General alert: Before you attend that campus party (Part One)

If you are a fresher on campus, or you are a ‘stalite’(someone who has spent some years on campus) and you just discovered your social self because you friends had called you a stuck up (SU) thus prompting you to want to get down and attend the so-called maddest parties organised around campus or in town, my advice is, ‘watch it or you are on your own (O.Y.O)’ .
Many undergraduates, upon resumption across various universities in Nigeria, want to show off in one way or the other, basically to prove that they have characteristics that are desirable or enviable by fellow students and which would make them stand out. For some, they take to fashion, others change their walking steps, some step up their lifestyle, showing off the most expensive gadgets or flaunt their wealth (it has been discovered especially in private universities that students, sometimes, spend their school fees to buy these items), and the list is endless. But, the most important determinant as to whether one is hot or not is the campus raves or parties.
The parties, at least for Federal and state universities, may happen on campus but in most cases, at clubs or students apartments in town. The parties are usually no-holds-barred, that is there are no rules or restrictions, just come to let it all out (Except in the north of course). The girls are expected to come as skimpily dressed as possible and their numbers are usually planned to exceed that of the boys attending (for obvious reasons). Alcohol is the main topic of discussion and usually, the bulk of the budget revolves round it. The venues of such parties are usually passed around the most popular ones on campus and the information trickles across till it gets to that boy/girl who is ready to shed his/her ‘stuck-up’ status. This piece is dedicated to such a person.
Thus he/she dresses up (probably even went as far as purchasing new attires for the party) and leaves home as early as 7.00 p.m (whereas the party starts at 11.00 p.m) to go and join the friends who would get him/her in. The individuals excitement is obvious, whether a fresher or not, because the oncoming event would rebrand his/her status and the crème of campus would see him/her in new light. And so the individual gets to the party and starts to get with the groove, oblivious of the dos and don’ts, which I am about to reveal.
For a guy, your problem won’t be much if you stay of alcohol and your eyes off the skimpily clad or drunk girls. However, this piece is really for the ladies. Please, for the ladies reading this, if you are attending a campus party for the first time, please just sit and watch. You would discover and learn a lot.
First of all, never be intimidated by the band wagon of young people taking alcohol with glee. You should see them hung over the next day. Worthy of note is also the fact that you must never leave drink, alcohol or even water, unattended to or handle carelessly. The best way is to always hold your drink in hand always. This would save you from being drugged and also help control the level of alcohol taken by avoiding refills. Also, stay around people you trust and never dance with strangers. And most importantly, wear appropriate clothing, best of all, jeans trousers. Many girls, in a bid to conform, dress skimpily to parties and pay dearly when the night drags on and they get drowsy and cold. Then they begin to take toilet breaks and seek warmer places, and smart boys wait for this, especially if you have been refusing them all night, by offering you their jackets and cosy confines of their cars. If you are gullible and you accept the car offer, you are on your own. Many girls have been raped from this gesture. So, the next time you are attending a party, please make adequate arrangements and stay safe. Next week, I’ll reveal how we party in the north and how girls are caught unawares. Stay tuned.