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4/14/2012 9:56:38 PM
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University to ban Alcohol because 20% of students are muslim
[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/apr/12/university-alcohol-free-zones-muslim-students]University where 20% of students are Muslim considers alcohol-free zones
'We need to be more cautious about sex too,' says vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University
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[quote]A London university is considering establishing alcohol-free zones on its campuses because so many of its students consider drinking to be immoral.
Professor Malcolm Gillies, vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University, said the selling of alcohol was an issue of "cultural sensitivity" at his institution where a fifth of students are Muslim.
Speaking to a conference of university administrators in Manchester, he said that for many students, drinking alcohol was "an immoral experience".
"Because there is no majority ethnic group [at London Metropolitan], I think [selling alcohol] is playing to particular parts of our society much more [than to others]," he was reported as saying in the Times Higher Education magazine.
He said he saw little reason for the university to subsidise a student bar on campus when there were "at least half a dozen pubs within 200m".
He told the Guardian the makeup of his institution had changed considerably over the past few decades. In the past it had been "substantially Anglo Saxon now 20% of our students are Muslim," he said.
"We therefore need to rethink how we cater for that 21st-century balance. For many students now, coming to university is not about having a big drinking experience. The university bar is not as used as it used to be."[/quote]
[Edited on 04.14.2012 1:59 PM PDT]
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Why will they "bad" alcohol?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] evnted Why will they "bad" alcohol?[/quote] This. But also why is this a problem?
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edit [Edited on 04.14.2012 2:01 PM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] evnted Why will they "bad" alcohol?[/quote]Doh ho ho so clever. OT: Thats almost as retarded as "happy holidays"
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Damn dude, Islam is consuming Europe!
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Doesn't matter, the mainland is scheduled to be invaded in exactly four months. By the time I've built up my forces and entered London all of England would have been burnt to the ground.
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20% isn't a majority, if it inconveniences more people by closing then it's wrong. Maybe a student vote on it would suffice, it is only an on-campus bar after all, if there's plenty of bars nearby it isn't a big problem.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] BaldursGate1994 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] evnted Why will they "bad" alcohol?[/quote] This. But also why is this a problem? [/quote]That the unvirsity is changing because of someones religion. They should not even be thinking this there is no reason to change, if those students don't like it they can go somewhere else. They are paying the university to go there its not like they are forced. The UK has changed enough to accomodate the different relgions and people, some ways I agree with and others I don't.
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Good, but for the wrong reasons.
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Ok? This doesn't affect me in he slightest. I don't think it should be aloud on campus anways.
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What is the problem? Seriously my university is alcohol free, but that doesn't mean people break the rules all the time.
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First the cigarette pack labeling ban and now this. I feel sad for people who live in Oceania, I mean London.
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Maybe more students will focus more on studying instead of getting hammered on the weekends.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] mister death Ok? This doesn't affect me in he slightest. I don't think it should be aloud on campus anways.[/quote]What alcohol or sex?? The article mentioned both
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Stupid is as stupid does.
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They would just go off campus.[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] chubbz Maybe more students will focus more on studying instead of getting hammered on the weekends.[/quote]
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I don't have a problem with banning alcohol. I do have a problem with banning it because it goes against someones religion and it hurts their feelings.
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establishing "alcohol-free zones" =/= banning alcohol misleading title is misleading
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Alcohol free zones doesn't sound that bad of an idea. The non-Muslim students can always drink elsewhere.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Potato Joe First the cigarette pack labeling ban and now this. I feel sad for people who live in Oceania, I mean London.[/quote] Orwell-reference. *brofist* Also, isn't the UK actually called Airstrip One in 1984?
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The college campus I am on and campuses across the nation have alcohol and substance free areas. This really is nothing. Every American college has this. Move along, nothing to see here.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] General Dripik OT: Thats almost as retarded as "happy holidays"[/quote] Almost.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Locke357 establishing "alcohol-free zones" =/= banning alcohol misleading title is misleading[/quote]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] coolmike699 The college campus I am on and campuses across the nation have alcohol and substance free areas. This really is nothing. Every American college has this. Move along, nothing to see here. [/quote]Only because you can't drink till 21 and you probably leave college by then. We have lots of adults in university in the UK so maybe they want to drink without leaving the campus. Is that a problem or should they be forced to go off campus?
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This is ridiculous. Lets also ban fatty foods because some people are on a diet.
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[quote]ban Alchohol[/quote] [quote]alcohol-free zones[/quote]
