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“Nation-wide, we’re seeing increases at both ends of the spectrum,” he said. “We’re inheriting more students coming to Harvard that are identifying as abstainers or non-drinkers, and more students showing up who are...
Both Travia and Barreira emphasized the absence of data directly indicating that Harvard undergraduates were drinking in greater quantities.
“We really shouldn’t jump to the conclusion,” Travia said. “We do conduct a lot of research and we’ve got a lot of data, and we have nothing that suggests that people are drinking more dangerously...
In the case that the rise in Stillman admissions can be attributed to students drinking larger quantities of alcohol, one potential explanation may be the stresses created by the nation’s dismal fiscal climate.
“Even though there is a deep recession and a significant amount of unemployment, people are drinking more,” Barreira said. “The alcohol business is booming, especially the cheaper liquors.”