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February 04, 2005

College Campus Prohibition

It might have stopped this:

A California State University student died of "water intoxication" during hazing in the basement of a fraternity, authorities said Thursday.

An autopsy showed death was triggered by hyponatremia, a condition in which excess water in the body causes sodium levels in the blood to drop. Water is then absorbed into the blood and fluid builds up in the brain.

We can only hope that University officials will move swiftly to ban the drinking of water on campus and at off-campus University-related events. The tragedy of H₂O binge drinking must never be allowed to happen again.

Or we could just accept that some people are going to do stupid shit. We can educate them. We can restrict access. But people, even if they're only dumb under the influence of peer pressure, will continue to dumb things.