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Crimson editors cannot conceive of college football without kegs of beer. Harvard students dash off letters of protest over keg bans (Letters, “University Ban on Kegs at Tailgates Laughable,” Oct. 9). It’s an interesting commentary on college drinking that more outraged protest is expressed about curtailing the supply of alcohol than about major social or national problems. In recent years more riots have occurred at American colleges about beer than about economic conditions or armed conflicts...
...keg ban will not reduce binge drinking because it does not address the root of the problem. It does not change the social mindset that leads students to drink heavily, nor does it teach students to drink responsibly. Students will drink—and possibly get drunk—if they want to, and the best thing the university can do is to minimize the dangers. If the administration wants to address the real problem of binge-drinking, they would be wise to implement programs that will make a difference. Instead of placing a ban on kegs, we encourage...
...Kegs create a social and fun atmosphere, and banning them will change the tailgating experience. The H-club has predicted that the keg ban will cause Harvard’s already pathetic student attendance at football games to drop even more. With this poorly-conceived policy, the administration threatens to ruin one of the remaining vestiges of undergraduate social life. While the administration may be blind to the plight of undergraduates seeking fun, perhaps they will react to the decreased alumni attendance and subsequent drop in giving that will result from the keg ban. In a year where the endowment...
...When kegs are delivered, you usually get into the mentality that the kegs need to be emptied,” Hanson said. “There were injuries connected with keg delivery...
Most amusing, however, is the confident analysis of Harvard social psychologist Henry Weschler, a lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health. His take on the policy is: “While a no keg policy is certainly not going to stop all drinking, it will slow down the amount of alcohol consumed.” Dr. Hank, I beg to differ. It doesn’t take a social psychologist to know that banning one method of alcohol consumption does not prevent students from turning to other sources for their buzz. Harvard students are, if nothing else, resourceful when...