DMN: Turner Rejects On Campus Bar *SHOCKING!*

by **couch 'em** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:54 am

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042908dnmetsmudrugs.3810356.html

Who didn't see this one coming?

by **StallionsModelT** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:24 am

Good. Who honestly thought this was going to make a big difference? College kids are going to go out to bars and drink. This is not something unique to SMU. I highly doubt our very image-aware student body would want to go to a bar on campus. Just my two cents.

by **smu diamond m** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:25 am

I salute you, President Turner. This was the absolute correct decision.

"I feel like the root of SMU's problem comes from people traveling off campus to drink and then trying to get back to campus," said Ms. Rodriguez, a resident assistant and sorority member. "But I understand his rationale in making the decision, because if you allow some campus drinking, how do you regulate it?"

Yes, getting back to campus is the problem, that's why we had so many deaths due to intoxicated car wrecks.

by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:40 am

More Friday morning classes....I love it.

Thank God...no 'on campus' pub at SMU.

A+

by **smu diamond m** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:45 am

MrMustang1965 wrote:More Friday morning classes....I love it.

Glad I'm getting out before this happens

by **couch 'em** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:01 am

MrMustang1965 wrote:More Friday morning classes....I love it.

Thank God...no 'on campus' pub at SMU.

A+

I agree that it will do nothing to solve the recent problems, but you guys act as though an on campus pub would actually be a negitive thing.

by **The Spaz** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:10 am

I agree with couch, what's the problem with this idea? They have an on campus pub at Curtin in Perth Australia (SMU in Oz program) and it's great! People meet for lunch or dinner and grab a beer and some food. If they believe college aged students can't handle that, well, then I think the problem lays with the type of student at SMU, not the actual idea.
Besides, if it's just a simple bar with beer and wine, no ones going to opt out of the big party spots anyway...

by **CalallenStang** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:15 am

smu diamond m wrote:
MrMustang1965 wrote:More Friday morning classes....I love it.

Glad I'm getting out before this happens

Glad Cox doesn't run classes on Friday...

I don't think an on-campus pub was the correct answer to the problem the task force wanted to solve...but it WAS the correct answer to another problem: SMU has no center of campus life. Go to Tulane, Rice, U of Richmond, etc. and see what on-campus pubs do for those institutions. We are missing the boat.

by **ready4abowl** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:36 am

Why not try it for a year or two? If it doesn't help or students don't like it, shut it down. Part of college is about trying and learnings new things, new experiences. In the "real world", there seem to be quite a lot of bars around where people work and live.

by **mrydel** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:42 am

Just a guess but would not the liability insurance be astronomical?

by **NavyCrimson** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:42 am

Well said - '65. The whole idea is absurd. There's enough bars in & around the campus that people can go to. Isn't this suppose to be an "academic" institution?

Obviously we have too many students with too much time on their hands.

by **J.T.supporta** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:07 am

Just goes to show what a waste that "drug counsel" was.

by **J.T.supporta** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:08 am

ready4abowl wrote:Why not try it for a year or two? If it doesn't help or students don't like it, shut it down. Part of college is about trying and learnings new things, new experiences. In the "real world", there seem to be quite a lot of bars around where people work and live.

lay off the dope and go back to class.

by **EastStang** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:19 am

They had one at William and Mary, but they closed it when the drinking age went back to 21. In reality, you're really only dealing with second semester juniors and seniors who would be able to legally drink. So, you would have constant problem dealing with stemming underage drinking at a campus owned facility. Yes, it might reduce drunk driving incidents among juniors and seniors. But it would not be a place where the majority of students would be able to go and have a beer with lunch. And there is that small problem of University Park being a dry municipality.

by **CalallenStang** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:20 am

SMU needs a center of campus life. Campus is dead at night. Go look at pubs at the places I previously mentioned.

NavyCrimson, Rice is also an academic institution, no?

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