Let's be real about this. Parties in college are the main thing that causes people to become off task with whatever they're pursuing in college. If you're not a major party-person in highschool, you might as well just don't force yourself onto it in college. First-hand experience right here. This is just everything that happened in one night, and didn't really bother editing it. This will just be the REAL rough first-hand report. No names or organizations will be used in this article.
I am currently a freshman attending University of California, Riverside; an EE major student, and 2016-2017 Residence Hall Senator. In high school, I was not the party type of person. When I arrived to UC Riverside, I thought that I'd give the party life a go. Didn't go exactly as planned. As a person who grew up in a strict Asian household, I was raised being told that drinking and smoking were bad and forbidden. Took that same mentality to college. I see all my friends drinking and smoking, even the close ones.
For most UCs, this is currently Week 1. The week when fraternities are rushing. I decided to attend a rush event myself, and when I got there, I see a bunch of alcohol drinks lined up, and people outside smoking. I told myself I was not going to drink that night. During the first hour of the two hours I stayed there, I drank one shot, and that was it. Then during the second hour, I see people all around me drinking and smoking and then the next thing I know, they're drunk and messed up, for lack of a better word. It especially hits you hard when you see someone you know around you dropping and the people who hang around them start to take advantage of them.
How it went down in my point of view was that as soon as the party "became lit," there were people playing Water Pong (water used as a substitute rather than beer), people outback smoking, and others mixing drinks together and taking shots. I was fine when other people who I am not familiar with took shots, smoked, or played. But it became all downhill when you see your close friends being pressured to take shots, and then some of them getting lit, and then some of them going against their will drinking more than they can take. Then the next thing you know, the cops are at the door because of a noise disturbance report.
At that point when the cops arrived at the house, I knew that it was time to leave and that parties are not suited to my life. All I did at the end was sit, chill, and watch the party happen at a distance. That was the first and last time I will be staying at a college party.
