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...Although Petersen appears to think that the College deciding not to buy alcohol for underage students amounts to oppression and denial of citizenship, this minor issue is not worth the disrespectful image of Harvard students that was projected during the ceremony. Even worse, all of the Harvard alumni and representatives from other universities have no background in the disagreements between University Hall and the UC, and were thrown in the middle of an argument over a minor issue that does not display the students here in the best light. Our student representatives should learn that moaning about denial of citizenship...
...Despite the disappointment of losing the UC’s party fund, it is not the most disturbing of the College’s recent crackdowns in its alcohol policy. Last spring’s policy on social clubs is alarming in its ignorance of the social pressures behind drinking. Student leaders of both official and unofficial student groups (read: final clubs, for the latter) are now held personally responsible before the Administrative Board if anyone falls ill from over-indulgence at a group event...
...Since May this year, the College has had a mysterious change of heart regarding alcohol on campus. For years, students and College have maintained an amicable balance: You don’t mother us, we don’t bother you. But now the honeymoon is over...
...Intoxication is not a prerequisite for social interaction. In fact, students may find it more enjoyable to sustain coherent conversations and actually remember them the next morning. Many students would welcome more alcohol-free social events on the weekends...
...undergraduates, described as “citizen-scholars” by the UC Executive Board its Oct. 3 memorandum to Dean Pilbeam, have a right to be consulted before any decisions are made that affect our lives as students, particularly those that limit access to our most vital resource: alcohol. University Hall’s pencil-necked paper-pushers exist to serve undergraduates, not to tell us how to behave.By abrogating our right, as citizen-scholars, to participate in running the College, Pilbeam has signed his own death warrant as a Harvard administrator. Academics like Pilbeam, decades removed from their...