Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jewett also wrote in the letter "one could well argue that we should be prohibiting all alcohol from freshman dorms, and we have, in fact, considered that possibility." The letter adds however, "That we have not [banned all alcohol for freshmen] is in part a gesture of respect both to students' privacy and to the fact the at we could not enforce such a prohibition without inordinate interference with that privacy...
...plan. DEFICIT: Will reduce waste in the defense department and eliminate the Department of Education. Favors Gramm-Rudman balanced budget amendment. EDUCATION: Would implement the use of education vouchers, and calls for increases in programs to attack illiteracy. TAXES: Will not raise income taxes, but will raise taxes on alcohol and tobacco. TRADE: Favors free trade, opposes Gephardt amendment, but concedes that some action must be taken against unfair trade practices...
...Would cut defense spending and lowerthe unemployment and interest rates to reduce thebudget. EDUCATION: Seeks to attackilliteracy, first, by increasing beginningsalaries for grade school teachers. TAXES:Would raise taxes for individuals earning morethan $100,000 a year. Calls for a $5-per-barreloil-import fee and luxury taxes on alcohol andtobacco. TRADE: Opposes the Gephardtamendment. Sponsored legislation that would punishspecific industries that practice unfair trade...
...justify permitting them in dormitories which are essentially 100 percent populated by students below the legal drinking age. Kegs are almost by definition a part of large group activities, not private activities restricted to a single room or suite. One could well argue that we should be prohibiting all alcohol from freshman dorms, and we have, in fact, considered that possibility. That we have not done so is in part a gesture of respect both to students' privacy and to the fact that we could not enforce such a prohibition without inordinate interference with that privacy, Kegs, however, are frequently...
...argument that banning kegs will automatically turn students to hard liquor and off-campus drinking spots. If it does so, we indeed have a serious problem, but even then the solution is surely not to condone huge amounts of beer. Unfortunately, the law does not permit us to utilize alcohol as the organizing motif of social life, and this is particularly true for freshmen, all of whom are underage...