Last month, Syracuse University was designated as the number one “party school” in America by the Princeton Review. Now, the dipsomaniacs matriculating there are making a pother because of a recent and relatively minor restriction on their raucous debauchery.

The students have been prohibited from partying at a hedonistic haunt called “Castle Court,” which is the parking lot of an apartment complex near campus. There had been instances of students dangling precariously from apartment balconies, starting fires in the parking lot, breaking glass, etc. The prohibition reportedly came at the behest of university officials concerned about students’ health and safety.

A melodramatic YouTube video published Tuesday, which already has 45,000 views, features audio clips of Syracuse students protesting the university’s decision. Here’s a transcription of one female student’s vacuous bleating:

Like, [at Castle Court], it’s not about going to one frat and having one sorority be there and then two of them enjoying themselves together, it’s about us all coming together. Whether you’re in a sorority, whether you’re in a fraternity, or whether you’re not, it’s about being together as a university and showing school spirit and enjoying ourselves all together, which is like the most important thing about being in college. [It’s about] being together, being around people who make you feel good and who want to have a good time.

Got that? Like, college is about showing school spirit and enjoying oneself. Totally.

If you have the stomach for it, watch some of the videos on this YouTube channel (which published the video above) and you’ll get a good feel for the offensive combination of superficiality, ignorance, and bumptiousness now prevalent on many college campuses.

My takeaway from this case and the videos is not that we should start campaigning for asceticism and temperance on the part of college students, but rather that we should be more critical of the parenting styles and K-12 schools that influenced them during their formative years.