Word: traviaã
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Dates: during 2005-2005
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...awkward arsenal, perhaps, but Travia??€™s no militant prohibitionist. After his experience at Dartmouth, he has no illusions about undergraduate alcohol consumption, and he doesn’t expect to steer students down a road of abstinence. Information would be his weapon of choice, and in the months since his installment, he has been aggressively spreading his neon-colored freebies around campus like a marketing maven...
...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...
...Travia??€™s new ideas seem focused on dealing with these problems in a meaningful way. While there are some questions as to the efficacy of social-norm campaigns, the idea seems to strike at the root of the most significant problem: the lack of an open and honest dialogue. Knowing that 78 percent of college students consume zero to five drinks during a night of partying may not have exactly the effects Travia predicts, but at least it admits that drinking does happen...
...problem of underage drinking and alcohol abuse can only be cured through honesty and realism. Travia??€™s background and perspective suggest he might very well be the right person to start this process, but he will only be able to do his job effectively if the College is willing to engage in an open dialogue about a reality it has previously seemed to deny exists...
...director of alcohol and substance abuse services, Travia will oversee the University’s efforts to address alcohol and health issues among its students. The creation of Travia??€™s post was recommended last fall by The Committee to Address Alcohol and Health at Harvard, a 13-person, student-faculty committee created by Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 in the fall of 2003 after a steep increase in the number of students admitted to University Health Services (UHS) for alcohol poisoning...