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Gross has said he hopes to deter drinking by increasing student social space and offering more alcohol-free events on campus...
Last spring, Gross called drinking at Harvard a “gigantic” problem, but said that a crackdown is unnecessary—instead suggesting a change in students’ attitudes towards alcohol...
Gross and Badaracco’s statements are consistent with one of the findings in Wechsler’s report. According to the survey, only 20 percent of schools that considered drinking to be a major problem had instituted bans on alcohol, compared to 54 percent of schools that viewed drinking as a minor problem or no problem...
Wechsler did, however, acknowledge that this could be a case of dual causality—schools with stricter alcohol policies can have less of a drinking problem once the policy is in place...
Wechsler, a champion of restrictions on alcohol supply, drew criticism from colleagues over the summer when he reported that “social norms” marketing, which promotes decreased alcohol consumption by sending students the message that heavy alcohol consumption is not the campus norm, is ineffective...