“I’m gonna tell your mommy.” 

Doesn’t sound too mature, does it? 

Thanks to Public Law 105-244 recently signed by President Clinton, that’s a policy that the federal government has given colleges and universities like ASU the right to accept. 

The policy at Appalachian right now is if students under 21 are caught consuming or possessing alcohol, nothing happens the first time (except for counseling that the student has to pay for). Each time the student gets caught, the punishment gets worse until the student is thrown off campus.  A letter is never sent home. 

The federal government has now given the school the right to scrap this method in favor of grade school policies. 

So will ASU be one of the schools to tell parents when their children get caught sneaking a six-pack of Miller Lite into their dorm room?  Maybe. 

Next Tuesday night, SGA will try to stand up for students’ rights by voting on something of a concession measure, to not notify parents when underage drinkers are caught the first time, but to do so the second time. 

Part of the learning experience of college is learning firsthand about the evils of alcohol.  And it looks like that right could be snatched away from future students. 

So is this a good way to curb alcohol abuse?  We at The Appalachian think not. 

Very few students show up at ASU under the age of 18.  That’s the age (if you can really place a number on it, which seems rather stupid) of accountability.  It’s the age that our all-knowing government deems it alright for people to join the military and possibly fight in a war, but not to drink a beer. 

While that’s another editorial in itself, it seems silly that there could be a rule in the book that allows the university to tell on us. 

For those who think that the resolution will reduce the school’s liability, think again.  The university has made numerous efforts to curb student drinking.  For the most part, they are not working, because students like to drink, and college is the best time in a person’s life to do it without having to call out of work and answer to the wife or husband. 

And besides, the numbers show that 90 percent of students that are caught a first time for alcohol violations don’t get caught again,  a pretty impressive figure if you ask us. 

The bottom line is, though, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.  In other words, lets not call parents about partying a little bit, ever.