Summer term reveals flaws in alcohol policy
The reduced number of students on campus this term has revealed flaws in the College's alcohol policy. The policy, which took effect at the end of Winter term, is based on a mathematical formula and hinges on the number of students on campus who are of legal drinking age. If the policy is followed to the letter, then even if every student of legal drinking age on campus were expected to attend a party in a Greek house, there could be no more than a total of three and a half kegs on campus regardless of how many Greek organizations register parties. So far no more than two or three parties have been registered on any given night and the number of kegs on campus has not exceeded three and a half on any night. But Assistant Dean of Residential Life Deb Reinders said there is no cap on the number of parties that can go on in one night and hypothetically it is possible for the number of kegs on campus to exceed three and a half, according to Reinders. "When the alcohol policy is reviewed, that is something that the committee should look at," Reinders said. During the regular school year, the formula for the number of kegs allowed at a Greek house party depends on the number of legal drinkers expected throughout the night multiplied by the number of hours the party is expected to last.