In Monday's Collegian there were two articles pertaining to the $80,000 grant to the State College Police Department to cut down on underage drinking and increase arrests ("Conference boosts alcohol awareness," April 5 and "PLCB starts training to aid police with underage drinking," April 5). If you didn't read them, the first article detailed the 18-month project to reduce underage drinking by increasing awareness, but more so enforcement ("Conference boosts alcohol awareness," April 5). The police plan on letting the students know, by example of arrests, that large parties will not be allowed. The main targets will be the people supplying the alcohol which, if enforced, will end the entire party scene at Penn State. No one will take the risk of having a party. The second article summarized the training police are getting in how to arrest a party ("PLCB starts training to aid police with underage drinking," April 5). The police put a spin on it, claiming that it is for safety reasons (so people don't jump out windows), but it seems to me that they are learning how to make sure no one gets away.

What are they trying to accomplish? The result is going to be the end of nightlife at Penn State as we know it. Many people feel that the "drinking issue" at Penn State needs to be addressed, but if this is so, just make sure people are safe while having fun. Make sure that girls are not getting abducted, and that no dangerous crimes are being committed.

College is a time for people to learn, but this goes beyond the classroom. We have to learn how to handle our liquor, be responsible in different environments and, most of all, have a little fun. If parties are eliminated at Penn State, the college life as we know it is over. Movies like Animal House will seem like a past era, if they aren't already.

Maybe the people making these decisions should ask themselves what some of their memories of college are, and what the college life was like. Let's not turn State College into a police state. The administrators should think about this as well. Penn State is nationally renowned for its academics, football and a great nightlife (and sometimes mornings). Take away the nightlife, and students will decide to go elsewhere.