UCC students - encouraged to get drunk?

PhatPiggins

samf wrote: »

In relation to that the SU president has written to the head of security in UCC to organise measures to stop that (whether its barriers in front of the windows or a security guard on partol) so I'll let you know when I hear an update.

Much obliged my good man.

Myerz

Nova_era wrote: »

This is something which has annoyed me since, quite literally, day one of college.

On our first induction day, we were informed about some stupid protest march, which we were ensured would culminate in a "piss-up anyway!".

The UCC Students Union may as well be major shareholders in Gorbys nightclub, and the Bailey etc, as they direct students to spend their Monday evenings/grants/mommy + daddy money in these places. Gorbys, and on their behalf many societies/clubs promote €2 shots of vodka. Since when do people sit down and sip a shot of vodka? They don't. The key emphasis here is to get as drunk as possible.

I'm not in UCC to drink. I'm bloody there to get an education. Yeah sure, social life is an important part of University life, but surely promoting various "nights out" a week is going against the grain of University life? Aren't students meant to be broke? Shouldn't the SU actually for once give some thought to the students who actually are struggling their way through college, and can't afford to spend money getting drunk and going to fast food outlets on random weeknights?

The fact that now a student has actually gone missing has woken me up to post this thread; I'm ****ing sick of this emphasis on drinking which seems to plague my university. I'm surprised that such a tragedy has taken so long to occur, as with the amount of people who fall out of Gorbys and other nightclubs each night drunk, encouraged by college life, we're lucky it's not a regular occurance.

Is anyone else irked by the emphasis placed on drinking in UCC? Is UCC really that dull, that getting drunk needs to be given such precidence?

I'm in the process of drafting an official complaint to the NUI, as this idiocy, predominantly fostered by our respective student unions, is bringing down our universities.

Well, looks like someone from the students union made you cry.

Nova_era

Myerz wrote: »

Well, looks like someone from the students union made you cry.

How did you know?!

life_is_music

The SU directly promote Gorbys - Gorby's are allowed flyer on campus and put up posters.

The SU make their money by taking €x per head for everybody who goes into Gorbys Mon, Tues and Thurs. It makes absolutely no difference to the SU if 800 people go into gorbys and drink tap water all night (probably safer hitting the vodka this week though). The SU forbid pubs/clubs from advertising alcohol on campus and the SU don't benefit in any way from people consuming more on a night out. The bar profits go to the club.

I think peoples problem is with Gorbys having cheap drink prices to promote their club.

Someone mentioned the Bailey giving out free Jelly shots - I challenge you to get drunk on jelly shots!! The Bailey charge €4 for vodka... twice that of Gorbys on a Tuesday. A responsible price for a bar tender to charge.


Class reps/socs mention alcohol when they advertise parties... Of course they do!!! That's what the majority of students want. I personally would rather a night of clubbing then a coffee morning. Why do you think 95% of all class parties go to a pub and a club? The majority of students love going out drinking!

Sam has made class reps aware of the non-alcohol related events available to their classes... It's the class reps choice. The rep will generally choose based on what their class want!