Grow, grassroots, grow!

Well, this is what happens when you try to take college students away from their alcohol. A massive coalition of Stanford students and alumni have created the most active petition on the internet, according to PetitionOnline. At the time of this writing, 1,978 people had voiced their opposition to the university's new booze policy. The thing spread like wildfire over the last 36 hours; when I signed it last night I was number 613. Two minutes later, they were already at 800. While I don't usually put much lot of stock in the power of petitions, I do think that the Stanford administration ought to pay some attention to this for two reasons: 1) It is the equivalent of a third of your undergraduate population and 2) the petition gains credibility from the fact that those who signed the petition won't actually be affected by the policy, which only targets next year's freshmen. But in order for any real change to come, the RFs and faculty will have to step in and voice their opposition.