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...with our families, have all sacrificed so much to get to Harvard. Why jeopardize our health, studies or sanity for something as trivial as random play? The attitude of young adults needs to change so that sex is not seen as compulsory before graduation, and so that those who abstain are not mocked for their decision. College, despite what we are often led to believe, can be about more than keggers and blowjobs...
...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...
...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...