1178 days ago
It's published by Bari Weiss, an ex-NYT reporter who leans Center-Right/Libertarian.

Not disagreeing with the content, but at the end of the day it's a blog like any other that has a slant like Vox or The Intercept or The Atlantic.

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bart_spoon 1177 days ago
Because outrage has proven to be a viable business model
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Panzer04 1178 days ago
Because no one reads "normal" news?
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