Word: drinkingness
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There is a strange, but pervasive concept that we are not really supposed to enjoy our work. We create a needless dichotomy between work (bad or neutral) and leisure (good). Too often, we regard work simply as a means to a later goal of leisure, and we view leisure hours...
“[The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education], which has jurisdiction over all public colleges and universities, voted to crack down on drinking,” said Knight, who directs the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Children’s Hospital of Boston and is an assistant...
The study, which took place between 1998 and 1999, measured drinking rates among students, as well as the perceptions of administrators, security officials and students about the policy’s enforcement, according to a press release.
Knight said drinking rates at the 11 colleges surveyed in the study varied between 36 and 71 percent. These figures point to a decrease in heavy drinking rates at schools where the policy was strictly enforced, according to Knight.
Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 has said that curbing underage and irresponsible drinking at Harvard will be one of his priorities as dean.