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State law prohibits anyone under the age of 21 from drinking alcoholic beverages, and as a consequence, it is illegal for Harvard to encourage its underage students to drink responsibly. But a disproportionate number of UHS check-ins are first-year students, many experiencing alcohol for the first time. If...
Harvard has identified the need to improve education and treatment for alcohol on campus. Such pervasive problems as dangerous binge drinking and alcohol abuse require a drastic solution. While unconventional, the most effective way to improve attitudes on campus and students’ relationships with alcohol is to openly disobey...
Even such a reasonable program for first-year students is an impossibility given Massachusetts state law, but that does not mean that Harvard can’t fight. Advocates of upholding the state law raise concerns that individuals under 21 years old may drink and drive; but on the Harvard...
When underage drinking is destigmatized and first years get a few words of wisdom during freshman week, they will be less likely to get dangerously sick. And without fear of discipline, students will be more likely to go to UHS when they do overdo it. While the current College policy...
The bottom line is that underage undergraduates are going to get their hands on alcohol, no matter how restrictive state law or University policy is. The College can foster a healthy drinking culture on campus by taking a principled stand, or it can let its students continue to drink in...