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Former owner and popular campus personality Cheng-san Chen sold his business to Saini early this summer, after operating the store for 18 years. Chen was penalized by police in 2004 for serving alcohol to minors—and he faced a subsequent decline in sales. He was also the victim of armed robberies in January and March...
...rising incidents of alcohol abuse on Harvard’s campus are undeniably sobering. The College is rightly disturbed by this ever-growing epidemic and it has taken a laudable step in the right direction by appointing Ryan Travia as the Director of Alcohol and Other Drug Services. Travia’s new ideas and perspective may go a long way in addressing the problem of alcohol abuse. However, he, and Harvard’s alcohol policies as a whole, will only be successful so far as he is allowed to promote an open and honest dialogue about alcohol...
...Alcohol use and underage drinking are unavoidable facts of college life. Students will find ways around rules meant to keep them away from watering holes, and the harder the College tries to enforce these rules, the deeper students will dig underground to find ways around them. By attempting to stamp out underage drinking, the College will instead push students farther away from the resources that can help them drink safely, resources that can save their lives...
This is particularly true of freshmen, who, despite being almost entirely underage, make up the largest percentage of students admitted to University Health Services (UHS) for alcohol-related hospitalizations. In the first semester of last year freshmen made up 43 percent of the alcohol-related visits...
...approach of the Freshman Dean’s Office thus far has been to enforce policies aimed at keeping freshman dorms completely dry. Effectively, these policies ensure that there are no discussions about alcohol use by freshmen unless they are caught drinking or have an alcohol-related medical emergency. These policies have produced more dangerous behavior than they have prevented. Instead of seeking help, students drink large quantities of alcohol in short periods of time to avoid getting in trouble. Alcohol policies have only succeeded in pushing freshman drinking underground...