Students need not worry about cops if you're 21

Yesterday I read an article titled "Underage drinkers not deterred" in the Wildcat. The article was essentially the product of several interviews with underage drinkers off campus, particularly at Star Ranch. The impression I got from the article is that there is still some confusion about whether it is acceptable for police officers to seek out and arrest such drinkers, or whether this is a waste of time and "taxpayer dollars." I fail to see where this confusion comes from. If you are under 21 and you drink in the United States, you have committed a crime. Therefore, law enforcement agents can and should take whatever legal power they have and use it to curb or stop your activity. The same could be said of speeding. It does not matter how good a driver you are, if there are no other cars on the road or any other variable there might be. If you go one mile per hour over the limit, you have committed a crime and the officer has every right to use his authority on you. More serious crimes such as auto theft and rape are often related to alcohol. It is highly probable that such crimes can be curbed by curbing underage ÷ illegal ÷ alcohol use. I believe that the police are taking a great step forward in crime prevention by taking such actions. It seems that these underage drinkers wish to create some "gray area" by questioning whether their crime is worth prosecution. It is from such gray areas that crime originates. If you don't want to be prosecuted, wait 'till you're 21 to drink. Drinking is not a necessity of life. [Read article]

Here's a shocker: ASUA senators can't fulfill their campaign promises. The news should come as no surprise to student government watchers ÷ or for that matter, anyone who's been on campus longer than a year.

Last week, the 10 senators, who represent all the UA's undergraduates, turned in project proposals. But those proposals have almost nothing in common with the promises the senators made on the campaign trail last spring. [Read article]

Right-of-center intellectuals would argue that so-called liberals have monopolized higher education.

While there is probably validity to that claim, one might gather the opposite should he or she listen to the radical left that is desperately attempting to permeate campus.

Thursday night, the leading leftist political action groups on campus had a chance to voice some of their top concerns at a forum titled Airing UA's Dirty Laundry. Now, they were mostly preaching to the choir. The audience was no doubt made up mostly of members of their organizations. [Read article]