Word: abstainers
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...Hanson and his entourage of medieval history and pre-med tutors will don black and preach the merits of purity and decency from atop the steps. They have pledged to abstain from food and drink throughout the day and welcome any student who, too, embraces the celibate life to join them...
...Harvard, Samuel Eliot Morison’s definitive history of the University, punch was even seen as a problem by administrators: “By 1838, Class Day (as it was already called) had become such an orgy that President Quincy warned the rowdy class about to graduate to abstain from punch and dancing, or they would lose their degrees.” Although clubs may not serve the same drinks as they once did at punch events, the concept of getting drunk has remained quite steady...
Four out of 10 religious students say they abstain entirely, compared to only two out of 10 of all students...
...group of students consistently resists the lure of inebriation--members of religious organizations abstain at twice the levels of all students, and less than 30 percent report binging...
...meetings, Mike F. Green, president of Collegiate Consultants on Drugs and Alcohol, speaks to Harvard's athletes, encouraging them to drink responsibly rather than abstain entirely...