Alternative Row Week puts positive spin on partying
The Traveler Editorial Board
Issue date: 3/27/09 Section: Opinion
Everybody's - well at least the UA Greek organizations' - favorite week is coming soon. Row Week is looking to feature parties, rappers, funk bands, rock bands and a plethora of fun.
But this year will offer something different for some UA students. Pomfret Honors Quarters - with the help of the rest of the residence halls on campus - will be hosting an "alternative Row Week" that will showcase alcohol awareness and a family-oriented, Christian-based rap act creatively titled GRITS.
Though the UA campus might not embrace this new tradition as quickly as the organizers would like, the event's mission is commendable, as binge drinking and excessive alcohol consumption on college campuses across the nation have become an ongoing problem.
With the biggest parties of the year about to occur, Pomfret's alcohol awareness program will give UA students the sensibilities to hold themselves together, drink in moderation and not urinate on the back of a fraternity's fences (like a few students chose to do last year).
College students do have the opportunity to live on their own and make their own decisions. But this privilege comes with responsibilities, even in the face of a multi-platinum rap artist, a cup full of "punch" and a horizon of UA students.
But this year will offer something different for some UA students. Pomfret Honors Quarters - with the help of the rest of the residence halls on campus - will be hosting an "alternative Row Week" that will showcase alcohol awareness and a family-oriented, Christian-based rap act creatively titled GRITS.
Though the UA campus might not embrace this new tradition as quickly as the organizers would like, the event's mission is commendable, as binge drinking and excessive alcohol consumption on college campuses across the nation have become an ongoing problem.
With the biggest parties of the year about to occur, Pomfret's alcohol awareness program will give UA students the sensibilities to hold themselves together, drink in moderation and not urinate on the back of a fraternity's fences (like a few students chose to do last year).
College students do have the opportunity to live on their own and make their own decisions. But this privilege comes with responsibilities, even in the face of a multi-platinum rap artist, a cup full of "punch" and a horizon of UA students.
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Jackson M.
posted 3/27/09 @ 10:35 AM CST
looks like the "Traveler Editorial Board" didn't get invited to Row.
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