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I went to UGA my freshman year. Compared to other campuses where the parties are at fraternities or private residences, Athens is a bar (and, as the article poi
by basseq 12y ago
I went to UGA my freshman year. Compared to other campuses where the parties are at fraternities or private residences, Athens is a bar (and, as the article points out, a fake ID) town.
It was very much a wink-and-grin environment: the "bad photocopy job pasted onto a McDonald's gift card" description is very apt. Some bars were tougher than others, but for a guy, showing up with a favorable distribution of girls would cause the bouncer to look the other way.
It's obvious and egregious (UGA suspends open container laws on gamedays), but as the article's subjects and other HN posters point out, the problem is not bars and fake IDs, and more college students' drinking problems. (Which exist at fraternities, house parties, and other venues as well.) To that end, I laud the focus on safety, education, and one-strikes over just pushing the "scene" underground.
- cyanbane 12y ago(Re open container suspension) A few years ago I paid a $280 fine for walking an open beer across the street in Athens. To this article's point I think the cops pick and choose as to where they may be most effective at a given point in the day, the beer didn't have a label on it (I brewed it) and the cop may have thought it looked odd. Although the town has stayed the same since my years in Athens, I do think there is an uptick in underage drinking in general, or at the least a larger movement to drinking harder spirits. Personally, I think there is a larger mention of liquor by name in today's music than there has been in the past and that plays a part.