Dear Editor,
ETSU is a “dry” campus, yet with all the parties and teenage wildness there is probably not one day that alcohol is not consumed on campus. So I am questioning why ETSU claims to be a dry campus and if it is really making the campus anymore “dry.”
By telling college students they cannot drink on campus, are we in fact fueling their desire to do just that? Just as in our national history, I don’t believe that the prohibition of alcohol is working. As shown by the passing of the 21st Amendment ratifying the 18th, which stated prohibition of alcohol production and consumption, people do what they want, especially if it deals with alcohol. The 18th amendment lasted less than twenty years and did little to stop the consumption of alcohol. So are we really making a difference in making ETSU a “dry” campus? I am not saying that not having alcohol is a bad thing; I am simply saying that the board that decided we would be a dry campus did not think the plan through all the way. If ETSU is going to be a dry campus there needs to be more regulations and punishment for the act of having and consuming the alcohol.
-Brittany Parsons

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