Friday, March 04, 2005
Q==Q+(DailyCal Editorial)
Our ballroom!
University officials insist they never intended to weaken the social aspect of campus. But what else explains forbidding online advertising for events in Pauley Ballroom? This is a blatant attempt to curb student attendance.
Yes, it's an attempt to curb student attendance, not to "weaken the social aspect of campus." Can't you talk to your friends outside of structured events?
Why were these rules imposed upon student life? Suffice it to say some inebriated Berkeley High students felt it their right to get into a frat-hosted party in the ballroom. Denied admission, they threw a tantrum and trashed Telegraph. The businesses then threatened to sue.
While the damage done to Telegraph was not UC Berkeley’s fault, university administrators panicked. But the changes didn’t address the real problem—weak mob deterrence. Dances should require college ID and advertise as “college students only” to ensure that events foster college culture—and so uninvited high schoolers cannot take advantage of the system.
Ah, because that way, when the high schoolers do show up, they'll be denied admission, because they're not college students. Which will lead to a totally different situation than the one described above.
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