The Brown & White

Originally posted by

TPD1

Holy crap, who let the entitled person in?

Whoever wrote this is spoiled rotten! You seriously need to write a condescending piece about this in this day and age? I thought Lehigh students are problem solvers. Problem: can't get the game without driving. Solution: don't drink! If you don't have any friends that don't drink you seriously need to branch out. So you think you're entitled to get hammered? Does that mean you're also entitled to get a job with a big 4 company when you graduate? It's a good thing I don't recruit because if I did I would put your name on the black list for my company! Seriously, this entitled attitude is what is ruining this country.

First, "I thought Lehigh students are problem solvers." What do you think is the point of this article? The writer is clearly pointing out a problem through the most circulated form of media on Lehigh's campus in hopes of getting it solved.

Second, nobody ever said students had to get "hammered"; it is exactly the opposite of this that causes the mentioned problems, as the writer clearly points out. As stated, it actually becomes a game of who is the least "hammered" to decide who is capable of driving. Why should you risk getting in a car with even someone who has just had a drink or two when there should be a sober form of transportation provided in the form of buses, which brings me to my next point.

Third, I think Lehigh students SHOULD be "entitled" to well-organized transportation to the most hyped up event of the entire year. This has nothing to do with students being too intoxicated to drink, it is merely the duty of a private institution to do so where the sports facilities are not within practical walking distance of the residential facilities.

Your connection to not hiring this writer at a Big 4 and your claim that entitled attitudes are ruining this country are completely absurd. I think there are at least 10 more important things going on in this country right now that you could claim are "ruining" it. I respect your opinion nonetheless, since I realize you are entitled to your own beliefs.

Originally posted by

TPD1

Holy crap, who let the entitled person in?

Whoever wrote this is spoiled rotten! You seriously need to write a condescending piece about this in this day and age? I thought Lehigh students are problem solvers. Problem: can't get the game without driving. Solution: don't drink! If you don't have any friends that don't drink you seriously need to branch out. So you think you're entitled to get hammered? Does that mean you're also entitled to get a job with a big 4 company when you graduate? It's a good thing I don't recruit because if I did I would put your name on the black list for my company! Seriously, this entitled attitude is what is ruining this country.

Yeah, it is a good thing you don't recruit because your company would be doomed seeing as you can't understand the point of an article. This editorial isn't advocating getting hammered AT ALL.. it's acknowledging the fact that college students DO drink a lot, particularly during Lehigh-Laf, and if our school has the resources to prevent a dangerous situation (which it does), then it should.

It doesn't matter whether the author has friends that don't drink or not- for every person that doesn't drink on this campus there are tons more that do. You try telling every single one of them to make a responsible decision on the day of the game. The fact of the matter is no matter how stupid everyone knows it is, people DO drink and drive and will continue to if means of transportation aren't provided. Yes it's sad, but isn't it sadder for a school to turn a blind eye to the issue???

Oh and by the way, your company would be lucky to have the author of this article working for it. I'm aware of the type of work she does and the services she performs for her community, and entitled is the last word I would ever use to describe her.

Originally posted by

TPD1

Holy crap, who let the entitled person in?

Whoever wrote this is spoiled rotten! You seriously need to write a condescending piece about this in this day and age? I thought Lehigh students are problem solvers. Problem: can't get the game without driving. Solution: don't drink! If you don't have any friends that don't drink you seriously need to branch out. So you think you're entitled to get hammered? Does that mean you're also entitled to get a job with a big 4 company when you graduate? It's a good thing I don't recruit because if I did I would put your name on the black list for my company! Seriously, this entitled attitude is what is ruining this country.

First of all who are you to lecture any one on this campus? To say the piece is condescending is an excellent example of your ignorance regarding a very real problem on campus. It's obviously better to turn a blind eye and not recognize the problem exists, at least that's what your comment leads me to believe.

Lehigh students are problem solvers which is exactly why an article like this is warranted. Your solution of not drinking is not realistic whatsoever. A vast majority of Lehigh students and college students for that matter consume alcohol. The author never once mentioned that we feel entitled to get "hammered", as a matter of fact the author used the word "hammered" approximately zero times in the piece. Most of us, and I say most of us because you are obviously oblivious to the social norms at Lehigh, have a majority of friends that consume alcohol. Furthermore, who are you to tell people they need to branch out? You saying I should actively seek out and make friends with people solely because they don't drink? I respect people's decision to not drink if they so choose, but for you to tell me I need to not drink or find friends that don't does nothing to solve the problem this piece brings to light.

Lastly, your tangent about recruiting and getting a job is completely irrelevant to the article. You would likely not be in a position to recruit in the first place. Your comment sounds like a person who has been seriously deprived of an enjoyable college experience. If you were to put all the people who have ever encountered this problem on a blacklist you would be missing out on a majority of the people on our campus. My other question would be what does being spoiled have to do with this article? Nothing. If you find Lehigh students to be so very entitled then this may be the time you want to start knocking on doors asking should I be at Lehigh. It's people like you who would rather ignore a problem as opposed to confronting and dealing with it that are destroying the fabric of this nation.