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HorticullyBuck
miniature giant space buckeye!
I'm sorry. We're going to close down mirror lake jump in - this is fine I never Knew the university actually endorsed this. However. We are OK with serving alcohol in the Stadium. One person dies in a strange way and everyone jumps. People keep dieing from drunk driving and keep twiddling their thumbs?
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SloopyHangOn
WhoO WhoO WhoO!
Nothing is ever about actual human empathy.
It's bottom line. That dolla dolla bill.
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Hetuck
Assistant Coach
What if the kid's family doesn't sue? What if video surfaces of the kid diving in head first?
How will they stop students from continuing with the tradition without fencing Mirror Lake in or removing it altogether? If I was a student and you told me I couldn't jump into Mirror Lake as part of the Michigan Week festivities then you could bet your ass that my ass was going into that lake.
How will they stop students from continuing with the tradition without fencing Mirror Lake in or removing it altogether? If I was a student and you told me I couldn't jump into Mirror Lake as part of the Michigan Week festivities then you could bet your ass that my ass was going into that lake.
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Who dives into water like that head first? That's the speculation but unless someone killed the kid, you have to believe that he did jump head first.
Hell I dont jump into my 6 ft deep pool head first any more. Sad that someone died but no matter if they stop it or not, stupid people are still going to do stupid things and tragedy keeps happening. Not trying to really make light of it but its really evolution trying to work when people do stuff that puts their lives in that kind of danger when they don't have to.
Just wanted to add, the jump has no bearing for me whether they ban it or not. I wouldnt do it if they kept it going and it was clean. Just looking at big picture here.
Hell I dont jump into my 6 ft deep pool head first any more. Sad that someone died but no matter if they stop it or not, stupid people are still going to do stupid things and tragedy keeps happening. Not trying to really make light of it but its really evolution trying to work when people do stuff that puts their lives in that kind of danger when they don't have to.
Just wanted to add, the jump has no bearing for me whether they ban it or not. I wouldnt do it if they kept it going and it was clean. Just looking at big picture here.
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I think the will is now there to take those sorts of drastic steps if students want to push the issue. It may come down to this choice: What do students value more, the preservation of a 25-year tradition of acting like a fool one night a year, or the preservation of a tradition and historic landmark that they will enjoy and appreciate the other 364 days of they year and hopefully, long after they have grown up and become alumni? As somebody who appreciates both traditions, there's no question about which one I think should endure.
Can we maybe slow down on saying or implying they young man was stupid? Sheesh.
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Hetuck
Assistant Coach
I don't know how long the Mirror Lake jump has been going on but it's been more than 30 years. This was the 30th anniversary of my jump into Mirror Lake the year I was living in Baker Hall and I know we weren't the first to do it because I had already heard about the jump at the time. There weren't the thousands of students that we see today and there were no school officials/authorities present.
I don't know exactly what happened to that kid. But if he dove in head first and broke his neck then that's on him. One dumbass shouldn't ruin it for everybody. It's November, you're an adult, and you're jumping into two feet of water. Not dying isn't rocket surgery.
I don't know exactly what happened to that kid. But if he dove in head first and broke his neck then that's on him. One dumbass shouldn't ruin it for everybody. It's November, you're an adult, and you're jumping into two feet of water. Not dying isn't rocket surgery.
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Onebuckfan
classof76
Drunk Driving is only a few years away from disappearing all cars will be driverless possibly sooner than later. (I do not endorse this but this is what millennial elites want and they will whine and stomp their feet till they get it.)
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
You sound like a neo-prohibitionist who just wants all social drinking abolished. There's nothing inherently dangerous about alcohol. In fact there are multiple studies showing that moderate alcohol consumption is actually beneficial to one's health. Yes it can be abused, but so can a car. Maybe we should lower the highway limit to 35 mph, so everyone can be safer.
And FWIW, the campaign stopped being about drunk driving a long time ago. It's become a religious based witch hunt against social drinking with states, counties and municipalities cynically going along because it's a cash windfall for them. They're lobbying now to lower the "drunk" threshold to .05 despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of alcohol involved crashes and fatalities are at the hands of a multiple offender at twice the legal limit.
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