Comment #8 College Drinking Crackdown
Universities around the country are trying to crackdown on alcohol use and sexual assaults on their campuses. In the New York Times article No Kegs, No Liquor: College Crackdown Targets Drinking and Sexual Assault, they sent reporters to five different campuses to investigate the situation.
The reporters came back with pictures of party scenes that look like they came out of a movie. On the website the pictures are enlarged to cover the whole screen and convey a very obvious message about how bad things are getting. The New York Times writer approached this topic very interestingly. The writer stayed objective in the article but showed the real truth in the pictures that were captured.
The lead of the article was a story of an underage college student at a party and it basically showed how easy it is for college students to binge drink. Even though the lead was unconventional from a usual lead, I felt that it was effective because it caught the readers attention and definitely made me want to read more.
The lead is supposed to be a summary of what the article is about but the writer did eventually summarize the article in the sixth paragraph. Overall the article was very well written and in my opinion the introduction was good as well.