Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Joseph I. Lin '00Performs violin concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Penn's Social Life After five weeks, the administration lifts alcohol ban--as if anyone was abiding by it in the first place. Springfest We're looking forward to the Violent Femmes, but memories of disasters past keep us wary. Let's keep our fingers crossed. House Formals The Adams Waltz, the Eliot Fete--'tis the season for House formals. Dust off those tuxes and Datamatch printouts. Fools Someone should tell that semi-secret Sorrento Square organization that being annoying is not the same as being funny. The editorial...
...common room to discover an intoxicated, unconscious pre-frosh lying on the floor in a pool of her own vomit. My friend was not this poor girl's host, and neither were any of her roommates. In fact, this girl had been invited to consume some illegally acquired alcohol by another pre-frosh, who was staying in the room because her sister is one of my friend's roommates (although the sister was away for the weekend). The intoxicated pre-frosh had been discovered only moments earlier, when some other of my friend's roommates returned from their evening...
...girl, no one knew what would be the repercussions of taking her to University Health Services (UHS). Would she get in trouble? Would my friend and her roommates be punished by the University for something they had no part in? Would the pre-frosh who had originally acquired the alcohol have their standing here next year thrown into jeopardy? Would the hosts be the victims of disciplinary action for not monitoring their pre-frosh's every action, thus letting her drink herself into oblivion...
...that the problem may be due to more than just my own ignorance or that of other isolated students. It may also be due to serious deficiencies in publicizing such a policy whose very effectiveness lies in whether it is widely understood. A note in the infrequently-read University alcohol policy hand-book is not sufficient for such an important policy...
...poorly publicized that no one knows about it--and no one that night was sure even of the policy for Harvard students, much less pre-frosh--then the policy is ineffective. The fear of disciplinary action still discourages people from making sure that a fellow student whose alcohol consumption may have reached dangerous levels receives all appropriate medical attention...