‘Apprentice adults’ need community’s support

Life in a college town offers continual opportunities to reflect on civility. Hardly a week goes by without some public comment about students’ drinking behavior and loud music or, from the student side, the city’s rental restrictions and one-side parking. It’s not always easy to know the right way to react when these issues make your blood pressure start to rise, but it is important to try if we are going to share the same community without killing each other. Let me suggest that a good first step is to examine expectations.