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...While the debate over the feasibility and implications of the new regulations governing social clubs had plowed on for several months, Dean Pilbeam’s public call for the termination of party grants instantly brought the discourse about alcohol to a new level among students. Concerns about the UC party grant program had been raised by both House Masters and residential deans last spring. The deans and the UC Executive Board continued to work together in apparent good faith over the summer to make the necessary changes to appease all the major stake-holding parties...
...Among the changes made by the UC to the party grant system was a removal of the requirement to advertise UC-funded parties on House open-lists because of complaints from some of the resident deans, an immediate notification sent to the resident deans informing them of what rooms had been awarded grants, and two check boxes on the application confirming that any alcoholic beverages would only be purchased by and served to those who were over 21 years...
...feel like if you look at the historical timeline, its pretty evident that we worked as hard as we could to answer all of their worries and answer all of their questions, so we were definitely kind of surprised by what happened,” says UC Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist...
...College is attempting to reduce its own liability by decreasing its oversight of student parties,” reasons UC Secretary Kyle A. Krahel ’08, “and with no oversight there will be an increased risk at these off-campus venues. To give you an example, when was the last time a final club party was broken up by the Cambridge police for underage drinking...
...From information gleaned from talks with the administration, Krahel claims that, in addition to the UC party fund, the administration will crack down on House Committees and Stein Clubs next. “House events will inevitably appear less attractive, because BATs are going to play a greater role. The only parties that remain will be those that exist off campus at places like final clubs,” predicts Krahel...