When Guys Don't Think...

Vomiting Milk Prank Causes CrashYou
Tube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__uEKSzhCsA

This news story is disturbing. If you don't watch the youtube vid, here's a quick synopsis...

Several fraternity brothers stood on an overpass and vomited milk down on the cars below. This caused several crashes and could have ended up a lot, lot worse...

If you were to ask these young men, "What were you thinking?" The answer would most likely come back, "I guess we weren't..." And, they're probably right.

Studies show some of the reasoning skills aren't fully developed until humans reach their mid-20s. Mix this with inexperience and (probably) alcohol consumption and we get this sort of event; something that was thought to be funny, but could have had dire results.

This is why students need to be encouraged to stop, think of the potential repercussions of their actions then, if there are no unhealthy outcomes possible, proceed with caution. Stop, think, reason, decide.

This is so often taken for granted in mature adults, but its importance on college students can't be emphasized enough.

Sadly, this thoughtless prank was conducted by several members of the same fraternity. Whether it's media bias or fraternities deserve the bad rep they get, we (as mature, reasonable adults) need to understand this is an isolated incident and due to the actions of a handful of young men. It wasn't the fraternity's weekly activity to go puke on cars. Yet, the entire fraternity will suffer due to the actions of a few.

Again, we need to highlight decision-making skills to college students. After all, this is the time when they can learn lessons for life...or they can continue to have the immature mindset that made this a story in the first place.