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An Oxford University student has tragically died of hypothermia in a French ski resort. Jonathan Hard, a 21-year-old Keble College student, died after becoming disorientated while returning from a late-night party without a warm coat. He was on a ski trip organised by students to St Sorlin d’Arves. In his final year of a philosophy, politics and economics degree, he had joined about 100 other students from the college for the week-long trip....From: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3085610.ece
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Very sad news 
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very sad
what a way to go
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I'm not entirely surprised having had to rescue a few drunken people who I've found lying in the snow on various occassions when universities have been in ski resorts.
Very sad, but it would seem that there's an element of culpability here.
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that has really put me off-the t-shirt dash always seems too tempting.
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| Patrick Foster in the penultimate paragraph wrote: |
| Participants were promised a sauna, pool and hot tub, a free Tshirt, as well as “loads of free alcohol”. |
"Loads of free alcohol"? Why? Such a stupid inducement.
What about "loads of free skiing"? Or "loads of free food"? Or (my favourite) "loads of free women"? 
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Jonpim, Because they are students  Ever been a student. 4 priorites. Alcohol, s*x, drugs and hopefully somewhere very deep in 4th place a qualification.
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gwaelod, I disagree. Alcohol was not a major part of life in my day, and it doesn't seem to be a major part of my daughter's crowd at University of East Anglia either.
Sex? Yes. Very important. Drugs? I reckon they were rather more prominent in my day.
Indeed, I find students these days far better behaved and more focussed on their accademic studies than I remember from my crowd.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Jonpim, She's lying to you
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There was a ridiculous drinking culture at my college.
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You know it makes sense.
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Very sad 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My niece is a 24 year old "mature"  med student. They're a pretty boozy lot. she plays hockey for the medics and said they were the most boozy. she is religious about food - eats incredibly well, is muscled (just spent New Zealand winter serving pizzas and snowboarding), skinny and gorgeous. But she gets drunk on a fairly frequent basis. She must know it's not doing her any good - she's a medic, for G's sake - but I suppose it's better than boozing AND living on pies and chips.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Interesting.
As Timmaah says: it does depend on the crowd you go round with.
It seems the whole aim of an evening out has changed. In my student days the aim was to get laid.
Alcohol was usually involved, but getting drunk was not the aim. Success was judged by how many and how gorgeous the girls were. Full satisfaction for all was the goal, and too much booze makes this less likely.
I just can't see the point in getting drunk. I don't like the sensation. I do everything less well. And I feel ghastly the next day.
Almost as daft as setting fire to some plant leaves and inhaling the smoke. 
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| Jonpim wrote: |
| It seems the whole aim of an evening out has changed. In my student days the aim was to get laid ... Success was judged by how many and how gorgeous the girls were. |
In one evening? Respect!
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| Almost as daft as setting fire to some plant leaves and inhaling the smoke. |
I'm told that, depending on the type of leaf, can be quite helpful when trying to get laid. So I'm told
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Med students are the best or worst depending on how it is guaged!! Best uni parties to be had! Somewhere between intern and consultant a more sobering time, possibly because they may be working a 1 in 3 or a 1 in 4.
Jonpim, I would agree withgwaelod, me suspects you aren't getting the full story. Think back to your times maybe even in the hippy 60's the parents weren't told everything either!!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS to all  's
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Jonpim,
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Think back to your times maybe even in the hippy 60's
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I know you have a greying beard but... 
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To be honest I'm not that surprised. If anything I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often, a bit like avalanche deaths.
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666, I agree. I have one son who never goes out without a coat and even a hat and gloves, the other will go out in the same weather in a t-shirt.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Roy Hockley, you and gwaelod could of course be right. I am not telepathic.
But back in the 60s my parents didn't ask and had really no idea of what the young scene was all about: dramatic changes had occurred since their youth.
Last Friday when we went to see the Kaiser Chiefs, I drank beer, as did Rosie's boyfriend - Rosie drank orange juice and Tom drank water.
(I wish they were so cheap in the rest of their tastes  )
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Jonpim, You reckon that, these days, parents do have an idea of what the young scene is about? I wonder. I think things have changed hugely, in all sorts of ways.
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You know it makes sense.
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Jonpim, all ahead of me in 10 years or so. I don't envy you.
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| Roy Hockley wrote: |
| Med students are the best or worst depending on how it is guaged!! Best uni parties to be had! Somewhere between intern and consultant a more sobering time, possibly because they may be working a 1 in 3 or a 1 in 4. |
Certainly had alot of parties when I was a student - but now no idea what teh culture for junior doctors is like- on-call now a distant memory following the EWTD- instead they all work shifts- and I'm not sure the camaraderie- or experience is teh same- but on a more positive note I don't think anybody would like to be seen by a junior doctor at the end of a 120hr week- that's over- and good it is a totally crap way to live- especially if you don;t get teh rota till the lead consultants wife has sorted out thie social programe.
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| Jonpim wrote: |
Rosie drank orange juice and Tom drank water.
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They are probably chugging GHB or 2CB in those drinks.
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davidof, funnily enough a couple of my kids friends don't drink. One of them gets really violent, so won't touch the stuff anymore after a nasty incident last New Year. Normally a quiet lad too.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Helen Beaumont wrote: |
| won't touch the stuff anymore after a nasty incident last New Year. Normally a quiet lad too. |
Sounds like a cousin of mine who drank a bottle of whisky straight one new years and spend the next week on life support. He's in the medical trade too.
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Wow! davidof, you are well informed.
I had heard of GHB, but 2CB is a new one for me (and pretty heavy stuff it would seem).
Surreptitiously adding either of these drugs to alcohol is a nasty thing to do.
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read this on the flight out to the alps. It made me really think when it was -8 at night how easily that could happen after drinks. The moral of the story is always stay in a group. very very sad!
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The moral of the story is always stay in a group. very very sad!
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This is a good point. Where were the guy's friends? My kids have from time to time been dragged home to safety by friends, and returned the favour at other times. They look out for each other. There's usually someone not as drunk as the rest. Obviously nobody missed this lad till too late.
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| pam w wrote: |
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The moral of the story is always stay in a group. very very sad!
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This is a good point. Where were the guy's friends? My kids have from time to time been dragged home to safety by friends, and returned the favour at other times. They look out for each other. There's usually someone not as drunk as the rest. Obviously nobody missed this lad till too late. |
i read in the paper that they only discovered he was missing the next morning when ready to go out skiing. He was then found and they couldnt ressusatate him. I cant believe no one realised. They must have been so drunk or didnt really care.
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It could be that they did notice but thought he'd "got lucky" and was sleeping elsewhere.
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Yes Elizabeth B, I'm sure you are right.
At the EOSB2006 there were a number of times when not all members of our apartment came "home" for the night. We never thought of sending out search parties. Just discussed who they might be sleeping with. 
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FAQ
I'm a student at UEA and we're hardly conservative with booze. That said, it all depends on the circle of friends you are with, but still 
