NPR podcast response

I found the NPR podcast very interesting. I thought the presenters did a relatively good job at showing different sides of partying at the school without being too biased. However, like many of the surveys incoming freshman had to do online, the faculty tries to show us that some students don't drink at all. That point was not brought up in the podcast but since the point of the podcast was about the partying at Penn State, maybe leaving those students out was appropriate. I thought it was interesting how they emersed themselves in the school and found girls peeing on lawns and boys stealing stop signs. I still remember in the beginning of the piece was the one of the narrators said, "I remember being like that in college", when reffering to obnoxious drunk kids in the street, and the other agreed. Putting that in the beginning of the piece made me listen with a more open mindset rather than taking a defensive position.
I thought a very good point was raised about how after we were given the title of #1 party school it was almost like we felt it was our duty to protect it and meet everyones expectations. Being given that title is almost like a self-fufilling prophecy. I think they used pathos to prove their point most in the section about Joe Dado. It was obviously a very upsetting situation especially because of how it was an "average" night for a Penn State freshman. I thought that Penn Stae's approach to address that situation seemed effective. Instead of preaching to the students not to drink, they realized that this was just unrealistic and they enocouraged students to be safer and look out for their friends instead. They podcast also appealled to emotions when driving around with the Canyon delivery boy who told the reported that someone broke his jaw a few weeks earlier. They used ethos in the section with the police officer. The officer cited two boys relatively close in time to eachother but was lenient in his write-ups. Logos was used when they talked about partying and drinking statistics at Penn State. They said around 65% of students went out and drank on friday and saturday and about 50% of students regularly "binge drink".
Personally, I enjoy the partying atmostphere at Penn State. I think it is part of the reason Penn State is such a close community and part of the reason alumnis keep coming back. It makes for a much more enjoyable college experience. I also think that it is a very hard thing to change. I have a difficult time feeling bad for the residents of State College because they have the choice to live here. I also think that when moving to a college town you would have some idea of what you were getting yourself into. At this point strict changes like the ones in Lincoln Nebraska would create a huge backlash among students and alumni. I do think that some people take advantage of the partying atmosphere when damaging property or harming others but they are not a representation of the entire population. When 40,000 18-22 year-olds are brought together in one town, there is going to be partying and sometimes there will be unfortunate consequences. It would be almost impossible to think that among 40,000+ students some wouldn't be wreckless. Among any group of 40,000 people, there will be some that make mistakes or take things too far. Penn State is still #1 among recruiters and as long as statistics like that remain constant, party on Penn State.