Parties and Riots

Although parties can reduce students' stress, parties more likely harm the environment. Once students get into college, they earn freedom. That freedom, however, could turn out to be detrimental if not handled properly. Specifically, fraternities and sororities host parties during weekends and students become unstoppable whenever there is a football game. It can affect students' grade and can probably affect their whole life.

Penn State is notorious for parties and students go crazy when it comes to parties. The day before the football game, they get together and have parties. They drink, smoke, dance, have intercourse, and even more. Then on the game day, dressed in blue and white, tens and thousands of students start walking to the stadium filling up downtown and campus. In 2005, Penn State beat rival Ohio State and that night 20,000 students filled downtown and campus. They started breaking cars, windows, doors, lamp posts, and anything that was in their way. Then Police started seizing them and fined the students who were involved in the riot.
Some people may think that it is not bad to have parties because it reduces students' stress, but the parties are really harmful to the neighbors and the environment. The biggest problem is beer. According to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, around 88% of college students including students under 21 have used alcohol. This percentage may not sound so big, but thinking about thousands of students drinking underage or drinking and driving in college really shocks all of us. Another problem is violence. When students get drunk, they tend to get violent and it leads to riots. They have fights with each other and start breaking windows and doors, so many business owners are affected. One small action leads to a greater action that requires greater responsibility. Hence parties should be reduced in college, no matter what, to make the campus a better place to live and study.