The College is continuing to investigate changing the current alcohol policy and will probably form a committee before Spring term to revise it.
The College has been meeting with the Coed Fraternity and Sorority Council since this summer to discuss the problems and issues surrounding the policy. Dean of the College Lee Pelton said he expects the policy to be changed by the end of Spring term.
This past weekend, the incoming presidents of Greek houses briefly discussed the issues involved in the alcohol policy, but did not come to any resolutions.
"The incoming presidents for the CFS did indeed have a retreat this weekend," Gamma Delta Chi fraternity president Chris Berg '96 said.
"Revision of the alcohol policy was only mentioned as an issue which we as new presidents would most likely deal with in our terms as presidents. Nothing else was really discussed," Berg added.
Because the Greek leaders did not solve the alcohol policy's problems, Pelton said the College will continue to work on changing it.
"If all issues were settled to the satisfaction of the College, the review would be done. But if not, we would continue with the review," Pelton said.
The committee this spring will tackle the larger issues such as underage drinking, safety and the safety of women, CFSC President Chris Donley '95 said.
Pelton said the issues and problems surrounding the alcohol policy that came up after conversations with students and CFS leaders included the "role of alcohol monitors and issues related to the service of alcohol to underage students at social events."
He said some of the positive comments about the policy included great "concern for the safety of other students when they have been drinking too much" and a perceived decrease in the overall consumption of alcohol at CFS social events.
Donley said a one-day retreat for new CFSC officers in about two weeks may include discussion of the smaller issues surrounding the policy.
"I think the attitude of my house is wait and see," Sigma Alpha Epsilon president John Bennett '96 said. "Since the formal review process has yet to begin, it's difficult to have an opinion on any actions the College might take."
"I'm open to suggestions, just about the only thing I would be opposed to is a wholesale abandonment of the current policy," he added.
The present alcohol policy, which heralded the return of kegs on campus and the introduction of student alcohol monitors, was introduced in the spring of 1993 and was due to be revised one year after its implementation.
"We made changes to the alcohol policy a year and a half ago, and they only had to do with CFS social events where alcohol is present," Pelton said.
Under the current alcohol policy the number of kegs allowed at a party is based on the number of students over the age of 21 on campus at the time.
An organization is allowed to register alcohol for a party lasting up to five hours. The mathematical formula is designed to allow one beer each hour for every legal-age student on campus.
Houses must now register parties and the number of kegs with the Office of Residential Life.
Student monitors meet guests at the door and give brightly-colored bracelets to students over legal drinking age.
Other monitors must roam the parties to see if the people drinking are wearing bracelets.
