The "Party Positive" Policy

Every student at Virginia Tech knows the Party Positive policy. As a freshman, students are bombarded with propaganda to "party positive." Partying positive is knowing what you're drinking, how much you're drinking and how it effects you. Virginia Tech believes that to party positive a person should have no higher than a .06 Blood Alcohol Level or BAL. So what if a student under 21 is caught drinking but blows a .04? Do they get any less punishment than someone blowing a .12? No they get in the same amount of punishment. Virginia Tech seems to embrace the idea of a Party Positive culture, but they really don't. For this party positive policy to be effective, Virginia Tech needs to punish accordingly. Underage drinkers who have been caught drinking with a BAL of .06 or less, should be punished less harshly than those who have been caught drinking with a BAL of any higher than .06. I’m not saying that underage drinking, but Virginia Tech should build a culture of smart drinking. So that when people are at parties they will know what to drink and how much to drink. I think that if Virginia Tech truly embraced Tech could create a healthier drinking culture. Of course there’s always going to be people who abuse alcohol and drink until they’re throwing up. That is unavoidable and those people should be punished harshly. But if Virginia Tech has the slightest opportunity to lower the number of people getting drunk and throwing up, they should take it. Of course that would mean Virginia Tech has to say drinking is okay in moderation. For some reason that seems to be taboo. But they should remember that the drinking age was 18 once.