As Ed Board readies for tonight’s parties — and we’re still wondering how Tuesday became a popular night to go out — we are also thinking about some of the silly alcohol related rules that our friends at RLSH have.

RLSH is going to be talking to current sophomores on Thursday about their on-campus housing experience. While room features, closet space and dirty bathrooms are sure to come up, Ed Board has a bigger beef.

Passive participation.

In simpler terms, you get an alcohol violation for sitting at your desk studying while your sketch roommate is downing a bottle of Jack Daniels.

In a perfect world every roommate situation would be nice and perfect — but let’s get serious. You can’t really control what another person is going to do, especially if alcohol is involved. Especially if she just broke up with her boyfriend and needs the sweet relief that only a Smirnoff Ice can bring.

This rule causes the most grief to the poor freshmen who go pot luck in roommate selection and get stuck with some kid who turns out to be months away from entering rehab or failing out of school. While the morality police say that it’s the obligation of the good roommate to say something, reality says the best thing to do is just ignore it and hope the alcohol goes away.

Besides, the passive participation rule basically forces roommates to be snitches on each other, and there’s already enough that can make roommate situations awkward without having to worry if the roomie is secretly calling the cops. Roommate disputes should be limited to furniture placement, being sexiled and how many times you are allowed to hit the snooze button. Drinking shouldn’t exacerbate an already delicate situation.

Ed Board isn’t advocating wild dorm parties either, mind you.

We’re just saying that it’s not fair to penalize the student who actually does homework and goes to class that just happens to room with the campus drunk.

Will RLSH listen to us?

Probably not — Ed Board is just happy when we can get them to return our phone calls.

However, you the students — more specifically sophomores, do have a chance to share your opinion.

And we bet a handle of Bacardi that you agree with us.