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College Life and Alcohol A while back I was involved in a small gathering in my own dorm room where the consumption of alcohol was taking place by many college students under the legal drinking age limit. Although I was not drinking, the fact that I was socializing and allowing this to take place in my room put me under the position of a facilitator. This position is just as problematic as if I were to actually consume alcohol myself. The residential life handbook states that alcohol consumption in the dorms must involve only people above the legal drinking limit and may only be done behind closed doors in the dorm room. The reason for this rule is the topic at hand. The student handbook discusses many concepts regarding alcohol consumption in the dorms and in college and adult life in general. It says specifically that people under the age of twenty one are not allowed to consume, posses, or provide any alcoholic beverages according to Oregon law. Clearly I was involved in one of these because it was occuring in my room, so regardless of whether I was even in the room at the t...

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