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From September 1998 to August 1999, 18 students were treated for alcohol poisoning at Harvard University Health Services (UHS). Last year, the number was 123. And this September—in just one month—24 students were treated for alcohol at UHS. These staggering numbers likely indicate a greater willingness of students to seek help for alcohol-related sickness, but they nevertheless underscore the need to address alcohol abuse on campus. Last week, citing this significant upsurge, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 announced his intention to create a Committee to Address Alcohol...
Club Three Degrees in Minneapolis, Minn., boasts all the night-life staples, like pool tables, DJs and live bands. But a few things are missing, like alcohol, cigarette smoke and music with racy lyrics. That's because the club, scheduled to open this week, is the city's first downtown Christian nightclub. Until recently, it was housed in an out-of-the-way spot that used to be a rock-'n'-roll bar. "We see this as a mission," said the Rev. Nancy Aleksuk, who has managed the club's move to its new $3 million venue with a capacity...
...Signals,” a skit performed by professional actors during Freshman Week, and now through workshops in first-year entryways, the office’s three-person team has thrown itself into the midst of the Class of 2007, trying to demystify the sometimes fuzzy relationship between sex, alcohol and rape...
Wilson says the office has been conducting up to seven workshops a week, talking to first-years about “sexual assault, communicating, dating violence and the link between alcohol and sexuality—trying to get them to really think about the choices that they make and how that could affect the future both for the positive and negative...
...There’s a misconception at Harvard if you have sex when alcohol is in the bloodstream than it is always rape and that is not true,” says Wilson. “However, if a person is intoxicated to a point of incapacitation then it is sexual assault...