Here are the links to the two police officers running for Greene County Sheriff:
http://www.jimarnott.com/
http://www.mikeramonforsheriff.com/
This is the link to The Mirror if you want to read the stories concerning boys bid day:
http://www.drurymirror.com/
Monday, September 22, 2008
Whether you vote or not... the results affect you
The original purpose of this blog was for me to be able to write about whatever “extra” things there are going on at Drury (“extra” meaning non-academic). I thought it would be an easy outlet for me to talk about things going on right in front of me and it is a topic relevant to my life. Basically, I thought it would be easy for me to write about. However it is hard to talk about the extras at Drury without mentioning the recent scrutiny that Drury’s Greek life has recently been under.
Since one of Drury’s freshman was sent to the hospital and put into a coma from alcohol poisoning Drury has been all over the news. Students were advised to say “no comment” to any news reporter if asked any questions concerning the incident. Drury’s Greek system was associated with this party and has been under a lot of stress worrying about the health condition of the freshman boy and the possible consequences they could face as a result of the incident.
If you picked up The Mirror this past Wednesday you got to see an arrangement of articles titled: “Off-Campus Party Under Scrutiny,” “Sober at the quad- Pressure from law enforcement forces parties off DU campus," and ”Greeks Must Act.” I’m not going to go in to exactly what the articles said, you can read them yourselves, but many believe that if parties would have been allowed on campus that day it would have not gotten so out of hand. As a Drury student I have always felt safe on campus. It seems as though parties are kept under control by security and the police that Drury hire, but on this year’s boy’s bid day people felt the pressure to leave campus.
Jim Arnott is one of the candidates running for sheriff this year and part of his campaign is to stop underage drinking. This year Drury’s fraternity boy’s bid day was apparently part of his campaign. He was the one that threatened to give out MIPs on boy’s bid day and as a result students left campus. I am not saying he is to blame for a student’s alcohol poisoning; my point is his decision to target boy’s bid day as a part of his campaign affected Drury students. Most of college students are of voting age, however many do not actually vote. This story proves that politics does affect us even if we don’t think it does. I’m not going to tell anyone to vote, but I do think people should be informed.
If you’re interested here are some cites to help you better understand the situation and decide how you want to vote.
Since one of Drury’s freshman was sent to the hospital and put into a coma from alcohol poisoning Drury has been all over the news. Students were advised to say “no comment” to any news reporter if asked any questions concerning the incident. Drury’s Greek system was associated with this party and has been under a lot of stress worrying about the health condition of the freshman boy and the possible consequences they could face as a result of the incident.
If you picked up The Mirror this past Wednesday you got to see an arrangement of articles titled: “Off-Campus Party Under Scrutiny,” “Sober at the quad- Pressure from law enforcement forces parties off DU campus," and ”Greeks Must Act.” I’m not going to go in to exactly what the articles said, you can read them yourselves, but many believe that if parties would have been allowed on campus that day it would have not gotten so out of hand. As a Drury student I have always felt safe on campus. It seems as though parties are kept under control by security and the police that Drury hire, but on this year’s boy’s bid day people felt the pressure to leave campus.
Jim Arnott is one of the candidates running for sheriff this year and part of his campaign is to stop underage drinking. This year Drury’s fraternity boy’s bid day was apparently part of his campaign. He was the one that threatened to give out MIPs on boy’s bid day and as a result students left campus. I am not saying he is to blame for a student’s alcohol poisoning; my point is his decision to target boy’s bid day as a part of his campaign affected Drury students. Most of college students are of voting age, however many do not actually vote. This story proves that politics does affect us even if we don’t think it does. I’m not going to tell anyone to vote, but I do think people should be informed.
If you’re interested here are some cites to help you better understand the situation and decide how you want to vote.
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