Be kind, don't barf in your neighbor's lawn this week
Jessica Knapp, Opinions Writer
Issue date: 4/15/08 Section: Perspectives
As Ranger Week gets underway, the usual calamities that accompany the eventful week are sure to bring about one controversy or other throughout the duration. The theme "A day at the Beach…On the Beach!" although redundant, proves to bring out lots of scantly clad co-eds looking for fun that only the Beach can offer.
As you head into Ranger week looking to escape the stress that finals and graduation can bring, think about all the hard work that has been put into planning the event by RUSGA, and please, respect your neighbors.
My neighbors, the kind people they are, always know the exact dates of Ranger week with the tell-tale signs of kegs being rolled into my building. Ron, my downstairs neighbor and a man well into his sixties, loves to see us "kids" getting a break from school. His only complaint is that we use the entire week as an excuse to party and make loud noises. Now, I have never had a loud party in my apartment, but I can understand Ron's concern.
Going to such a small school automatically ties us all to the community. Not only is Regis involved in the community through service learning, but our students that live in off campus housing are representatives of Regis. As a result, we are not always noticed by our neighbors when we are quietly studying for mid-terms or writing papers. Instead, we garner attention when we behave like typical college students and nock a few back. The resulting implication is that college students are rowdy and constant consumers of adult beverages.
All my neighbor asks of the students of my building is that no one barfs on the lawns outside of his door this week. He says the smell hangs around for a while and sometimes even attracts a bunch of ants that hang around for a few days. "No one wants to walk through a pile of ants on their way to work."
From this aspect, all students have to do this week is acknowledge that we are in the minority in our small neighborhood. There are far more working adults and children that live around Regis than there are students. Think about this fact before having a party and inviting the entire population of Regis to it. There are people living around us that live in the real world, and their world does not involve calling the cops at two in the morning to launch a noise complaint.
To those who think it is their right to have a loud party, get publicly intoxicated and regurgitate wherever they please, think again. Ranger Week is a rare opportunity to have fun before the stress of finals begins, and it is an opportunity to show what class acts the students of Regis University are.
Above all, BE SAFE! Enjoy the various competitions be held on campus this year including the new Dance Off at 9pm on Thursday in the Dining Hall and Ranger Idol on Tuesday at 9pm in the Dining Hall.
Put on your sunscreen, head out to the Beach and relax before the stress of finals sets in. As you head into the sun and get set for the eventful week ahead, remember your neighbors and try and respect the fact that the vast majority of them do not live in the world of academia and don't get to celebrate this week like us students do.
As you head into Ranger week looking to escape the stress that finals and graduation can bring, think about all the hard work that has been put into planning the event by RUSGA, and please, respect your neighbors.
My neighbors, the kind people they are, always know the exact dates of Ranger week with the tell-tale signs of kegs being rolled into my building. Ron, my downstairs neighbor and a man well into his sixties, loves to see us "kids" getting a break from school. His only complaint is that we use the entire week as an excuse to party and make loud noises. Now, I have never had a loud party in my apartment, but I can understand Ron's concern.
Going to such a small school automatically ties us all to the community. Not only is Regis involved in the community through service learning, but our students that live in off campus housing are representatives of Regis. As a result, we are not always noticed by our neighbors when we are quietly studying for mid-terms or writing papers. Instead, we garner attention when we behave like typical college students and nock a few back. The resulting implication is that college students are rowdy and constant consumers of adult beverages.
All my neighbor asks of the students of my building is that no one barfs on the lawns outside of his door this week. He says the smell hangs around for a while and sometimes even attracts a bunch of ants that hang around for a few days. "No one wants to walk through a pile of ants on their way to work."
From this aspect, all students have to do this week is acknowledge that we are in the minority in our small neighborhood. There are far more working adults and children that live around Regis than there are students. Think about this fact before having a party and inviting the entire population of Regis to it. There are people living around us that live in the real world, and their world does not involve calling the cops at two in the morning to launch a noise complaint.
To those who think it is their right to have a loud party, get publicly intoxicated and regurgitate wherever they please, think again. Ranger Week is a rare opportunity to have fun before the stress of finals begins, and it is an opportunity to show what class acts the students of Regis University are.
Above all, BE SAFE! Enjoy the various competitions be held on campus this year including the new Dance Off at 9pm on Thursday in the Dining Hall and Ranger Idol on Tuesday at 9pm in the Dining Hall.
Put on your sunscreen, head out to the Beach and relax before the stress of finals sets in. As you head into the sun and get set for the eventful week ahead, remember your neighbors and try and respect the fact that the vast majority of them do not live in the world of academia and don't get to celebrate this week like us students do.
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