This is a time of university campus festival. On university campuses, a lot of drinking parties are held and screaming and singing of drunken students are easily heard for the period of time. This drinking orgies are usually held until dawn.
On October 11, the smell of liquor filled the square of A university at 3:00 a.m. About thirty cart bars formed a “village” in the square. In the bars, students were drinking Soju and beer, and empty bottles were stacked up in the corner of the tents. Dozens of students were dancing to music, and some were doing deep petting.
Mr. Lee, a senior student of the school, said,
“Drinking parties finished early today because it is the first day of the feast. However, on the last day of the feast, we will drink till the morning, because we are not allowed to leave alcohol in the feast.“
B university was no exception. Drinking parties started at 5:00 p.m. We could see the students who were sleeping in the benches. Twenty civil complaints were filed by the residents during the feast because of the screaming and singing of drunken students.
▲ Soju bottles emptied by the students
during a university's festival
during a university's festival
were stacked up in the corner of the campus
In contrast to this atmophere, Dae-Kyung University, which is located in the Gyeongsan-si, held the university festival without alcohol at the very first.
Professor Jung, who managed the feast, said,
“We didn't prepare not only Soju and beer but also bar snacks such as whelk. Thanks to saving money paid for drinks, we could prepare a lot of different foods.
On the first day of the festival, there was no alcohol all over the campus. Small groups of students were enjoying beverage such as coke instead of Soju, eating chicken and Tteokbokki instead of bar snacks.
Up to last year, it was not like this. Until last year, there had been several cart bars were on display on campus, and cantests such as ‘The fastest beer drinker”, “Tossing off Soju.” had been main events. There had been full of drunken students all over the campus. Screaming and singing of druken had filled the campus. Futhermore, some had been rushed to the emergency room.
▲ Changes of Dae-Kyung University
“The festival without alcohol” was planned by professors. And students responded positively to their suggestion. Last June, Mr. Kim, head of the planning office, and professor Park suggested the removal of alcohol in the festival. And the idea went through in a faculty conference. After that, professors introduced the idea to students in the class. They also got a forth students’ signature for the idea.
The university prepared many cultural events such as animal show, body painting program, musicals, dances for the festival. On the last day of the festival, there were students who major ballets, performing the plays.
Mr. Kim, a freshman of the school, said,
“I think there is no necessity for us to drink during the university festival. We can enjoy the performances with our schoolmates.“
The revised Law for the Promotion of Nation’s Health, which do not allow students to drink and sell alcohols on campus, will officially come into effect in April next year. Much has been said for and against about it. Some think that it is the great chance to change the university’s cacoethes, but the others are opposed to the law because drinking on campus is a romance for them.
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I hadn't heard of that new law. It's going to be interesting to see how we do our festival next year. I'm not really against the festival in the way that we do it, but I probably change it in some ways, like shutting down at 11pm so people can take public transport home. If they want to go to bars or other places to continue, let them do it off campus.
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