{"id":3699,"date":"2018-10-05T18:49:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T18:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/?p=3699"},"modified":"2020-04-29T17:22:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T17:22:57","slug":"how-to-party-smartly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/blog\/how-to-party-smartly\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Party Smartly"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Here<\/a><\/p>\n

You think you\u2019re sly but I know what you\u2019re up to this weekend. So do a lot of people.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not here to tell you to give up your Friday night and stay home knitting (unless that\u2019s what you want to do). I\u2019m just here to help you take it easy. Your body and future self will thank you.<\/p>\n

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Avoid Peer Pressure at Parties<\/b><\/p>\n

Red solo cup, I lift you up! Surprise \u2014 it\u2019s water, just filled with water. Or pop, or juice, or tea. Nobody will know what is or isn\u2019t in your cup.<\/p>\n

The point is that you have a cup. You can still go to the party sober, hang with your friends and play games – but the fear of getting a minor consumption ticket isn\u2019t there isn\u2019t hanging over your head.<\/p>\n

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Take Care of One Another <\/b><\/p>\n

Be the mom or dad of the friend group. Everybody needs one and everyone appreciates you! You could help your friends avoid getting too drunk too fast and steer them away from unwise decisions and unsafe situations.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t Fear the Police<\/b><\/p>\n

Police officers are here to help. Picture your family and friends in a badge. They just want you and the people around you safe. If your party gets busted, just comply with their orders and often officers will let everybody go home. I can\u2019t promise you won\u2019t get in trouble but it\u2019s less likely if you stay calm and don\u2019t try to start a fight.<\/p>\n

If something does go terribly wrong, contact the authorities right away. You will not be punished for under-age drinking if you call 911 to report a sexual assault or case of alcohol poisoning.<\/p>\n

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Respect the Community<\/b><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t help but scold a little on this one. Respect the community because they should enjoy Homecoming too! Don\u2019t throw cans in their yard. Don\u2019t steal or break anyone\u2019s stuff. Don\u2019t be obnoxiously loud late at night. Remember that there are a lot of neighborhoods around campus and people will be trying to sleep. Don\u2019t swear in front of young kids \u2014 they already grow up too fast, so let them be a kid. Remind your friends too.<\/p>\n

Make #WSUhoco18 fun and memorable for all the right reasons! Have a memory to look back on with nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You think you\u2019re sly but I know what you\u2019re up to this weekend. So do a lot of people. I\u2019m not here to tell you to give up your Friday night and stay home knitting (unless that\u2019s what you want to do). I\u2019m just here to help you take it easy. Your body and future […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":3700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[159,1,1517],"tags":[1114],"class_list":["post-3699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","category-campus-life-blog","category-homecoming","tag-wellness"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/10\/Healthy-Hydrated-Wazoo.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa1M27-XF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3706,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3699\/revisions\/3706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/campus-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}