Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hazardous environment for the surrounding community. Last year, three students were arrested for throwing bricks from the roof of the A.D.--an irresponsible act which could have resulted in serious injury. In this light, it is understandable that the graduate boards of the four clubs have expressed concerns over "alcohol-related incidents," "accidents" and "property destruction...
...council also hopes to change the alcohol policy from last year, Dorris says. He isnegotiating for a new policy with the Dean ofStudents Office. Last spring students with validIDs were forced to drink in a cage-like beergarden, separated on display for their underagepeers...
Talk about mixed messages. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Friday approved two new labels that tout the benefits of moderate drinking for use right alongside the current labels warning about the health dangers of alcohol. One of the new, government-approved messages: "The proud people who made this wine encourage you to consult your family doctor about the health effects of wine consumption." Not surprisingly, opponents of the labels -- public health officials, legislators and drunk driving activists -- are coming forward in droves. "The labels are a horrific mistake, " says TIME magazine health reporter Janice Horowitz...
Horowitz acknowledges that alcohol consumption does have some salutory effects. Moderate consumption -- "the exact amount is not clear," she emphasizes -- does benefit the heart. But the negatives on the ledger are far more sizable, not the least of which is "the increased risk of breast cancer indicated by many studies," says Horowitz. Then there's drunken driving. "Placing contradictory labels on wine bottle will simply serve to dilute the impact of the warnings already there," she says. And few will toast to that...
...graduate president John W. Boynton '88 said the graduate board decided to take action because it thinks final clubs are increasingly becoming a center of social life in the wake of randomization and a crackdown on alcohol use in the Houses...