Why are there fewer and fewer house parties at DU, asks a frustrated partygoer. One reason is that students attending parties steal from the host.
Haven’t we ever heard the phrase, “don’t bite the hand that feeds you?”
Students stealing from each other, for any reason, is simply wrong and unethical. The idea that someone would let you into his or her home, offer you beer or liquor and welcome your presence should be enough to deter students from taking important or expensive things from the host’s house. Betraying someone’s trust in that way not only violates all kinds of moral codes, but also ruins the house party scene for the rest of us.
Why would people have parties if they knew their laptops, purses, favorite stuffed animals or $8 worth of Ramen noodles could be stolen (By the way, that’s 80 packs of Ramen.) Furthermore, the idea that people could walk into a stranger’s house, much less a DU student’s, and try on his shirts (I’ve seen it happen, folks) makes me question the moral fiber on this campus.
Do people steal because they need the money, because they’re drunk and stupid, or just because the party’s crowded and they can?
Though I hope I’m wrong, I would say it is because students have forgotten the basic ethical problems that stealing is wrong. The pilfering of expensive electronics from a peer without a second thought says bad things about this college generation. Where are the basic morals on which our society rests? Apparently not in its young generation. I won’t rule out the possibility that non-DU students could be sneaking into parties and grabbing things, but it’s more likely that students are doing it to other students.
What are you going to do with someone’s laptop anyway? Pawn the sucker? I’m inclined to think that most students don’t need an extra laptop. How about thinking just for a second about the needs, feelings and well-being of others? People who have parties or even small get-togethers believe in the ideas that people are inherently good and are only interested in food, fun and having a good time. As of right now, I am inclined to accept the Hobbesian idea that people steal laptops all the time, or at least that people need help. On a more serious note, the least you can do, when going to someone’s dorm, house, apartment, car or even cardboard box is to leave that person’s personal property alone. DU students, myself included, would hope that their fellow classmates and peers would just leave the party with memories of a good time- nothing else.
