Underage, under the influence

Great article, Regina! I think there should be a law keeping people under 21 out of bars and nightclubs, not just saying they can go in there, but they can't drink, like everyone else is doing. Drinking makes young women very vulnerable to predators. Since it's a man's world, obviously they won't go along with protecting young women, especially since many of them think they have to "perform" or else be called gay. At the very least, children are not allowed in a bar or nightclub without their parents. I tell people that children don't want to go to a grownups' drinking party, which is what a night club is. They would rather be with people their own age. Maybe parents and teachers could help by thinking up party ideas that don't involve drinking. Most people don't need drugs OR alcohol to have fun. Sometimes people just need to learn a new way of living--they don't know how to do things a different way. Anyway, you are one of the best reporters and I want you to know I admire all your writing. I'm taking journalism at Laney again this semester. I'm getting used to the people I talk to thinking that the journalist is an adversary. I don't know why they think that, so I mostly just ignore them and write my story. They are just more robots to write about, I guess.