Well, Iowa City is in the news. Drudge linked to an AP story this morning- and, it's such a charming story. Apparently gangs of men are roaming are streets beating people up at random- and AP makes our fair city look like crap, to be frank. Maybe that's just a perception, but to me, that's the way the article reads.
As usual, our city officials are flailing around trying to find a solution. They've been talking about 'non-alcoholic' alternatives for students since I was in elementary school. Do college students still drink? You bet. And you know which two words don't appear in these discussions, ever:
Responsible drinking.
To me, this is a simple debate- college students are always, always, always going to drink. No squishy, wishy-washy alcohol free alternatives are going to break down the culture of drinking. But if we can encourage responsible drinking, we might be able to change the culture on campus to something we can tolerate. At the end of the day, with a problem as intractable as this one, we can only hope to move the culture- not break it down or change it.
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