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Over the next three days, we will explore the status of alcohol on campus: the problems Harvard currently faces, the ideal campus alcohol policy and our recommendations for the committee as it critiques the current policies. On the most basic level, ameliorating the problems with alcohol on campus requires correctly identifying them. Today’s editorial will focus on the problems with alcohol on campus that are most in need of attention...
...least once over the course of two weeks. Close to 10 percent of all students drank this much on three to five occasions during a two-week period. These figures are up from a survey completed in 2000 and indicate that a substantial portion of undergraduate students abuse alcohol on a regular basis. In examining these numbers, the committee must be conscious of the varying ways students use alcohol on campus. Many students at the College drink responsibly; some binge drink on a regular basis. Some students infrequently, maybe once or twice in their college careers, drink a life-threatening...
...first and most apparent is that students drink more than their bodies can withstand, and they get violently ill, resulting in trips to UHS or area hospitals. Out of 24 admits to UHS this September, two students actually entered comas as a result of drinking. The potential for alcohol poisoning and death is very real, and Gross has cited the health crisis as his primary concerns in creating the committee...
...much as this would be sufficient reason to attempt to improve students’ relationships with alcohol, other problems arise from alcohol as well. In the same survey, 18.3 percent of students responded that they had been physically injured as a result of alcohol, with 3.1 percent having inflicted injury on someone else. Violent outbursts, fights and vandalism can all be consequences of excessive alcohol consumption...
Student sexual behavior is also influenced by alcohol abuse. According to the survey, 9.8 percent of students reported that they engaged in unprotected sex as a consequence of drinking. Binge drinking also increases the risk of sexual assault. Harvard administrators have often cited alcohol as a mitigating factor in the sexual assault cases that are reported. Reducing alcohol abuse on campus is vital to ensuring the safety of Harvard undergraduates...