Drinking Deaths Draw Attention to Old Campus Problem

Prompt Question #4: In my opinion I think that a student is completely responsible for the amount of alcohol he/she drinks. I feel like when someone reaches the age of 18, they are responsible for themselves. At this age teenagers go off to college and their parents are no there anymore to tell them what to do. This is when one needs to be responsible and know the consequence of drinking a lot. First of all they need to know that the minimum drinking age is 21, if they drinking before being 21 they are committing an illegal act. Before coming to college a teenager needs to know the consequences of drinking, they need to know it one, it is not good for your health, two they are responsible for themselves if they drink, friends are not going to babysit them. They need to be smart about their decision making. The steps I take to prevent what happened in the University of Colorado are that when I go out I don't drink, I tell my friends not to drink, and I act mature. I am responsible. Having fun sober, it's the best way to have fun.

Thesis: I believe the thesis of this essay is that the University of Colorado is beginning to realize that underage drinking is becoming a huge problem. The amount of deaths that are occurring around the school due to drinking are not okay. They have realize that the whole community needs to help out to solve this problem. "The community and the campus both have to admit they have a problem" "I think it's very important that they work together." These two theses support my statement because it is true, the community should solve this problem before teenagers die due to the affects of alcohol.