Word: alcohols
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Scott Krueger was drinking while under 21 and that the members of this fraternity in all likelihood encouraged this. However, there are other people who could have helped prevent such a tragic incident from occurring. First, one needs to consider whether or not Krueger had been exposed to alcohol and/or the dangers of the drug before using it. Did his parents discuss drinking and its effects with him? Was he aware of his own limits when it came to drinking...
...that Harvard requires no mandatory sexual harassment and rape education for first-years during Orientation Week. However, there is such a mandatory program for all first-year students which was first implemented last year. It is called the "Safe Community" program, and it covers issues of rape, sexual assault, alcohol and the resources on campus where one can find help and support when faced with such problems. (The Crimson wrote a story on this safety program in its registration issue.) In fact, the program has been expanded to spend more time talking with students specifically about the occurrence of rape...
...recently come to the attention of your ever-faithful readers that you have some potentially dangerous addictions. Alcohol features prominently in your recent issues, cigarettes pollute your photographs, your choice of models implies a probable eating disorder, and several articles about dating failures suggest insecurity about your relationship savvy. We are concerned about your health and well being. The time has come to seek treatment for your problems. But don't be afraid! Besides our unconditional love and support, there are many resources at Harvard and beyond that will help you through this difficult period. Please, let us suggest...
Cathy Collins' first memories are of knowing that she was adopted. The hardships of childhood--the difficulty of communicating with her parents, the cruelty of other children--all fed her belief that she was unwanted, her sense of being alien and unreal. She began abusing drugs and alcohol as an adolescent, but by freshman year discovered a better release. Using a knife or a razor, she would methodically slice open her arms. "A main part of it was to know I was real," she says. "With the blood flowing down my arms, I was real...
...enough to give anyone palpitations. Scientists have shown that injecting alcohol into a congenitally enlarged heart and deliberately inducing a heart attack can ease the shortness of breath, chest pain and other symptoms of the genetic disorder. The alcohol--it's ethanol, equivalent to 200-proof vodka--kills overgrown heart muscle, enabling blood to flow more freely...