St. Patrick’s Day is the national holiday of Ireland. In America, it’s treated as an excuse to pinch people, wear otherwise unacceptable green outfits, and drink. Thus UD campus. It’s actually not as bad as people think. The “riot” a couple of years ago, I gather, was somewhat blown out of proportion. But people still get up to start celebrating at midnight, and the high point of the early morning celebration is “40s at 4”, where theoretically the whole campus comes together in the Ghetto (the South Student Neighborhood, lovingly referred to as the Ghetto because it used to be) and each person consumes a 40oz beer. Then around 7 or 8 everyone who’s still awake heads to the dining halls for food. A lot of people skip class to get drunk, and there is revelry around campus all day. There are also many students who go to class drunk. The administration tries their best to combat whole-campus drunkeness with alternate activities, which do seem to have an effect. But if someone’s already planning on spending the whole day drunk, there’s not much to stop them. However, the flow of people and goods onto campus is highly regulated, and the campus police, assisted by outside law enforcement, crack down more on illegal drinking by patrolling more thoroughly and checking ID cards more often. Also, the building entrance restrictions usually only in place on weekend nights are in play for the whole weekend through the day after St. Patty’s. I basically celebrated by having a beer with lunch and dinner, which is legal because I’m in China.
Other than that, nothing too interesting happened today, and classes went as usual. I did typical Tuesday things, and after I got home I took a rest before dinner and homework.
Other than that, nothing too interesting happened today, and classes went as usual. I did typical Tuesday things, and after I got home I took a rest before dinner and homework.