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...laissez faire attitude about alcohol is not exactly a radical proposal, given the way Harvard’s peer institutions regard student drinking??even drinking underage...
...interview, Assistant Dean of Freshmen James N. Mancall agreed with my abstinence-only characterization of current College policy but warned that Massachusetts state law prohibits officers of the University from appearing to acquiesce in underage drinking??casting an ominous legal gray over their ability to teach responsible partying. But healthcare providers are legally sanctioned to provide medical advice on alcohol, according to Rosenthal, the director of UHS, because the law recognizes that student health and safety, not discipline, are UHS’s sole responsibilities...
...Harvard survey issued last fall, 34.5 percent of males and 26.9 percent of females acknowledged drinking five drinks or more in one sitting—the standard definition of “binge drinking??—at least once over the course of two weeks. Close to 10 percent of all students drank this much on three to five occasions during a two-week period. These figures are up from a survey completed in 2000 and indicate that a substantial portion of undergraduate students abuse alcohol on a regular basis. In examining these numbers, the committee must...
After the guard room altercation, Trombly was charged on counts of assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and public drinking??all of which he said were wholly unfounded, and all of which were eventually thrown out by the Suffolk County District Attorney for lack of evidence...
Wechsler’s report, which surveyed students and administrators at 118 United States colleges and universities, said the 37 schools that had adopted a social norms program showed “a pattern of significant increase in drinking?? whereas schools without a social norms program exhibited no distinct statistical trends...