So they started selling alcohol (beer and wine) at the university where I work and I must say that I just don't feel good about the idea. Is it the place of a university to sell alcohol? I say no, it's not. Why does it need to sell alcohol? Well you might argue for profits, which can be a really good thing but do any of those profits go to the school or do they just go to the corporate food service industry company that I work for? Because if none, or not much of it goes to the school (to help further the educations of the students they are intoxicating) then profit is no longer a viable excuse because it doesn't circle around to benefit the student for the reasons they are at that school drinking that beer, which is to learn. I can nit pick and argue out all the little details about liability and more access to alcohol for underage kids with fake IDs and parents and possible lawsuits, and I could argue all the potential benefits of less reason to travel/drive while intoxicated...(that's about it)... but the bottom line is do academic institutions really need to have a bar on campus? Does alcohol benefit the learning process?
No.
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