I'm going to have to say yes. I'll put it like this: the determinant factor on whether something is too much is dependent on the responsibilty the individual has ahead of him or herself. Too much on a weekday might not be too much on the weekend. An absolute too much is when it starts to interfere with your bodily functions.
I don't think the students drink too much. But there may be undercurrents of thoughtless abuse.
About four weeks in a row I've woken up to people puking in the bathroom. I've also tromped through the vomit. My friend swore he saw Beelzebub in a pool of vomit.
I would have to say on the whole, no. Just certain students, not Oberlin students in general. Anything that starts disrupting your thought processes and bodily functions is too much. I think a lot of college students have a high school mentality of drinking to get drunk, not drinking to enjoy a different type of beverage. It's the difference between having a glass of white wine with dinner versus funneling a six- pack of Rolling Rock.
I think the awareness of alcohol is a good thing. I don't think students here drink enough. We have a reputation to uphold. We need more drunken brawls.
I think that some people at Oberlin drink too much. If you're under 21, then anything is too much.
No, being an RC if there was too much drinking I would have to deal with it. But so far I haven't had to deal with any alcohol problems.
Copyright © 1998, The Oberlin Review.
Volume 127, Number 9, November 13, 1998
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