Letter: Nate Jones on health magazine

Dear Editor:

I read an article in The Eagle last week that suggested senate wanted to spend some $4500 on an email subscription to a health magazine in an effort to curb alcohol abuse.

Are you kidding me??? This reminds me of the DARE program we went through in sixth grade, which I would say worked. The only problem here is we aren’t in sixth grade anymore. A magazine full of facts and statistics about why drinking is bad is certainly not going to stop college students from drinking.

I think one of the biggest problems for college students is that in extreme cases of alcohol intoxication, students are afraid to go to the hospital because as soon as they do they get slapped with an MIP.

Maybe rather than trying to scare underage students from drinking or overload us with information the school should focus on making it a safer environment.

A designated driving service where kids aren’t going to be given an MIP for utilizing would also be nice, because let’s be honest, nobody is going to call the police for a ride home from a party.

I really would encourage Jon Lordino and student senate to spend their money elsewhere because this is not going to work.

Sincerely,
Nate Jones
junior of Papillion