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...Handbook for Students, though the recommendation had already been operating for several years. It rephrased the Student Handbook so that, in cases where “serious harm, or the potential for serious harm, has come to any person as a result of consumption of alcohol or drugs,” the hosts of the event and possibly the officers of the student group could be held personally responsible. Lastly, it mandated all student groups—official or unofficial—be required to provide the Dean’s Office with the names and contact information...
...We’ve been seeing a number of really positive trends over the last two years,” says Travia. While overall alcohol-related admissions levels to UHS have remained relatively constant, he’s noticed a decline in the average blood-alcohol levels of students, which represents “a big win for us because students are identifying each other earlier and not waiting for those extreme levels to come in.” In addition, Travia cites his education and prevention efforts as cultivating change in the behavior of freshmen and student-athletes...
...another committee, focused on student organizations and social clubs. The Committee on Social Clubs, chaired by Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd, was asked to consider “what, if any, disciplinary measures should be applied to hazing or other unsafe behavior violating College rules on alcohol or drug use,” according to the April 2007 report...
...report of the Committee on Social Clubs marked a distinct change in tone from the 2004 report released by the Committee to Address Alcohol and Health at Harvard; it placed greater emphasis on liability. Although the report acknowledged that the task would “not be successful without ongoing student input,” the Committee on Social Clubs—in contrast to the former committee—did not include any undergraduates from the College...
...Other group leaders, however, were not as concerned. “We don’t really have alcohol at our social events, so it was largely irrelevant,” says Ren J. Zhao ’08, president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association. Zhao found the new wording a mere technicality, asking “when is the safety of the people who come to our social events not our top priority...