Staying inside this weekend? You might want to rethink that.

Drinking in the dorms is risky in the winter. RAs know that there is little motivation to walk outside in the freezing weather. This is obvious, but often overlooked by the majority of the campus.

Students this time of year usually stay inside their dorms to drink or pregame and often gather together in the "fun" rooms.

With numbers such as 15 people and counting, the room can be extremely risky to be in. Noise can easily be detected from outside the hallways and, even sometimes, doors are left cracked open.

A few weekends ago this year, there were over eight rooms written-up in Campus South from just that weekend. That's one room per floor, minus the Club 6 floor. And sadly, that's in Campus South - the notorious apartment complex with the all-famous "pong pantry."

Even riskier is drinking in the smaller dorms, like Marycrest, Stuart, Marianist and Founders. Those are easy to get caught in seeing as how small they are. None of the rooms are sound-proof and one single drop of a pong ball could send RAs right to your door.

Whatever the reason for getting written up, it is a problem during the winter. Write-ups accumulate and can majorly affect your housing.

Thinking about it, getting written up once doesn't seem so bad. But looking at it differently, it is important to note that one write-up can be three violations, such as noise, alcohol and common good.

Of course, you have a chance to share your story with your facility coordinator in a write-up meeting, but it is not easy to come out of that meeting with a clean slate.

It is also important to mention that, usually, when you are written up, you are with your roommates and future roommates.

Thus, multiply the number of violations you are accused of by the number of roommates that were with you and you'll find yourself easily in the double digits, points-wise.

UD students should be safe in their drinking habits, especially when drinking in the dorms. All consequences associated with drinking in the dorms can be easily avoided by taking proper precautions.

 RAs tell us during the beginning of the year, "Just be smart!" Simply, when drinking this weekend, leave the beer games for the Ghetto. But, looking at the facts, maybe drinking in the dorms should be rethought.